GATSCIIET KAS. LEG. HITCHITI GLOSSARY. [167] 135 



afoksalis, du. and pi. of subj. alitikas / enter^ go within^ go 

 inside of; in the past tenses, partic. pret. etc.; I am inside^ 

 I am within^ as in a road, Held, boat, etc. ; afoksak u'mha- 

 'hmis it was inside of 23, 19; alitak to go in it, to march 

 upon (that path) 23, 10. 11. 



ahi, ahe i) tree when standing ; ahi talaki log; cf. tahingalis. 

 2) ivater-potato^ the edible rhizoma of some species of the 

 Sagittaria growing in fresh water. Called so from its elon- 

 gated shape and forming the names of Ahiki creek (vol. i. 

 77. 125), of Chicasawhay river (Tchikas';ahi) and of the 

 Cba'hta tribe which once lived on its banks ; also the tribal 

 name Ahi^pat okla "potato-eating people" (i. 104. 109) by 

 which the Chicasawhays are meant. 



ahi'lus it is better^ preferable; ahi'lowats // iv ere prefera- 

 ble^ it zvould be better 23, 26. Der. hi'li. 



ah;op6ski boughs fwigs^ rods, lit. "little wood" 23,22; in 

 the singular ahi wiktchosi/tchi. Der. ahi, oposki (hopiiski). 



aitidshilis I possess none. I have, oivfi not; aitidshiti ^(?5- 

 sessed of none ; (they) having not any 24, 4. Der. aitis ; 

 cf. i"litchilis. 



aitis there is none: aitiktawats there -was 7ione 21, 26. 



aitusi/tchi deprived of, not having 21, 27. Der. aitis. 



ayalis, du. of subj. ya-ukigas, pi. ya-ulidshigas, i-aulidshigas 

 I am going about, am in motion, moving; I go along: 

 I am about, I am there, with the idea of motion implied ; 

 / busy myself at. Ay an going, being in ^notion 25, 7 ; 

 ayak being about 23, 17; tchafisa/gak ayalis / a?n alive, 

 lit. "I am about breathing, still breathing"; ayali, eyali, 

 archaic for ayalis / zvalk abojit i. 79 ; ayawati, archaic for 

 ayawats it is walking i. 79 ; tiiklak ya-ukan two are go- 

 ing 24, 37 ; ya bi/ki ya-uka;^at just these two ivho were 

 ahead 24, 38 : the suffixed particle -aka, -a/at is here in- 

 flected. Ya-ulidshik u"hmisis have been there apparently 

 24, 36 ; ya't yaulidshik limmis (what kind of) people had 

 been there 23, 10; a'ladshik ya-ulidshiga when proceeding 

 on their way, lit. "when being in motion journeying" 24, 

 37 ; itihi'lkikuska ak'lik ya-ulidshiga when they are on their 

 way desirous of concluding peace 22, 37 ; hini hatgi um- 

 mi'htchi ya-uli'htchikat limmiwats they were the same as 



