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nkyeho'n^ni, I know the two walking 

 men. a'^^ya tcVdi ama^nki a^yehA''i'''ni, 

 do you know (all) the reclining men? 

 Qi^^ya ha'kinini'' ama^nki a^yehu'>^ni, do 

 you know (all) the walking men? 

 ai^^ya ImHanhi'"' ama^ilki a'yehiWni, do 

 you know (all) the running men? 

 amaki\ trailing something (28: 41). 

 a''^ya xa^xaxa ma^nktu, they (all the 

 men) stand (said of many), ma'nki- 

 wa^yO"; toward the horizontal or reclin- 

 ilig object. ayixya'"^ ma^nkiwa^ya'"', 

 toward the bayou, a'^^ya^di ma^nkiwa^- 

 ya'"', toward the reclining man. ma'nk- 

 de, ma^nkd^e or ma^nde ( ^^mafihi-^-de) , 

 this reclining or horizontal object. 

 tcu^nki ma^nkde ka'dusenV, this reclin- 

 ing dog does not bite. psdehV ma^ilkd^e 

 inkta^, this (horizontal) knife is mine. 

 psde^hi no'^pa' mcmkdie' indi^ta, these 

 two knives are his. a^se^wi no^pa^ 

 ina^nkd0 Vyiku^di, he gave you these 

 two (horizontal) axes, tema'nkde, this 

 reclining or horizontal object, a^ya^ 

 tox rna^akde nkyeho'>^ni, I know this re- 

 clining man. amafflkide {=manki-\'de) 

 or ama^nde, these two standing, sitting, 

 reclining, walking, or running objects; 

 these (pi.) standing, sitting, reclining, 

 walking, or running animate objects. — 

 anyaf no''^pa^ ama^nkide ka' do^'-xtunV , 

 these two men are blind, toho'xk no^pa^ 

 ama^nde kc/naxtetunV, these two horses 

 will not (=:are not inclined to) kick. 

 toho^xk nixuxv/ naskef avia^nde a^dustu^ 

 {±xa), these two mules bite, e^wa- 

 ma^nki, all of them (the reclining ones). 

 (Gatschet gave this as heuma^gi.) he- 

 ma'nki no'^'pa'', those two reclining ob- 

 jects, axkido'"'' kidamankye xo'"'hedi, 

 manki, to put a horizontal or long ob- 

 ject, as a knife, in the belt, he^xaxa^ 

 ma'nki no'<^pa\ those two standing 

 objects, ma'nklya:^., that reclining or 

 horizontal object. a'"-ya' to'x tna'nki- 

 ya'"^ nkyeho'"-^ni, I know that reclining 

 man. psde^hi mt/nkiya'"' inkta^ni, that 

 (horizontal) knife is not mine, psdeld 

 no'<^pa' ma' fikiya'"' i'ndlkta'ni, those two 

 (horizontal) knives are not his. psde'- 

 M ma'nh'uja'"' pana'^' iflkta', all those 

 (horizontal) knives are mine, a'^sefioi 

 no'^'paf m.a'nkiya'"' nyiku'di, I gave, or 

 give, you those two (horizontal) axes. 



tafd^k'i ma'nkiyan ilnna'x^ te', I wish to 

 hear how he is (lit., how he reclines). 

 tcVdtki hVmankiya'"'' unna'xe te', I wish 

 to hear how you (sing.) are (4: 12). 

 tct'diki manktu' {Cina'.ce te', I wish to 

 hear how they are. ta/dlki hi'man- 

 ktu' {cnnafxe t^, I wish to hear how you 

 (pi.) are. o™^ manki', one of the signs 

 of past time, referring to a horizontal 

 object: already, efyan nki^hin' yafika', 

 te' on m,anki', when I reached there, he 

 was (lay) already dead. Jia'max, they 

 lay (14: 8). max, (they) lay (14: 18). 

 maiix, she lay (16: 4). amax ( 18: 16). 

 manktu, they reclined (24: 12). mo'*, 

 rec]ining(28: 165). mako'n-ni', he made 

 it lie (28: 240). inmanW, bathing 

 (lying?)in the blood (31: 37,41). {Also 

 8: 12, 16, 17, 28; 9: 1; 10: 14 17; 11: 

 7; 19: 2; 20: 15; 21: 18, 22, 24; 22: 

 4; 23: 8; 24: 14; 26: 4, 38, 40, 41; 

 28: 11, 13, 98, 99, 107, 108, 116, 117, 

 126, 141, 148, 150,240; 29: 27.34: 31: 

 18, 36; p. 117: 3, 10, 14, 15, 16; p. 118: 

 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14; p. 119: 2.) hwiki', 

 applied to animals (not human beings) 

 and inanimate objects. — yio^'pa taf 

 Mmki', one (book) is lying on another, 

 two (animals) are reclining together. 

 da'ni tci' himkV, one (book) is lying on 

 two others in a pile, or, three (animals) 

 are reclining together. — ha'maki, a col- 

 lective sign, refers to a few (aya'maki, 

 nka'maki). a'n-'ya no'^pa' xa'xa ha'maki 

 nky^hoi^ni, I know the two standing 

 men. a''^ya no^pa' xehe' ha'maki nJcyS- 

 hon'ni, I know the two sitting men. 

 a'T'-'ya no'^-pa' tci' ha'maki nkyelw^'ni, 

 I know the two reclining men. av-'ya 

 no'^'pa' n'/ lia'maki nkyeho'"''ni, I know 

 the two walking men. a'>^ya no'"'pa' 

 tan'hln ha'maki nkychon'ni, I know the 

 two running men. a^'ya xa'xaxa ha'- 

 maki afyektin'ni, do you know (all) the 

 standing men? a''^ya a'xehe ha'maki 

 a'yehu'"''ni, do you know (all) the 

 sitting men? toho'xk no^pa^ ta^'Mn 

 ha'maki kdexV xc (w. sp.), the two 

 running horses are spotted, ha'maki 

 implies that the attitude was assumed 

 before the persons, etc., were observed 

 by the speaker: utai^ ha'maM, they 

 were already sitting in it. This differs 

 from -tu: utaHu', they (went and) sat 



