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lage ; ann'entontar^e — whence comes lie ? ^andata^e — fiom 

 the village; Annena'retaii'de — where docs he go? ajida- 

 fae — to the village ; ann^enar'endi — by which way has he 

 gone ? /indata^e— by the village. By the same particles 

 are often expressed under, within, above, as, finnenhmu' 

 eiaat — that is in the bag ; /iiinonc/ua^ci,an'a— on top of the 

 hut; aaen^ea^o/ia — that has just fallen into the Mater ; 

 ^atsesta.eaontaha — that has fallen into the fire j ondm'dea^en- 

 trontahu — he reposes on land. The same particles are 

 affixed to names of things which are numbered, as, ^ebe«/a^c 

 — two days; achinkaveuta^e — three days; ndahi^anno'nske 

 — four huts, for i^annonchia^e ; asenio^a'ke — ten stitches, 

 for toara^e — within, inside; jcmdajm, without composi- 

 tion fion, in composition, as, chiutufiu or c/iieskva^on — in 

 your belly ; annonafiii — under water, in the bottom of the 

 water ; arhajon — in the wood ; finnonskon for ,annon- 

 chiaon—'in the house. When, afiu requires the para- 

 digma .«, it signifies vacuity, as, u,onnoHd6 — that is empty, 

 but we say asetd,oni/j — there is someliquour in the gourd. 

 Without he^enk beyond chi, as, cluhotonnhon/nmondi — he 

 was determined to that before we spoke to him of it. — 

 Before and in preference to chi, as chihcntron — he is before 

 all ages ; cUiaiaehie^raha or ndherciiaontaia^ehier'aha — he 

 must beware •,cliicontotUona'ti — before you; aondcchcnhaun 

 uifidni — he is from all eternity ; ondt!ciaro/itio or c^aHendio- 

 he is lord above others, (a name) ; i^aalsitiucn — he was 

 called before, (naming him) ; und<' d\Qee/ton — he that Avas 

 called Hcchon ; e^onnoiitifj—lUc former governor ; onde- 

 rhui^nt — this 1 have before said ; sUuttekmraudinmn — 1 

 was unwilling before. Chi — b<'yond, as, thiu'tiduvati — 

 l>eyond the river ; ,«ry — on this side, ac, /iroaan^diMifi — 

 on this side the river. 



