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tive originally. Cp. nulhuhnuh I. \ and nulnuh II. \ Mitihkunee- 

 tahah ' summoning his courage.' See on I. ^. It has the temporal 

 ending here -ah, as in waupungeeka I. ^. Neepahwoowh ' he stood 

 erect ' = O. D. nipachton. Maivhah ' not ' ; cp. O. D. maita 

 ' not.' Geesh ' I can ' for ngeesh. Keeshajpinahwavf'iih. neg. end- 

 ing -wa (cp. IV. " and I. ^) from keeshajpin ' be ready '; cp. O. D. 

 gischhatton 'be ready/ also the form keeshajpifiaivitch, 3 p. imv., 

 * let him be ready. ' A. has kizojo ' he is ready. ' Yohqiih ' now again ' 

 = O. D. yucke, used as a sort of resumptive. Lawpeewhich, a 

 comb, oi lawpee * again' 2Ci\A peewhich *I shall come' (for iipee- 

 whicli) ; cp. III. *. Baum ' hither '; see II. ^ 



II. ^ Kiithpihlaun ' he jumps up '; cp. wcherhakahlaiin ' he jumps 

 down/ II.'', 2.Y\A uhloo7?iihlawh Mie goes up/ V. \ The ending 

 'ihlawh seems to mean * jump.' Aleenqahtang (loc. -ang) ' through 

 the smoke-hole.' It is probably connected with O. D. linquechin 

 Mook.' 



III. "" Lmutahpoowh, see on II. '. Lawpeewh 'again ' = O. D. 

 lappi. See on II. ^ lawpeewhich. Wtilawul, see on I. *". Whukee, 

 see on II. \ Yul, pi. o{ yun (inan.) ; cp. A. ytilil ' these/ pi. of 

 yi7 ' this ' (inan.). 



III. "^ Kalahaat ' truly ' is a comb, of kalah = O. D. kehella 

 'verily, yes'; Penob. kehela, and aat the ptc. of 'to be.' The 

 literal translation is ' true it is.' A. kalaato ' verily ' is an exact 

 equivalent oi kalahaat. Cheepahwan 'one who looks horrible'; 

 cp. O. D. tschipilen ' it is awful.' See V. ^ Shurhke ' certainly ' 

 = O. D. schachachki ' surely.' Nickulooqki-ch 'he will leave me,' 

 from Vnickul = O. D. nukaian ' forsake ' -}- /-, ending of the i p. 

 as in kweeshathee, II. \ For jeeth, see I. \ Quackwich-ha ; 

 quack with fut. ending + the particle -ha (see on I. '.). The w- 

 ending in quackwich shows that this word must really be pro- 

 nounced quackw (so Anthony in Len. Diet, ; queq under kolkii). 

 Dil7too7n ' I do it ' for ndilnoom (?). Dulmeetheemich ' I will go,' 

 for ndul-, from aal (see Le?i. Diet., under V aan ' go '). The past 

 of this verb is ahloomthoowh ' he went,' III. % V. ^ Ahlih-wihih- 

 kawk; ahlih, rel. particle as A. ali 'where' + wthihkawk vf'iih 

 loc. ending -k = O. D. wsigau 'sunset.' Taiithrha 'I (shall) 

 find ' (?). Ahwanah 'people/ really 'someone,' from ahwa7i (see 

 on I. ^). 



III. •= Wsheethul ' his uncle ' is obviative with characteristic 

 ending -uL In I. % " and \ Montour has written wsheetha (?). 



