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time) had been wishing to know what 

 sort of person this M'as (3:4). uyViii 

 ha'nde, he was thinking that for some 

 time (3: 5). tcCima^na MnldnyaW 

 unoxwef a^nde o'^xa', long ago he was 

 living with his grandmother. Vkiya- 

 ho'ye a'nde, he still owes him. nka'di- 

 yan e' ande' , "my father he moves," 

 I have a father, ayon^ni e' ande\ "my 

 mother she moves, ' ' I have a mother. 

 tcu'nki inkla'ka'nde, "my dog moves," 

 I have a dog. tca^nhl Vtak a^nde, you 

 have a dog. tcu^nki kta^k a^nde, he or 

 she has a dog. ( In forming such sen- 

 tences ande is not inflected, the only 

 change taking place being in the kin- 

 ship term or else in the possessive 

 pronoun.) toho'xk tcVdihi a'nde ita^, 

 ("horse which moves your") or 

 toho^xk tdi^diki a'nde ko' afyindi'ta, 

 which is your horse? teV a^nde, he 

 moves here, or he is (still) here {tee^ 

 ayafnde, tee' nka'nde; tee' yuke'di, 

 tee' i'yuke'di, tee' nyuke'di). tee' a'nde 

 han^tca, he was there, but (I do not 

 know where he is now), e'wa a'nde, he 

 moves there, he is there, e'wa aya'nde, 

 you moved there, were there, e'wa 

 nka'nde, I moved there, was there. 

 e'lua yuke'di, they move there, are or 

 were there, e'wa i' yuke'di, you (pi.) 

 moved there, were there, e'wa nyuke'di, 

 we moved there, were there, e'tva 

 ka'nde haMca' haiup, he was there, but 

 ( he has gone elsewhere) . e'wa yuke'di 

 haHca' hanan, they were there, but 

 ( they have gone elsewhere) . ha' me ta""^ 

 0" inda'hi ande' txye { = indahi hande 

 txyan), he was seeking a large bent 

 tree (2: 13). a'nde u'on de' han, when 

 he had been gone a long time (2: 15) ; 

 here a'nde seems to mean a long time, 

 ayu'ya'"' nka'kaHcki'ke nka'nde xa na', I 

 am used to licking the dew off of (the 

 ground) (1: 7). — an< (24: 1). ande'de, 

 this running animate object. a'"'ya' 

 tan^hin ande'de nkyehon'ni, I know this 

 running man. tci'dlke andede', which 

 of the two (7: 4). ande'ya^, that 

 running animate object. a''^ya' ta^'hi"' 

 ande'yan nkyeho'"^ni, I know that run- 

 ning man. spdehi' i'dusi aya'nde, you 

 are holdinga knife. ' ' i'yinda'hi yuke'di 

 ko' ayande'yuwa'yannda'hi hani'," he'di 



Tce'tkanadi', "when they are seeking 

 you (as they move about), I will go 

 toward the place where you shall be," 

 said the Rabbit ( 2 : 6, 7) . ite'ni My a'nde, 

 you are still alive, you are not dead 

 yet ( see te). spdehi' ndu'si nka'nde, I am 

 holding, a knife. Unkte'ni nka'nde, I 

 am still alive, I am not dead yet. 

 a'f^/a'di hande' sanha''>'ni' xye, that man 

 is very strong. aHkde', to keep on at it 

 till, etikayo'ndaha yantkde', you keep 

 on at it till, etiaiiko'i^'daha nkantkde 

 ( -{-2^^'^ = )midnight. elianko''^daha 

 nkande (no duration specified). — xnedi 

 (possibly this should be hinedi), a 

 sign of continuous action (?). tcetkana' 

 axokyan' yeskasan' dusi' uxne'di, the 

 Rabbit took a piece of cane and a tin 

 bucket, and was approaching the well 

 (1: 9). dakutcke' han i'n'pi han kya'^- 

 hixne'di, he tied him and laid him down 

 and was scolding him (as he stood?) 

 (1: 15, 16). ?/o?ide^( classifier), the run- 

 ning object, a'n-'ya ta'^^'hin yande'a'ye- 

 Mi^'ni, do you know the running man? 

 ewa'nya'di yande' ka'wa, who is yonder 

 running man? anyato' yande' yinkonni', 

 is that man married? (w. sp.). tcu'nki 

 yande' naxtate' (w. to m.), kick that 

 dog! — ya'nde, at length (?), now (?). 

 ka'wa ni'ki nax ka^, e'tike ya'nde na', 

 he (the Rabbit) was there at length, 

 but he (the Bear) sat without any- 

 thing for him (2: 16). — ka'nde; e'wa 

 ka'nde haHca' hana^, he was there, 

 but ( he has gone elsewhere, and I do 

 not know whither), ekande', to have 

 stayed there (e'kaya'nde, e'hanka'nde) . 

 {Also 2: 6, 15; 3: 7; 7: 3; 8: 1, 2, 12, 

 13, 18; 10: 5, 9, 19, 22, 30; 11: 1, 2, 

 3, 6, 8, 9; 13: 1; 14: 5; 20: 44, 46, 48; 

 21: 7; 28: 76; p. 117: 5; p. 157: 26, 

 27; p. 158: 11, 12; p. 160: 4, 5.) 

 ha'ne, ane'' ( 16: 4, 5), to find it {haya'ne, 

 nka'nc) . — inya'iit; I found you. ewande' 

 yanka'ne, he found me. hayi' ndyanka'- 

 n^, you found me. o^ti'k ha'neotu' xa, 

 they have found a bear and (men) have 

 shot him (2: 31). anctu', they found 

 her (20: 2).—kanini', not to find it 

 ( kaya'neni', nka'ntnV ) . ka'wak ka'neni' 

 Huxa', it is said that he found nothing 

 (1: 4). {Also 7: 3; 9: 7, 11; 10: 17, 

 18; 13: 4; 21: 16; 22: 14; 23: 15; 26: 

 1, 81; 27: 1, 22; 28: 26, 55, 125, 130, 

 227; 31: 33,34). 



