1895-96.] THE BLACKPOOT LANGUAGE. l6l 



Apinako = To-morrow at daybreak. 



Tcistcikenuts — Daylight. 



Askenuts = Darkness. 



Kiskinatunye = Sunrise. 



Aisokvitoyetcistcikvve = Sunday is ended. 



Nutnerical Expressions of Money. 



Mikskinn = Metal, a general term for money. 



Ituqpumope = The thing to trade with, money. 



Nitsapoqse = One dollar. 



Natokum sapoqse = Two dollars. 



Omuqkilnauks = The large half — fifty cents. 



Inukunauks = The small half — twentj^-five cents. 



ISiokska Inukunauks — The three small halves — seventy-five cents. 

 Omuqkunauks ke inukunauks = The large half and the small half — 

 seventy-five cents. Aipunasaine = A term for five and ten cents ; 

 literally, the thing to cry over at night, and in the morning the weeping 

 is at an end. The natives explain this term by saying that the piece of 

 money is so small that when they look at it at night they begin to weep; 

 and in the morning, when they again look at it, they say it is foolishness 

 to weep over such a small thing, and they cease crying. Supoksi, the 

 term for one dollar, means a whole thing. 



The Adverb. 



There are several kinds of adverbs, which are classified according to 

 their signification. 



Adverbs of Time. 

 Anuqk = Now. 



Kinuqka = And now. Just now. 



Anuqk tcistcikwe = To-day. 

 Anuqk kokose = To-night. 



Atakose --- Afternoon. 



Matomoqts = Formerly. Some time ago. 



Misamoe - Long ago. 



Matomaisumo ~ Not long ago. 



Matcisumo - " " " 



Uniqka = Then. At that time. 



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