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not), e'lja'"' nda' dande^ xye (or xy^xo^ ) , 

 I will go thither at all hazards (whether 

 he consenta or opposes). tedV xye, he 

 is (indeed) dead. (3) Very, exceed- 

 ingly, nyukpe'ya''^ nedi' xye, my legs 

 pain (exceedingly?). a'"'yafdi hande' 

 sa^ha'T^nV xye, that man is very strong. — 

 xyexo' , an emphatic form of the mas- 

 culine oral period, sometimes having 

 the force of very; the other masculine 

 forms being xye and na {e'ya^ nda' 

 dande' xyexo' = e'ya?^ nda' dande' xye'). 



xedi^, frost. 



xehe', to sit {i'x'&M, nkix^he', x'ihetu' or 

 taHu', ix&Mtu' or itaHu', nki'xShetu or 

 ntan^tu. Imperatives: To a child, 

 xdha'! man to man, xa'hata' (2: 7, 15) 

 or xihe^hanko' ! man to woman, or 

 woman to woman, xihe'tki! woman to 

 man , xahate'! man to men, ta'ntkanko'; 

 man to women, ta'ntukafiko' ; women 

 to men or children, ta'ntt1xt{de' ; woman 

 to women, ta'ntuka'"^ . axehe, ax^kS, 

 xeheye, donxSM, ux^he; D., iyotanka; 

 J3., g^in; K., li^; Os., Jc^in,- Kw., kt 

 it, hni"'; Tc, miria; H., ama'ki). — 

 a'"''ya xe'M na'nki a'y^hij,'>^ni, do you 

 know the sitting man? a''^ya no'"'pa' 

 x^he' ha'maki nky^hjfi^ni, I know the 

 two sitting men. toho'xk xe'he n^ 

 ko tcti' xe (w. sp.), the sitting 

 horse is red. a''hja' x^he na'nki ko 

 tcakna'nkihan^ where is the sitting 

 man? a''^ya' xe'he na'nkiya'"' nkynSho'iH, 

 I know that sitting man. a^ya' x^Jie 

 na'nkid^S nky'iho'"^ni, I know this sitting 

 man. nki'xShe' na'nki, I am sitting. 

 i'x'i.he na'nki, are you sitting? xe' 

 na'nki, she is sitting, yaduxtan' nki^xihe, 

 I sit (ride) in a wagon, e'we yuke' ta^' 

 ha'maki, they are sitting, aso'"^ poska' 

 di x^hS haHca' hakxi'di Tce'ikanadi' , 

 when the Rabbit went to a brier patch 

 and sat there, he was angry (2: 28). 

 Tce'tkanadi' koxta', yahefya'"' kldef xe'hS, 

 the Rabbit ran from (what he thought 

 was) danger, he went some distance 

 and sat down (2; 14). — a;^,argf (28:135), 

 a contraction of xihe, to sit (26: 14). 

 i^ska' ti kwia'ya'"' xi' nanki', a skunk 

 is sitting under the house. aso''>^ 

 poski'nki x^ na'nki Tce'tkanadi', the 

 Rabbit was sitting (=was) in a very 

 small brier patch (2: 4). — xeheye', to 



cause to sit; to hang up, as a hat, coat, 

 or shirt on a nail or post {xehe'haye', 

 xth^MifiW). doxpe' xeheye' {=doxp^ 

 tcakedi'), to hang up a coat, etc. akue' 

 duxpi' x^he'ka'"; pull off (your) hat (and) 

 hang it up (w. sp.) ! A man or boy 

 would use xiheya' instead of xehe'kan. 

 "ka^koi^ni' nko^'han netkohi' x^Mnke' 

 ndu'si xyo',''^ Mi' iiuxa' Tce'tkanadi', 

 they say that the Rabbit said, "I will 

 make a trap and set it on the road and 

 catch him!" doxpe' itka' xahe'yP, to 

 put a bottle inside a coat (p. 139: 6). — 

 xehe'kiye, "to cause to sit for another," 

 to set down an object for another. 

 a'"'yadi' si naskexti' de kn^ kankonyii' 

 netkohi' xehe'kiy^ Uuxa' Tc^tkanadi' 

 etuko'"-n'i' , the Rabbit did thus: he set 

 the trap down in the road where the 

 man with the very long feet had been 

 going, they say. — axehe', collective of 

 xehe; they (many) sit. a^'ya a'x'ihe 

 ha'maki a'yih'ti!"^ni, do you know (all) 

 the sitting men? (can refer to persons 

 riding). — a'xiM {=a-\-x'6he) , to sit on, 

 as on a chair (aya'xSh^, nka'x^he; 

 a'x^Mtu', aya'xihetu', nka'x'^lietu'). 

 nka'xehef psH'ki, I sat on it (and) it 

 broke, axehe' aye', to break down an 

 object by sitting on it. tohoxka' axihe', 

 to ride a horse (p., ag^i^; K., alin). — 

 axt:he' utpe', to make a hole through 

 an object by sitting on it {yax^he' 

 yutp^, nkaxehef iinkutpe'). — ux(^ or 

 ux^he', to sit in or within an object. 

 uxe' na'nki, he was sitting in it (2: 13). 

 yu'xi ina'nki, you were sitting in it. 

 nkuxi' na'nki, I was sitting in it. 

 ttta"^ ha'maki, they were (already) 

 sitting in it (when seen). idaHu' 

 they sat in it (if they enter and take 

 seats, the act of going beimg seen; said 

 when one reports what he has ob- 

 served ) . yaduxtan' u'xgha', get into the 

 wagon! — xa'Mye', to put a cv. object, 

 etc. , on something ( xak^hay'i', xaMinW; 

 xah^yetu', xaki'hayUu', xahH'nkHu'). 

 itka' y a'"' xah^ye, to put a cv. object in 

 something. — aky^he', to take a seat, to 

 sit down (aya'ky^he', nka'kyShe'). — 

 uxki'ni, a seat (Bk.), to spread out, as 

 a mat or carpet {yuxkini', nkuxkini'; 

 with the oral period, yu'xkini na^, 

 nku'xkini na'). — xwiflvt, she sat in 



