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yc also 3'^, 15; maga, maka that one too 21, 19. 20 (from 

 ma, aka). 2) Referrin<^ to something //'t:z;/o«5/y mentioned ; 

 generally untranslatable in English, sometimes by jtist^ 

 ■perhaps^ or some other adverb : ummis;a_j^a could perhaps be 

 23, 9. 10; ya-uka/at jnst those zvho went (a/a is inflected 

 here) 24,38; tchipi'hlitchig;a/a the polel that had been 

 previously set up 23, 13. In this function the particle also 

 serves for the gradation of adjectives in forming a sort of 

 superlative : apiktchi chiefs principal ; apiktcha/a prin- 

 cipal among those previously mentioned, most^ more than 

 others. Cf. apiktchi in 23. 26 and other passages. 



akasamilis i) I believe ; akasamiti (they) believed it on that 

 account C-ti) 25. 35. 2) I praise, value, estee?n. 



ak'holi/tchi 24,31; see aklilis. 



aklilis, a/lilis i) I think, suppose: I think so, I am of the 

 opinion, a'klig for akC-lik, aklik (supply anut /) / am 

 thinking- so, vol. i. 79 ; ak'lut ommiwats they believe, lit. 

 "they are wont to think" 22, 36; a/liktavsrats they sup- 

 posed, thought 23, II. 24, 16. 28 ; a/liti as they zvere think- 

 ing-, supposing- (verbal) 20, 26 ; akli/tchut ummiktawats 

 was considered to be the most prominent 22, 19; ak'holi;^- 

 tchut u'mmiwats (passive) it is coinmo?tly thought so, 

 supposed 24,31. 2) /want, desire; I propose, attempt; 

 I strive, exert myself ; akclik hitchigun wanting to find 

 out 21,3; ata-likun aklik trying to find oict 24, 17; ak'li- 

 galakas we shall try, attempt (to kill him), construed with 

 the infinitive in -iki 23. 20. Cf. isilalis, a future tense, 

 vol. i. 83. 



akni, akeni i) fiesh, meat; ikni its meat, the flesh or meat 

 of some animal. 2) body of person or animal ; person. 

 Adshakni my body, idshikni your body 25, 16 ; tcha- my, 

 tchi- thy, your being inverted into adsh-, idsh- ; ikni his, 

 her, its body, their bodies ; akeni halki white man. 



iksi i) r<9c»/ of plant, tree, bush 31,34. -) string, cord, v^hen- 

 ever fastened to something else; bowstring ; kaway;aksi 

 rope, lit. "horse-string." To aksi corresponds the Cha'hta 

 term iksa, yeksa its string, which, like the Aztec mecatl, 

 has also assumed the signification of descendencv : clan. 



