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^Asse, 'to taste salty, or alkaline' ('g, alkali; ScC, to taste hot, like 

 chile). '4 also appears as the first syllable of ^qns^, ' salt' ('a, alkali; 

 nse, as in hunse, turquoise). Thus: n4''asse, ' it tastes salty or alka- 

 line' {nq, it; 'g, alkali; sse, to taste hot, like chile). 



A prickling or puckering taste seems to be expressed hj ^sojohe, ^oje 

 or s^. Of a nauseating taste one says merely, diheivo^°, ' it makes me 

 sick' {dl, it me; /ie, to be sick; ^/V", causative). 



Odor 



Sy,, ' to smell,' intransitive. Thus: hqn nqsu, ' how does it smell V {hqy, 

 how; nq^ it; sy,^ to smell); hqywseho'^ vyinq s'lipi, 'it has no odor' 

 {Mriwspho''^ , nothing; wi, negative; nq^ it; sy^ to smell; pi, nega- 

 tive). This verb appears in all terms denoting kinds of odor. Thus: 

 nqsiike, 'it smells strong' (nq, it; sy,, to smell; ke, to be strong); 

 KeJbd}°"r) nqsy^ 'it smells faintly' {hedo'^'y, slight; nq, it; sy,, to smell); 

 nq^qsy, 'it smells sweet' (nq, it; '«, sweet; sy, to smell); nqsisu, 'it 

 stinks' {nq, it; si, giving the meaning to stink; sy, to smell). 



Nouns with the postfix loagl, 'like,' are very common with sy, 'to 

 smell.' Thus: sawagl nqsy, 'it smells like tobacco' {sa, tobacco; 

 wagi, like; nq, it; sy, to smell). 



Feeling 



Arise, 'to be smooth,' 'smooth,' 'smoothness.' Thus: nq/qn^-, 'it is 

 smooth' {nq, it; \lnse, to be smooth); l-a'an^'iy, 'smooth leaf ' 

 {I'a, leaf; ''qnse,, smooth). 



Zb, 'to be rough,' 'rough,' 'roughness.' Thus: nqlco, 'it is rough' 

 {nq, it; Ico, to be rough); 'o l"6»'/'% 'rough metate' ('(>, metate; Ico, 

 rough). 



Pa, 'cracked,' 'cracked surface.' Thus: ndpamy, 'it is cracked or 



chapped' (ng, it; j^a, cracked; my, tohe)-, l-a paHjj, 'cracked leaf ' 



{ka, leaf; fa^iy, cracked). 

 Tsi, 'to be sticky.' Thus: nqtsi, 'it is. sticky' {nq, it; tsi, to be 



sticky). 

 Tsiie, 'sticky,' 'stickiness.' Thus: ndtsiteto, 'it is sticky' {nq, it; 



tsibe, sticky; to, causative); ka tsiteiy 'sticky leaf {M, leaf; 



fsiie, sticky). 

 PV, 'hairy,' 'hair.' Thus: nqp'omy, 'it is hairy' {nq,\t; po, hairy; 



my, to be). 

 '^w^, 'thorny,' 'thorn.' Thus: nqyws£.my, 'it is thorny' {nq, it; 



yiDdP., thorny; my, to be). 

 Jyy, 'to pierce.' Thus: nqjyy, 'it pierces' {nq, it; j^i*/;, to pierce); 



nqjynio, 'it is prickly' (/ig, it; jyy, to pierce; to, causative). 



