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kte^ni, not to hit him, her, or it. kte^ni 

 hande^ ya^ka'"'' nkUiin'', I came before he 

 hit him. kVxktkte'di, to hit himself 

 {yi^xkl.kte'di, nkVxkikte^di; ki' xklktetxi/ , 

 yi^ xkiktetu' , nkVxklktelu,^). nki'xtedi, I 

 hit my sel f . 7ik i^xtetu\ we hit ourselves. 

 These seem to be irregular forms, for 

 we might expect to see nki^ xkikte' di 

 and nkVxkikte'tu. inkte^o'^nV {=ktedi 

 -\-o^hii), to hit with, nltawi'"' inkteo''hii, 

 "to hit a ball with," ball club, mas 

 inkteo'^ni, "iron made for hitting," a 

 hammer. — aya'"'^ kte\ to shoot at a 

 mark (lit, "to hit wood") {aya^^ 

 yikte', aya'"'^ axW nka'ni, or aya^ 

 inklkil'). — mjaP-' axfi' iika^ni, given as 

 one form of first singular of aya^^ kte^, 

 I shot at the mark. — klkteWi, to liit an 

 object for another person {ya''kUi/di, 

 a^xktkt/di; klkteta^, yannktetu', a'xkikle- 

 tu'). tcu'iiki ya'xkikte^, hit my dog! 

 tcu'nki inkikta' dandef, I will beat your 

 dog. tca'nlci inkikta^ ha dande^, I will 

 beat your dogs (sic) . Vflklkte^di, I hit 

 your dog. ya' xkikte' di, he hit my dog. 

 hiya^xklkfe^ di , you. (sing.) hit mydog. — 

 klkti', a battle, a fight; war. klkte' 

 o'"'nV, to "make a fight," to fight (kikte^ 

 ayo'"^ni, kVkic^ nko'"'nV). ki'ktehaya'"- 

 anksV, "fighting ball," a conical ball 

 or bullet, such as a minie ball, as dis- 

 tinguished from the ordinary globular 

 ball or shot (anksaivi, aiiksi). {Also 20: 

 25; 21: 18, 19, 23; 28: 99, 108, 123, 186, 

 200, 202, 210, 220, 221, 222; 31: 10, 15; 

 p. 140: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.)— 

 uktedV; tca^kuwil^siuktMl^, to fillip with 

 the fingers [tca^k uwA^si ukt/hayMV, 

 tca'k uwCt^si uklefhaflkedV). 



kto°. — ktonki^, the common frog (28: 

 244). (Seep(*.s/:a^, kun^mnuhV.) kto'"^ 

 xoxonV, "wants rain," the tree-frog. — 

 a^ktu daxka^, a toad (cZaor^a'' = rough). 

 Aktada^kana, Ancient of Toads (28: 

 245, 252, 254). 



ktu, a cat. — ktu^ indoke^, a male cat. ktu^ 

 ya'nki, a female cat. ktu^yinki'', a kitten. 

 ktu^ ya^ndxistukV , the cat scratched me. 



ku, to give. — kldunVyan ku^ ka^^ dutV ox- 

 pa^, when he (the Rabbit) gave him 

 (the Bear) the young canes, he 

 (the Bear) devoured them at once 

 (2: 8).— .rZ.-)«,Igavetoit(26: 66). ku^di, 



to give to him (yikudV, xku^di; kutu', 

 yikutu\ xkutu^). iku^di, did he give it 

 to you? nyi'ku dande^, I will give it to 

 you. nyikii/ ha dande^, I will give it to 

 you (all). nyi'kudV, I gave it to you. 

 ya^xkudV, give it to me! Imperatives: 

 ^M (to a child) ; kukanko^ (man to man); 

 kutki^ (man or woman to woman); ku- 

 iate' ( woman to man) ; plurals : kxitu' ( to 

 children); kn'Uikanko' (men to men); 

 ku'tatuki' (man or woman to women ) ; 

 ku'tatute' (women to men). kJipa'nahi 

 kudi' , to give back an object to the 

 owner {kXpa^nahi yikudi\ kipa^nahi 

 xku^di). kipa^nahi yu^xkudV, give it 

 back to me ! a'^^se^pi ne^ yaxkxtf, give me 

 that (standing or leaning) ax. a^se^pi 

 ma^nkiya'"' yaxku^, give me that (reclin- 

 ing) ax! ku^daha'', to give to them. 

 i'kudaha', you give to them, xku^daha^, 

 I give to them, ku/dahaiu^, they give 

 to them, ikudahatu^, ye give to them. 

 xku^dahatu, we give to them, toho^xk 

 xku'daha\ I gave a (single) horse to 

 them (as the common property of all) . 

 inku^di (as well as nyikudi), I give to 

 you. toho^xk inkw'di ko\ yan^t^na^xi 

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

 be a friend to me? toho^xk i^nku nav^^ni 

 nika^^, ya'>^(Sna^xi da'nde, as I have 

 given you a horse, will you be a friend to 

 me? a^se^wi 7io^pa^ via'nkdie Vyiku'di, 

 he gave you these two (horizontal) 

 axes (N. B. — iyikudi instead of ikudi). 

 a^se^wi no'^'pa' ma'nhiya'"' nylku^di, I 

 gave or give you those two (horizon- 

 tal) axes, kuku^ o^^daha^, distributive 

 of kudi, to give to each of them {Vkuku 

 oi^^daha^ xkuku' o^^daha'; kuku^ o'"-^da- 

 hatu\ i'kuku o''^dahatu\ xku^ku o'^-^da- 

 hatu'). This verb is preceded by the 

 number of the objects given to each, as: 

 toho'xk no'"'pa^ ko kuku^o^daha^, he gave 

 two horses to each; toho'xk danV ko ku- 

 ku^o^daha', he gave three horses to each ; 

 toho'xk topa' ko xkukuon^daha^, I gave 

 four horses to each of them; toho'xk 

 so'^'Sa' ko i^kukuo'i^daha^, did you give 

 them one horse apiece? {Also 10: 28; 

 14: 2, 5; 15: 5, 6; 16: 11, 12; 23: 5; 

 24: 2, 7; 26: 64, 75, 86; 27: 4, 5, 9, 17, 

 20, 25; 28: 7, 72, 137, 138; 31: 25; p. 

 160: 14, 15, 16.) 



