NORTH WESTERN AMERICA. 



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DIRECTION TOWARDS. 



aktatashanamh 

 aktatashanokumka 



aksiiktannmh 



aksiikttniokinnka 



tdetaUuhaktattamk 



aktatiisluiktu nok it m kn 



illKKCTION FROM. 

 PRESENT FUTURE. 



akta-tiisltiinitlt: 



FAST FUTURE. 



iik/iititshanoka 



LOCATIVE FORM. 



aksaktanoka 



(iktntashaklaniih 



aktaUakaJcttutoka 



I may soon see him 

 I might have seen him 



I might see him yonder 

 (Aorist) 



(Present Future) 

 (Past Future) 



IMPERATIVE MODE. 



ina 



liahnimth ina 

 nashahnim nuna 

 nasluihnimth nuna 

 <iii n i in ipnim 

 ahnimth ipna 



ahakim ipna 

 akiih ipna 



INFINITIVE MODE. 



huhnash 



look (thou) at me 

 look (ye) at me 

 look (thou) at us 

 look (ye) at us 

 look (thou) at him 

 look (ye) at him 



to see 



5. THE WAIILATPU FAMILY. 

 (O. Waittatpu. P. Motile.) 



The first of these vocabularies was taken under the supervision of Dr. Whitman, and 

 is undoubtedly correct ; the second was obtained from a native during a single interview, 

 and possibly contains some errors. 



From the long and close companionship of this tribe with the Nez-Perces, some words 

 of the Sahaptin language appear to have been adopted into their own. This may, per- 

 haps, account for the similarity which will be observed in the numerals and the pronouns, 

 while in all other respects the languages seem to be perfectly distinct. We had no time 

 to obtain any particular information respecting the structure of the Waiilatpu, but were 

 assured that it differed radically from that of the Sahaptin. The following examples of 

 plural adjectives are given in the vocabulary : 



ydumua, great 

 tun in, good 

 ludstu, bad 



pi. yiyimu 

 pi. sasuaiu 

 pi. laludstu 



There is also a dual of the second person, nkimi$, which does not exist in the Sa- 

 haptin. 



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