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Suyhe, 'to hurt' {sqy^ jj'iving the meaning- to hurt, to pain, intransitive; 

 he, to be sick). Tlius: nqsqyhe^ 'it hurts' {7iq, it; sdyJie, to hurt). 



Suwa^ 'to be warm,' 'warm,' 'warmth.' Thus: ?4 siiwa^ 'it is 

 warm' {nq.^ it; suwli^ to be warm). 



Tsqywse, 'to be hot,' 'hot,' 'heat.' Thus: nq tsqyirsp, 'it is liot' 

 (w|, it; tsqytvse,^ to be hot); l:.a tsdijwxiij, 'liot leaf {hi, leaf; 

 tsdyivse, hot). 



'' OkaJAj (Hano Tewa, ^okau/i) 'to be cold,' 'cold,' 'coldness.' Thus: 

 rufokajh, 'it is cold' {nq, it; ''oka^i/i, to be cold); ha ''ohaJ^iy, 'cold 

 leaf ijca, leaf; "'okaM, cold). Tsqywse, and 5y«m may be used of 

 things hot to the touch; the same expressions, also Qiqtl, 'it is 

 cold,' are applied to the weather; ''okadi cannot properly be used 

 with reference to the weather. 



A^(HanoTewa,Z:t^^d), 'hard,' 'hardness.' Thus: nqkcm\L,''\{. is hard' 

 {nq, it; ke, hard; m^, to be). 



Ts^Vi, 'to be soft,' 'soft,' 'softness.' Thus: nqtse'bl, 'it is soft' {nq, it; 

 tsp^l, to be soft); ka tsebViy, 'soft leaf {ka, leaf; tfeM, soft). 



ICa (Hano Tewa, Vala), ' to be heavy,' ' heavy,' ' weight.' Thus: nqUa, 

 'it is heavy' [iiq, it; Ua, to be heavy); ka ¥a^iy, ' heavy leaf (^v/, 

 leaf; k'a, heavy). Light, opposite of heavy, is expressed by the 

 negative winqVajpi, 'it is light' {to I, negative; nq, it; ¥a, to be 

 heavy; ]?i, negative); ka Vapt^y, 'light leaf {1m, leaf; k\L, heavy; 

 j?i, negative). 



Wetness and Dryness 



Po, 'water.' Thus: wrij^cwr], 'it is wet' {nq, it; fo, water; nq, to be 

 present, to have); nqponiii, 'it is wet' {jiq, it; po, water; 'tny,, to 

 be). 



''Oniij,, 'moisture.' Thus: nq'omunq, 'it is moist' {nq, it; \>nnL, 

 moisture; nq, to be present, to have). 



Pos<^ (Hano Tewa, posele), 'dew' {po, water; se, miexplamed). Thus: 

 nqposenq, 'it is dew}^,' said either of an object or of the weather 

 {iq, it; pOf<e, dew; nq, to be present, to have). 



fa, 'to be dry,' 'dry,' 'dryness.' Thus: mlta, 'it is dry' {nq, it; la, 

 to be dr}'); nqianq, 'it is dry' {nq, it; fa, dryness; nq, to be 

 present, to have). 

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