Chafe] SENECA THANKSGIVING RITUALS 207 



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442. tcshakon^^nyatD:' 'they (masc.) will protect people' 



Vb. base: vb. rt. -t- 'stand'; rt. sufiF. -o- 'dist.'; incorp. nn. rt. -fnya- 



'hand' ; -e- 'refl.' (the entire base meaning 'protect') 

 Asp. suff.: -' 'punc' 



Trans, pref.: -shakon- 'they (masc.) . . , people' 

 Mod. pref. : -e- 'f ut.' 

 Other pref.: t- 'dupl.' 



See also 1-3, 7, 10, 11, 15, 20, 35-38, 116, 221, 299, 355. 



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443. ta'ayoska:sthe't 'it can't be alone, doesn't work by itself 



Coll. for te^dyoska:sthe^t 



Vb. base: vb. rt. -oska- 'be only'; rt. su£F. -st- 'caus.-inst.'; -h6f- 'inch. I' 



Asp. suflF.: -t 'punc' 



Subj. pref.: -y- 'neut.' 



Mod. pref.: -?a- 'indie' 



Other pref. : te- 'neg.' 



444. hotiya^toska^ah 'only them (masc ), nothing but them' 



Vb. base: vb. rt. -oskd^a- (variant of -oska-) 'be only'; incorp. nn. rt. 



-ydH- 'body' 

 Asp. suff.: -'h 'desc* 

 Obj. pref.: hoti- 'them (masc.)' 



445. taon3tawenye:ak 'they (masc ) might continue to move about' 



Iden. with 264 except for mod. pref. -aa- [3.21] 'opt.' 



See also 7, 49, 89, 399. 



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446. ha^teryorh 'everything' 



Vb. rt.: -3- 'be a certain amount' 



Asp. suff.: -h 'desc' 



Subj. pref.: -y- 'neut.' 



Other pref.: -te- 'dupl.; ha^- 'transloc' 



447. niyotyereh 'what's being done, is going on' 



Vb. base: vb. rt. -ye- 'do'; -at- 'refl.' 

 Asp. suff.: -ih 'desc* 

 Obj. pref.: -yo- 'neut.' 

 Sec. pref.: ni- 'part.* 



448. yoejatartye' 'along the earth' 



Vb. base: vb. rt. -t- 'be present'; incorp. nn. rt. -6eja- 'earth' 

 Asp. suff.: -0- 'desc'; -atye- 'prog.'; -'? 'desc' 

 Subj. pref.: y- 'neut.' 



