DORSKY-SWANTON] THE BILOXT AND OFO LANGUAGES 165 



Etikc' iij'a'nt kike', you sta}" just so, it makes no diflerence. 

 fiti^©' yuke' kike', let them stay just so, it makes no ditference. 

 IHutco'^' n6 o°'ni di', be made it (standing ob. ?) resemble eyes. 

 T"-daha'-to, let them alone! 

 5 l"-daha' ha" ku-te', let them alone and be coming back! (Contracts to: 



I'^'-daha'-x' ku-te/.) 

 Wak teye' xa, he has killed cattle (beeves). 

 Wak teye' akita', he follows killing cattle [as an occupation], 

 De' ku'kiyo'ha^ni, she did not wish [for] him to go. 

 De' kuya'kiyo'ha°ni, you did not wish [for] him to go. 

 10 De' xkiyo'ha^ni, I did not wish [for] him to go. 



De' kukiyo'ha°tuni', they did not wish [for] him to go. 

 Ide' ko'ha"ni, she did not wish [for] you to go. 

 Nde' ko'ha"ni (contracts to kox-ni ?)» «he did not wish [for] me to go. 

 Nde' ya'^'xkiyo'ha^ni, she did not wish [for] me to go. 

 1.5 Ide' i'nkiyo'ha'^ni, 1 do not wish [for] you to go. 



Xkida'd u"ne'di xye'ni (""tike'x u°nc', I was about to start home, but 1 



am still standing here. 



Nda'd ii'^ne'di xye'ni, I was about to go, but . 



Xku' te u°ne'di xye'ni (itike' u"ne' ha" xku'di, I was getting ready to 



be coming back, but . 



De' te ne'di xye'ni kdde'ni ha'nde, he was about to go, but he has not 



yet gone. 

 20 Ko xkide'di, I start oft' home without waiting to be driven off, insulted, 



etc. (Said when aware of the danger, etc.) 

 Ko ya'kide'di, you started off home before he got after you, or before 



he got ready to accompany you. 

 Ko ku'di, he became tired of waiting there, so he started home or 



back hither. 

 Koyaku'di, you became tired of waiting (or, apprehended insult, etc.), 



and so started back hither. 

 Ko xku'di, 1 became tired of waiting (or, thought 1 might be insulted, 



attacked, etc.), and so started back hither. 

 25 Ndukutce' ha'' ko x^^u'di, I got dull and so I started back hither with- 

 out waiting any longer for [a person or act]. 

 Aduktce'hiyctu', you (pi.) make too much noise. 

 Aduktce'yetu, they make so much noise. 

 Aduktce'hanke'tuni', we do not make too much noise. 

 Ka'duktce'yeni', he did not make too much noise. 



