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THE BLACKFOOT LANGUAGE. 



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Ponokamitoyis 



Oqtokosapyoyis 



Oqkotoksapyoyis 



Makapyoyis 



Akapyoyis 



Natoapyoyis 



Omiiqkutoapyoyis 



= a horse's house, i.e., a stable. 

 = a sick house, i.e., an hospital. 

 = a stone house. 

 = a dirty house. 



= many houses, i.e., a village or town. 

 = a holy or divine house, i.e., a church. 

 = a large holy house, i.e., a cathedral 

 or large church. 



Names of cloth end in aipistci. 



Naipistci = a blanket, cloth. Sikaipistci 



Maukaipistci = red cloth. Apaipistci 



Otskaipistci = blue cloth. Otoqkaipistci 



Istoqkaipistci =^ cotton. Omuqkaipistci 

 Inukaipistci = a small blanket. 



Names of earth end in koyi. 



Tsaqkoyi = earth, land. 



Aikimikoyi = table land. 



Sputsikoyi = sand hills (sputsiko := sand). 



Pikiskoyi =: range of hills. 



Kawuqkoyi = ravines. 



Pavvilqkoyi = ravines. 



Moqsokoyi = a road (moqsoko ■= a footprint). 



Sikakoyi = black soil. 



Otoqkoyi =: yellow soil. 



Atsoaskoyi = woodland, forest, bush. 



Puqtokskoyi = pine timber land, pine forest. 



= black cloth. 

 = white cloth. 

 = yellow cloth. 

 = a large blanket. 



FORMATION OF NOUNS. 



Diminntive Nouns are formed by adding as a prefix inuk, inuks, 

 inuksa, inuksi. 



Akekwan = a girl. 

 Puka = a child. 



Mataki = a potato. 



Kukutos — a star. 

 Napekwan = a white man. 

 Saqkomapi — a boy. 



Tnukakekwan 



Inuksipuka 



Inukataki 



Inukukiitos 



Inuksapekwan 



Inukasaqkomapi 



= a little girl. 



= a little child. 



= a small potato. 



= a small star. 



= a small white man. 



-^ a small boy. 



Personal Abstract Noitns are formed from verbs by adding api or upi, 

 the termination of matfipi, i.e., a person, as : 



