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{Also 10: 6; 15: 1; 20:46, 21:3, 



26, 27.) harna^nk, on the ground. 

 hama^nk tanking he ran on the 

 ground. — via^yi'"'kedV , to use a hoe, 

 to hoe {Vmayifi-ke''di, maxke^di; ma^- 

 yi'^ketu^ , Vmayi'"'ketu' , maxketu'). — 

 maxawon^ni, a spade. maxaiuo'"^ni ho'"^ 

 hutpe', to dig with a spade {maxavjo'n^ni 

 ayon' yutpt/, ma:(:auio''>-^ninkon^ {mkutpi:'). 

 {Also 28: 2.39, 256, 258.)— ma^c honnV, 

 a cache; to bury in a cache or grave 

 {ma'x ayo'^'^ni, ma'x nko'n^ni). amaxi', 

 agrave {—kaJioyS^). amaxV kedV, to dig 

 a grave {amaxV ike' di, amaxV nke'di). — 

 ama'nka ninV, he is walking on the 

 ground (aina^nA;a yinVni, ama'nka Unni'- 

 ni; ama'nka nV ha'maki, they are walk- 

 ing, etc. ; ama'nka yi'ni fia'inaki, ama'n- 

 ka llnni' ha'maki). — ma'nkiy manki', 

 classifier, the reclining or horizontal 

 object with xaxa, eig. "standing." 

 an^ya to'xmanki' a'yeMin^ni, do you know 

 the reclining man? ti' no'"-pa' xa'xa ma'n- 

 kl ko tctV xe (w. sp.), the two (.standing) 

 houses are red. hati' ki'naxadi' manki' 

 ko san^ xe (w. sp.), the scattered houses 

 are white, aya'"^ no'"pa' xa'xa manki' 

 ko te' di, the two standing trees are dead . 

 aya'"^ ki'naxadi' manki' ko te'di, the scat- 

 tered trees are dead, aya'"^ poska' man- 

 ki' ko te'di, the curving forest is dead. 

 toho'kx toko' ma'nki ko sa^' xe (w. sp.), 

 the reclining horse is white, a'^^se'p 

 luivm' toko' ma'nki ko kla', the ax lying 

 on the ground is his. spdeld' ma'nki ko 

 kla', the knife is his. a^ya' to'xma'nki 

 ko tcaka'"'' mailkiliai^, whereis the reclin- 

 ing man? inaya'n kok xahe'ni.h te'ldny); 

 kl ima'nki xyo', before the sun moves, 1 

 will kill you as (or, where) you recline 

 (2: 24, 25). te'hij.fike ma'nki xyo', 1 will 

 certainly kill him as (or, where) he re- 

 clines, yusatxa' ma'nki, it is (=lies) 

 dusty, aya'n^ kade'ni ma'nki, the wood 

 does not lie burning (=is not burning). 

 aya''^ kadl-'ni xa ma'nki, is not the wood 

 still burning? tcu'iiki ma^nki a'duse, 

 that (reclining) dog bites, nka'diya^ e' 

 manki', my father he reclines, I have 

 a father, nki'niya'"' e' manki', my-elder- 

 brother (male sp.) he reclines, I have 

 an elder brother. xka'"'Xo' ef manki', I 

 have a grandfather, manki' in all 

 such sentences refers to males, not to 



females (see nanki'). aHatka' manki' 

 no'{int/, a child reclined to-day, i. e., a 

 child was born to-day. aso'"^ poska' 

 in'sihi'xti ma'nki, e'di, he said that he 

 lay (=was) in great dread of a brier 

 patch (1 : 16). ima'nki, you recline (?)• 

 inayai^ ko' kxahe'ni.k te'hinyl'; ki ima'nki 

 xyo', before the sun moves, I will surely 

 kill . you as (or, where) you re- 

 cline (2: 24, 25). — amanki, classifier, 

 du. and pi. of manki: ay a'"'' noi^pa 

 a'mankl' ko te'di, the two stand- 

 ing trees are dead, toho'xk no'^'pa' 

 xa'xa a' manki' ko supi' x^ (w. sp. ), the 

 two standing horses are black, toho'xk 

 no'f^pa' ta'ni a'mankl' ko tcti' xe (w. 

 sp.), the two sitting horses are red. 

 toho'xk nonpu' tci'di a'maiiki' ko sa'"'' :i;e 

 (w. sp. ), the two reclining horses are 

 white, toho'xk no'^pa' ni'ni a'maiiki' 

 ko toxka' xe (w. sp.), the two walking 

 horses are gray, toho'xk no'"'pa' ta'i^hi'"' 

 o/manki' ko kdexi' X£ (w. sp.), the two 

 running horses are spotted, toho'xk 

 xa'xaxa a'mankl' ko sa'"^ xe, the stand- 

 ing horses are (all) white, toho'xk 

 ia'am a'mankl' ko tctl' xe, the sitting 

 horses are (all) red. toho'xk tci'di 

 a'mankl' ko sUpi' xe, the reclining 

 horses are (all) black, toho'xk ha'ki- 

 nini' a'manki' ko toxka' xe, the walking 

 horses are (all) gray, toho'xk ha' ta^- 

 hi'"' a'manki' ko kdexi' xe, the running 

 horses are (all) spotted, a'n-si/p no'"'j)a' 

 ama'flkl ko kta', the two (standing) axes 

 are his. a'f'-se'p no'f^pa' hama' trl'di 

 ama'nki ko inkta', the two axes (on 

 the ground) are mine, a^se'p xa'xaxa 

 ama'nki ko pa'na inkta' {±xe), all Che 

 standing axes are mine, a^se'p tci'di 

 ama'fiki ko pa'na inkta', all the reclin- 

 ing axes are mine. a''^se'p xa'xaxa ki'- 

 naxadi' ama'nki ko pa'na ifikta', all the 

 scattered (standing) axes are mine. 

 ha'pi a'mankl, some leaves (used be- 

 cause they hang down, M.; but Bk. 

 gave instead ha'j)i tcma'ni). ya'niksi'- 

 yo'"' ama'nki, some pipes are still there. 

 toho'xk no'^'pa' ama'nki a'naxtetu' xa, 

 those two horses will (are apt to) kick 

 (fem. sp.). toho'xk ama'nki %'nkta- 

 daha', those are my horses, toho'xk 

 ama'nki i'tadaha', those are your 

 horses. a''>^ya no'f^jm' nl'm ama'nki 



