154 BUBEAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY Ibull. 4'7 



Ato' i^'paxa o'^'ni, he set out the potatoes. 



A^o' i'^'paxa o*^ he'da'', he finished setting out the potatoes. 



Ato' i'^'pax ayo"^' he'da°, did jou finish setting out the potatoes ? 



Ato' i^'paxa nko''' he'da"^, I finished setting out the potatoes. 

 5 Nyukpe' ksa, my leg is broken. 



Nyukpg' puski', my leg was cut off. 



Nya'ndi ha'ye, my heart is broken. 



Ya'^'xtu ha'ye, their hearts are broken. 



Ya'ndi kaha'yeha'nkeni' dande', I will not break her heart. 

 10 l^^nkpa'n ndo'^'x-ka'*, let me see and smell it. 



Ka'ye de'di, he has gone to give it away. 



I'kay ide'di, did you go to give it away ? 



Xka'yi nde'di, I went to give it away. 



Ka'ye a'de, they have gone to give it away. 

 15 Ka'ye ayaMe, did you (pi.) go to give it away? 



Ka'ye nka'de, we went to give it away. 



Ka'ye ku', he is returning after giving' it away. 



Ka'ye hi''', he has come to give it away. 



Fkaye ayi'^'hi'^, have 3^ou come to give it away ? 

 20 Xka'ye nki^hi'"', I have come to give it away. 



He'tiko"^ ha'nde, he is just doing so. 



Na'ti e'tikayo"^' ya'nde, you are doing so for nothing (or, in vain). 



Na'ti e'tanko" nka'nde, I am doing so in vain. 



Na'ti he'tiko'^ yuke'di, they are doing just so in vain. 

 25 Na'ti he'tikayo''' ya'yuke'di, you (pi.) are doing just so in vain. 



Na'ti he'tanko'^' nyuke'di, we are doing just so in vain. 



Na'ti he'tinyo"^' nka'nde, I am doing just so to you in vain. 



Na'ti he' tiny o'^' nyuke'di, we are doing just so to you in vain. 



A'kuwex kide', he takes him home with him [without leading him, as 

 person or dog]. 

 30 Aya'kuwex yakide', do or did you take him home with you? 



^ka'kuwex xkide', I took him home with me. 



A'kuwex ka'de, they took him home with them. 



Aya'kuwex kaya'de, did j^ou take him home with you (pi.) ? 



Sta'uwex xka'de, we took him home with us. 

 35 Nya'kuwex xka'de, we took you home with us. 



Yanka'kuwex ada' dande', they will take me home with them. 



Inko'wa, he depends on him (or her) to protect htm. 



Ayinko'wa, do you depend on him to protect you? 



