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nko'kxipa, I met him. okxipadaha', 

 etc., he met them, etc. nyo^kxipa, I 

 met you. yank(/kxipa, he met me. — 

 kipuUa' na'nki, he is sitting by him or 

 her (p. 143: 3). ikipukta' na^nhi, you 

 are sitting by him or her (p. 143: 4). 

 nkipukta' na^nki, I am sitting by him 

 or her (p. 143: 5). yailkipukta' ina'- 

 nki, you are sitting by me (p. 143: 6). 

 nyikipuUa' na'nki, I am sitting by you 

 (p. 143: 7). 



kxwi. — inkxivV, always, ever; follows 

 the qualified verb, ata'mini inkxiinf, 

 he always works. nka^taminV inkxwV 

 I always work. 



kne. — inkrie^, to vomit (2: 20) {ayVnkne, 

 nkVnkne). inkne^di, to vomit {a^yin- 

 kne'di, nhVfiknedi; Vnknetu^, a^yinkne- 

 iu', nkVnkne(u^). ikune^ye, (he) made 

 him vomit by means of it (29: 14). 

 {Also 17: 1; 29: 14.) 



kne, a verb ending. — (1) at the moment 

 of another action: a^yihVnl nde' kne, I 

 went at the moment you came. WiV^it 

 nde' knt, I went at the moment he came. 

 nW^hVni de' krie, he went at the mo- 

 ment that I came. ya'"-^xkito''i^ni kne, 

 he reached there just before me, i. e., 

 I was but a few yards or feet behind 

 him. — (2) action shortly after some 

 other action: ayiHiin yanka' nde' kne, 1 

 went when ( = shortly after ) you 

 came. — (3) action after (not immedi- 

 ately after) another action: anya'di sV 

 naskextV de' knS kanko''hiV nUkohi' 

 xehe'kiy^ Uuxa' ,\Tci'Hkanadi' c'tuko'^'ni, 

 the Rabbit (himself) laid the trap in 

 the path where the person with very 

 long feet had been passing (3: 13, 14). — 

 o^'kne, o'^kdne (7: 2), one of the signs of 

 past time: already, e'ya'"' hV xya'"' kiya' 

 de on' kne etuxa', when he (the Rabbit) 

 reached there, again he (the Sun) had 

 already gone (3: 11, 12) . e'rjan nkinhin' 

 xya'"' de o'"^kn& or e'ya'"' nkWdn' yaHka' 

 de o'f^kne, when I reached there, he 

 had already departed. ayVhi"' yanka' 

 nde on'kn^, when you arrived, I had 

 already departed, de' o'^kane'di, (he) 

 has gone already (7: 14). {Also 3: 6, 

 8; 9: 3.) 

 ko, a demonstrative; used in several ways: 

 (1) After classifiers: ti vief ko sa^ xe, 



the standing house is white, ti no'^pa' 

 xa'xa ma'nlci ko tdV xe, the two (stand- 

 ing) houses are red. toho'xk ta'^'liin ko 

 kdexi' xe (w. sp.), the running horse is 

 spotted, toho'xk ha'kinini' a'mankl' ko 

 toxka' xe (w. sp.), the walking horses 

 are gray, toho'xk tci'diki a' nde ko' 

 a'yindi'ta, which is your hoi-se? — (2) 

 After nouns: ayipa' ko' nedi', does your 

 head ache? itoho' ko nitani' xe (w. sp.), 

 the log is large, itconxka' ho tca'n-'xko'"^- 

 nl', the post is forked (at the top). 

 kcixka' ko tcma'ni ytike'di, how large is 

 the hog? tohoxka' ko inna'ni yuke'di, 

 how many are the horses? ani' ko skuti'; 

 how deep is the water? yaduxtan' ko 

 tca'kannedi', where is the wagon? Latci' 

 ko Djim kue'naska'ni na', Charles Prater 

 is not as large as Jim Jackson. slHo' 

 ko tcehe'dan^ how tall is the boy (Banks- 

 ton Johnson)? tceikana' ko' so^'sa duti', 

 the Rabbit ate one (2: 8; 3: 26). edi' 

 Ina' koditsi' o^'xaetuxa' ,hehold, the Sun 

 had been taken, they say (3: 15). jjd'si 

 han' inkan' ko psdehi' ko uksa'ki Tce't- 

 kana'di, the Rabbit lowered his head 

 and cut (at) the cord with the knife 

 (3: 22).— (3) After numerals: ti' no^pa' 

 ko tca'k ha'maki, where are the two 

 (standing) houses? toho'xk no'"'pa' ko 

 xkuku' o^daha' dande', I will give two 

 horses to each (man), toho'xk topa' ko 

 kuku' o^daha', he gave four horses to 

 each. (4) After verbs: as, when; be- 

 fore verbs: now. ko' nko'di,! shoot ai 

 it now. kcixka' ne'di ko tca'naska uki'- 

 kinge ko' skane' e'naska na', this hog is 

 half as large as that one. tcma'ni nedi' 

 ko tiki'kinge, half as many, tcina' 

 yuke'di ko eti'ke, as many as. skuti'x- 

 tcitike' ko e'tike', it is as deep as that 

 (water). Idea of waiting for some act: 

 akutxyi' idu'si ko', ayindhe' akutxyi' 

 huya'n'xkiya', when you receive the let- 

 ter, do you (in turn) send one to me. 

 akutxyi' nkta' idu'si ko', akutxyi' o» 

 huyan'xkiya', when you get my letter, 

 write one and send it to me. kiya' 

 mi'xyi ko', when it turns around again 

 in a circle (do so and so), te'ye ko', 

 when he kills it (idea of waiting for the 

 act), toho'xk inku'di ko', ya'^tena'xi 

 da'nde, if I give you a horse, will you 



