150 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Boli.. 183 



Thanksgiving Speech 



(1) 



1. ta:h 'and' (sentence connective) 



2. '^ornsh 'now, then, at a specific time' 



3. tih 'now, at tins moment' 



4. niketyohk6^te:h 'the way the group is' 



Vb. base: vb. rt. -o^te- 'be of a certain kind, in a certain condition'; incorp. 



nn. rt. -itydhkw- [3.12, 6.8] 'group, crowd' 

 Asp. suff. : -h 'desc' 

 Subj. pref.: -ke- 'neut.' 

 Sec. pref.: ni- 'part.' (usual with this vb. rt.) 



5. wa^3kwaya^taye:ih 'we (pi.) gather' 



Vb. base: vb. rt. -yei- 'be right'; rt. suff. -h- 'inch. U'; incorp. nn. rt. 



-yd^ta- 'body' (together meaning 'gather', usually with reference to a 



religious gathering) 

 Asp. suff.: -0 'punc' 

 Obj. pref.: -okwa- 'we (pi.)' 

 Mod. pref.: wa- 'indie' 



(2) 



6. ne'^hoh 'that, there' 



7. waih 'just, precisely' 



8. niotiyereh 'what they (masc.) did' 



Vb. rt.: -ye- 'do' 



Asp. suff.: -ih 'desc' 



Obj. pref.: -'oti- 'they (masc.)' 



Sec. pref.: ni- 'part.' 



9. hatiDya^kerono' 'the Sky Dwellers (masc. pi.)' 



Nn. rt.: -{rj)6:ya- [3.21, 6.3] 'sky' 

 Nn. suff.: -^k6- 'ext. loc' 

 Subj. pref.: hati- 'they (masc. pi.)' 

 Attr. suff.: -'on6? 'popul.' 



10. ne^ 'it is that . . .' (followed by a predication; usually untrans- 



lated, as here) 



11. neh 'the' (often untranslatable, as here) 



12. ?3khi:owi:h 'they told us' 



Vb. rt.: -'{hy)owi- [6.3] 'tell' 



Asp. suff.: -h 'desc' 



Trans, pref.: ?okhi- 'they ... us' 



13. 'eyokwaye : ta'k 'we (pi.) shall continue to have it' 



Vb. rt.: -yeta- 'liave' 

 Asp. suff.: -'?- 'desc'; -k 'cont.' 

 Obj. pref.: -yokwa- 'we (pi.)' 

 Mod. pref.: ?e- 'fut.' 



