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Kuduta'^'-k de'di, he hied or set the dog on him (B), and then he (B) 



went. 

 I'kuduta'^'-k de'di, you set the dog on him, and then he went. 

 O'nkuduta'^'-k de'di, I set the dog on him, and then he went. 

 Tca'ka° ne' kuo'^ni ko, where he stood before he started back hither. 

 5 Tca'k u°ne' xku'ni ko, where I stood before I started back hither. 

 Tca'k a'xaxa mank-o'^'ni ko kiya' he'ya° a'de, they went again to the 



place where they had been standing [previously]. 

 Tca'k a'xaxa ha'maki ka'hu-o°'ni ko kiya' he'ya'' kiya' ka'de, they go 



back to the same place where they were standing before they 



came hither. 



Yata'naxti xku'di, I went thither and hurried back (I was coming 

 back hither in great haste). 



Yatan'axti ya'ku, were you coming back hither in great haste? 

 10 Do'^x-pi'-ni (do°hi, pi, ni), he did or does not see it well. 



Ka'wa-ka° do'^xpi'ni, he does not see anything well. 



I'do'^xpi'ni, you do not see well. 



Ka'wa-ka'^ ndo'^xpi'ni, 1 do not see anything well. 



Ka'wa-ka° do"xpi'tuni', they do not see anything well. 

 15 YaMo^xpitu'ni, they do not look at me well {sic). 



YaMo^'xtupi'tuni', archaic for ya^do^'xpitu'ni. 



Tcidike' ya'^xa'^' nkiyao^'ni, sometimes I sing. 



Tcidike' ya^xa"^' nkata'mini, sometimes I work. 



Tcidike' ya^xa'^' kata'mini, sometimes he does not work. 

 20 Kata'mini hande' xa, he never works. 



Nka'nahi'^'-ya'' yanka'dtikutcilpa''', my hair is matted, 



Ama'kMo'tci a'dukiitctipa"', mud fell on him and stuck to him. 



Waxi'-ka° ato'hi a'ta^ta'^'ye de' a'dlikMclipa'^', he put beads very thickly 

 on moccasins, thus covering them. 



Waxi'-ka'' ato'hi a'ta°ta°'hanke de' nkadti'klitctipa'^', I put beads very 

 thickly on moccasins, thus covering them. 

 25 Ani'-3^a'' o' de'x-towe na'nki, the water is (Ht., sits) full of fish. 



Ti'-j^a"" a°ya' de'x-towe ne', the house is (lit. , stands) full of people. 



Niho°' ani' de'x-towe ne', the cup is (lit., stands) full of water. 



Niho'"-ka'' ani' to'weye, he filled the cup with water. 



Niho'^'-ka'' ani' to'waye, did you fill the cup with water? 

 30 Niho'^'-ka'^ ani' to'wanke, 1 filled the cup with water. 



Niho^'-ka** ndu'si ha° ntcude' tca'haiike, I took the cup, poured out 

 [the water, thus] emptying it. 



Toxpi' a'siine'yS ya'^xa'", where is that fried fox liver? 



