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Commentary. 



In the above song, peski is adverbial from peskw, ' one ; lonely ' ; 

 k't-el-apin: /e = second person -|- the infixed -t- before a vowel -J- ^^, 

 the element of prolongation, ' thou art doing it ' -\- ap, ' look ' -f- the 

 intransitive in, seen above in the conjugation of kwaskw, 'run'; 

 elmi-nelemzvik: ehni = ' he'mg; while there '-{- neleuizvik^ which also 

 occurs in the form niil'rmik, showing the indeterminate vowel = ' up ' 

 — here probably ' up-stream ' ; cluii-sikzi'ak-lo: ^///n, here, =' during ' 

 -|- sikwak, a musical prolongation of sikii/k, ' in spring ' -\- Id, the 

 asseverative particle; takzmk'mvi-lok-Io: takwdk'n, ' autumn,' -j- the 

 adjectival -wi-\- the verbal inan. -lok-\- the asseverative -lo; chip- 

 tuk, probably contains the same element as the future -ch -\- the 

 verbal p't-\- the inan. participle -«^=:'when it may be'; k'nimi- 

 hi-sa, 'thou seest me' with the conditional -sa; kzcnlakzviyuii: kzvil, 

 ' seek,' -|- the formative ak -\- (zi')iyun, participial, = I — Thee; 

 kuzjuenodin U: kzven, 'he long,' -f- the intransive endings -(o)din-\- 

 the exclamation U = 'Oh.' 



