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be a friend to me? ekan', ^^Aso'"^ ay%n^- 

 sihVxti ko^, ason^ in^nonda^hi na," then 

 (the Frenchman said), "If you (or, as 

 you) are in such dread of briers, I will 

 throw you into them" (1: 19). [Also 

 2: 29; 7: 4.) — (5) After correlatives: 

 tca^naska ko e'naska, as large as. 

 tcehe^dan ko e'liedan, as tall as. tca'naska 

 ukVkinge b/, half as large (?). kcixka^ 

 nedV ko tca^naska ukVkinge ko^ skane^ 

 e'naska na' ^ this hog is half as large as 

 that one. adutV ehilce' ko ndu'xni xa'na, 

 I have never eaten that sort of food 

 (2: 21). — (6) After pronouns: at/v/ndi ko' 

 kuya'"^ya''hii' , do you hate me? ewande' 

 ho kuya'"''yanni', he hates me. e'v)e 

 yuke' ko kuya^'xtunV, they hate him. 

 ayin'xtu ko' kuya^'xtuni', you (pi.) hate 

 him. nki'xtu ko' nya'^'xtuni', we hate 

 him. nki'xtu ko' nya^'xtudahani', we 

 hate them, nki'xtu ko' inktca'tuni' , we 

 have not forgotten you (4: 2). nka'- 

 kiyasi' xana' yahe' ko, this is what I 

 usually (or, always) like (2: 10) ; A'ohere 

 is not translated. — (7) After adverbs: 

 wite'di ko' nka'da dande', I will be on 

 the way thither to-morrow. — (8) After 

 conjunctions: ekanha""^ ko po'tcka na'^ki, 

 and then he (the Rabbit) sat (i. e., was 

 drawn together) like a ball (1: 14). 

 {Also 10: 3, 12; 14: 3, 5, 13, 16; 15: 5; 

 17: 22; p. 117: 17, 18; p. 118: 1, 2, 3 

 passim.) — ko'tva, probably a locative 

 adverb, meaning in that direction, to 

 that place, being the correlative of 

 doiva'{?). ko'2vade'dl,tomove. inayan' 

 ko'wa de'di, the sun moved. (Could 

 this mean, the sun went in that direc- 

 tion — ko'unf). ko'wa desinliin^, to move, 

 he moved {ko'wa ide' yasin'ldn^ ko'wa 

 nde' iXiiksif^-M'"' (rare)). — kode, now 

 (24: 5). 



ko, a gourd. — ko tcku'ye, ' ' sweet gourd ' ' : 

 a watermelon. {Also 16: 3, 10, 11.) 



kode^, together (cf. kutskef). — kode'ye, 

 taking all (26: 1). kode' han du'xtu, 

 they got together and ate (p. 162: 21). 

 yako'de han idu'xtu, you (pi.) got to- 

 getherandate(p. 162:22). nkako'dehan 

 ndu'xtu, we got together and ate (p. 1 62 : 

 23). — ku'dvik icugdnye', to bolt a door. 



kode''ha'i, alas! (masc. or fem. intj., used 

 when anything happens). — kode'han, 

 nyi'nkado'di de' a'taxnixti' Alas! my 



son's son is burnt severely (said the 

 Rabbit's grandmother) (3: 25, 26).— 

 kode'hi, what is the matter? (1: 10). 



ko^he (=dlkoh.e, tkohe), altogether, 

 entirely, sure enough, just. — yahe'tu 

 ko'M, it was just like this, or, it was 

 just in this manner (2: 22) (cf. to). — 

 tko'he, tikohi (24: 3; 28: 210), tlko'M 

 (27: 28), diko'he, used (1) in forming 

 the comparative degree of adjectives, 

 as: pi, good; pi tko'he, better; pixti', 

 very good, best. — (2) At all. ku'yank- 

 ye'Minni' tko'M, you do not know me 

 at all. — (3) Very, sure enough, really, 

 entirely, altogether, ni'stidi tko'he ya'n- 

 kukidiki' na'unkihi' , I wish that you 

 would tell me very accurately (how 

 affairs are) (4: 4). ksaho'"^ tko'he, he 

 has gone sure enough. {Also 9: 16; 

 17: 21.) — xye'pixti diko'he, entirely dry 

 (of water) (Bk. ). yo'xaxti diko'he, he 

 is entirely naked, i'yoxaxil dike/he, 

 you are entirely naked, nyo'xaxti' di- 

 ko'M, I am entirely naked, ttko'hivti, 

 dlko'hixti (16: 12), sure enough (23: 5; 

 26: 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 27; 27: 19; p. 157: 

 30). alco'hedl', real (sub.) (24: 1). 



kohi, kuhi^, ku^hi (28: 77), or kuhi^ (see 

 xwuhi'), up, high. — tikohi', the house is 

 high, a^xu'di kohif, the rock is high. 

 ti ne' ko ko'hi ti ne'di ko'hi ke'tiki'ni, that 

 house is not as high as this one. tca- 

 haman' kuhi', the river is high, ku'hi- 

 yan', up there ( 1 : 21 ) . kohi'xt I { = ko'hi 

 +a:ii) or kuhi'xti (7: 8), very high, up. 

 kuhi' xtiyai^ , very high ( 1 7: 4) . ku'hadi, 

 up stairs (14: 15, 17). — kuwo', up- 

 ward, on high, ina' kuivo' dedi' Huxa', 

 they say that the Sun went on high 

 (3: 23). kowo'hi; ti tko' kowo'hi techs' - 

 dan, how high is this house? ti ne'ya'"' 

 kowo'hi tcehe'dan^ how high is that 

 house? ti ne' ko kowo'hi ti ne'di uki'- 

 kinge, that house is half as high as this 

 one. /tOii/'o^cZ, upward (29: 38,40). kowo- 

 h'l'k, up above (30: 2). — ku'tuxaxe', 

 noon. kuluta'xiJie', noon (28: 129). 

 Mdida'ye ko'wa de'y^, he stood it on 

 end and moved it further (p. 149: 8). 

 kii't&xaxa' ya'n^xa, "almost noon," 

 forenoon, ku'tuxaxef dunahl' or kuixS- 

 he' dunahi', "noon turned," afternoon. 

 kde'kutuxaxe', till noon, ni' hinef kdef- 



