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sits with his legs in front of him ' — /. e.^ on the ground. The last 

 part of this combination contains the same root as that seen in 

 ahpeewuyuhpeen (I/) ^ bed ' and A. abi ^ sit.' Pahtoon ' he waits '; 

 cp. O. D. pehawah, pehowen * he waits.' Tah Miow,' the same 

 element seen in taimha, IV. *. NiJ *that' with fut. sign. Alak 

 ' which is '; al = rel. particle -\- ak ^ p. ptc. ending inan. JViVi 

 aleet * that which is '; cp. I. ^ and laweetpihkahk, I. ^. 



II. ^ Weerhkawa * suddenly'; cp. O. D. wiechgawotschi 'unex- 

 pectedly.' Quack konjwah luuhkoong ' something there was above.' 

 With wuhkoong cp. O. D. hokunk, probably cogn. with A. agudat 

 'above.' Ahwan, see on I.'' ; cheepeenawqthoo, see on I. ^. 

 Wcherhakahlaun ' he jumps down ' = O. D. loaktschehellen. 

 Keerhkee tJi q ta 'by the fire.' With keerhkee cp. O. D. giechgi 

 'near, by' and with th'q'ta 'fire' cp. A. skweda ; Passa. skwut ; 

 Oj. isJikote. This seems to be a pure Minsi expression. Tindey is 

 the Unami word ; see II. ^. 



II. " Owh ' he said '; cp. Oj. iwa ' he says.' Baum ' here, 

 hither'; see also II. ^ Is this cogn. with Oj. oma 'here'? Kon- 

 jahwan ' I am '; parte, i p. sg. See below on II. ^. Nhukee^ lit. 

 ' my body ' = ' I myself; cp. III. ^, whukee ' himself.' In O. D. 

 hakey is 'body'; cp. A. nhaga 'my body,' but it is not used to 

 denote the emphatic pronoun. In Oj., however, we find niiaw 

 'myself; lit. ' my body.^ The A. pronoun nia ' I ' maybe cogn. 

 with this. Nmihwa 'I eat'; cp. A. n' dwwo 'I eat him.' In A. 

 mitsi =z^ Q2it' in general, as 'a meal,' but mowd means rather 

 'devour.' Linno 'man,' the same stem contained in lendpe 'a 

 male creature'; see Prince AJP., xxi, p. 298 n. 1. Ktuhaulaw 

 ' thou lovest him '; naiilaw (we expect rather ntuhaulaw /) 'I want 

 him ' = O. D. ahoalan ' love '; cp. Prince, op. cit., p. 299. Kwee- 

 shathee ' thou fearest me.' Note ending of i p. -ee. 



11. ^ Mutahkawah ' he fought with ' = O. D. machtagen, perhaps 

 cogn. with A. miga^kamuk 'one fights.' IVeelno (?) 'wild 

 animals '; so Montour, but I cannot find the stem. Wun demonstr. 

 'that'; cp. A. wa. Keemoorh 'wizard,' probably = O. D. 

 kemocliwen ' one who steals away something secretly.' Koiijahwan 

 pane. 3 p. 'as he was '; see above II. ". Weeshidooko ' he scares 

 him.' See above on I. *", II. ^ Nawkawh = O. D. nakewi 'a 

 little while '; cp. A. tCmakaiwi. 



II. ® iV/// is used as a resumptive exactly like Passa. ////, which 

 occurs so often at the beginning of a sentence. It is a demonstra- 



