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g'ens, tribe^ tribal division. Cf. the English ''family- 

 tree, family-branch," etc. 



aktchomi Indian tobacco; tobacco; cf. vol. i. 58. Aktcho- 



modshohin (contracted into aktchomodshcn) and (-hin) 



little tobacco^ -odshi being the ending forming diminutives 



» 21, 35. THte seeds of this weed are distributed during the 



busk in the town square; cf. i. 179. 



a/ki my mother., said by adults ; iki his., her mother; iki aitu- 

 si/tchi motherless., orphan ivhose mother is dead 21, 27; 

 cf. amwadshi, imilo'dshi. 



a/liti as they thought 20, 26; cf, aklilis. 



alafangas in tchalafangas I blaze up., e.g. when garments oru 

 the body take fire; alafang';umigat blazing up 21, 8. 



ala/ki i) part., portion of. 2) correl. : the one , the other 



part 20, 24. 25, 22. Verbal of ala/kilis. q.v. 



ala;^kilis I am left over; ala/kiktawats remained., were left 

 over 25, 7) adshala/kis / am left over., remain; anut 

 adsha,la/kis / am left alone., I became -widowed (male or 

 female) ; anokolosik adshala/kis / remain alone., or I sur- 

 vive., lit. *'I only am left alone." 



alabalidshi lis, pl.ofobj. alaba'hlidshilis I lay., deposit close 

 to something. 



Alibama'li, sg. & pi.; nom. pr., Alibaniu Indian: Alibama- 

 'lohin heretipon the Alibamu Indians., in the English text : 

 "Atilamas" 22, 20. 



alitak, alitikas ; cf. afoksalis. 



alok-, aluk- back., again; prefix pointing to a return, a com- 

 ing or bringing back, especially when prefixed to a verb 

 expressing a rising, or a motion directed towards the one 

 speaking ; cf. -alun in yobalalun. 



alok'hadshilis, du. aloklo/(5kigas, pi. aloklo/os-kadshigas I 

 have risen, J stand on ?ny feet ; aluk'hadsha-aliwati, ar- 

 chaic for aluk'hadshaliwats it has riseji., stands on its feet., 

 vol. i. 79. Der. hadshalilis. 



alokistch anapl il i s I shoot back zvith., by means of ; alo- 

 kistchanapliktawats they shot back (red arrows) 25, 2. 

 Der. istchanaplilis. 



aloky alalidshi lis, pi. of subj. alokvalaskadshigas, pi. of obj. 

 alokyalaslidsh'lis / return something ; alokyalalindshikta- 



