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standing horse is red. a'^'se^p sii^^hin 

 n^ ko inkta^, the standing ax is mine. 

 aya'"^ dukxa^pka aya^i'f'de^ ndosa'"^hi'"' ti 

 ne^ nku^di, I came from the house on 

 this side of the bridge. — (3) a sign of 

 continuous action : toho'xka aye^ki du^ti 

 v^, the horse stands (= is) eating the 

 corn (given him). — (4) ne is rendered 

 ' ' that " or " this ' ' on some occasions by 

 Bj. and M.: waxi^ nef apa^stak o''hiV, 

 that shoe is patched, ti tiif ko ti ne^di 

 uki'kinge, that house is half as high as 

 this one. ti n(/ ko ko'hi ti ne^di ko'hi 

 k^tikVni, that house is not as high as 

 this one. ne^ pVhinkc ha^nun, I think 

 that (or, perhaps) I am making this 

 correctly. a''^s/pi n/ yaxku\ give me 

 that (standing or leaning) ax! waka^ 

 ne kafta, whose cow is this? toho'xk ne 

 ka'ta, whose horse is this? a^se^pi ni 

 ka'ta, whose ax is this? nefdem, this 

 standing object, a'^'yaf si^lii'''' n^dene 

 nkyeho'^'^ni, I know this standing man. 

 tiine^ na, here he stands (31: 25). ne, 

 sitting (?) (11: 19).— ne'di (= ne+di); 

 toho^xksupV si'^^hi'"' ne'di, the black horse 

 is standing, tclna'ni nedi^ ko ukVkiilge 

 {=ukikinge yukedi), (there are) half as 

 many (animate objects) . tca'naska nedi^ 

 ko ukVkinge, (it is) half as large, tceh/- 

 da^ nedV ko ukVkinge, (he or it is) half as 

 high or tall, ti nef ko tinefdi uki'ki'hge, 

 that house is half as high as this 

 one. ti nef ko k&ki ti ne'di koHi i ketikVni, 

 that house is not as high aa this one. 

 skuti' nedV ko uki'kinge, it is half as 

 deep. kuxwV ne'di, is there any coffee? 

 watcku'ye nefdi, is there any sugar? 

 anksapV inta^k ne'di, gun my stands (or 

 leans) against a post, etc. = I have a 

 gun. nkVnkxihi ne'di, I am (standing) 

 laughing, ai^yaf nVni ne'de nkyehon^ni, 

 I know this walking man. — ki'^ne or 

 kinedV, to arise from bed or from a re- 

 clining attitude, to get up {ya^kine^di, 

 a^xkinefdi; pi., kinetu^,ya^kinetu^, a'xki- 

 netu^). yakine^ pi^hedi'din, or hi'kine- 

 hiko^, you ought to arise, yakinef pihe'- 

 di, you can arise. Imperatives: to a 

 child, kine^; man to man, kim'takta'; 

 man to woman, kine^tki. efwiLextV kVne 

 d^ etuxa' Tcl'lkanadV, very early the 

 next morning the Rabbit arose and de- 

 parted (3: 5). klnef, he arose (7: 8, 14). 

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kine^tu, they get up (7: 4). kanefdi, 

 to leave an object there (?). sti%ii- 

 toihnV ko'H'ha'' a^ya^ o'^ni ustqfx kanefdi, 

 anV kya'ho'"' yefhika^, he stood up a tar 

 baby close to the well, and left it there 

 (1: 8). isi' def kenedi', a footprint, 

 footprints. — nef y an, that standing or 

 walking object, ti ne^ya^ kowo^hi 

 tcehefdan, how high is that house? 

 yaduoctan^ ta^hin^ natkoki^ ndosan^kiyan 

 ti nefya'n- tcehefda^, how high is the 

 house on this side of the railroad? ya- 

 duxtan^ tanking natkohV hvusaP'^hiya^ ti 

 nefya^ tcehefdan, how high is the house 

 on that side of the railroad? a^ya^ si^'- 

 hin ne^ya^ nkyehon^ni, I know that stand- 

 ing man. a^-ya^ nVni ne^ya^ nkyehon^ni, 

 I know that walking man. — neyan\ 

 probably compounded of the classifier 

 ne and -ya'"' ( referring to some remote 

 object), ati^ san neyan^, the house (not 

 seen by you) is white. — na'wi ne^ya^, 

 some of these days ( 18: 4, 6). nefyan, 

 that distant one (house) (31:5, 8,9; 

 p. 118: 4). — newa'ytiP' {=ne-\-iuaya''i'), 

 toward the running, standing, or 

 walking object, anya^di newa^yan, tow- 

 ard the standing man. aya^'' newa'- 

 yan {=ayan wade), toward the tree. 

 anya^di ta'^kin^ newa^yan, toward the 

 running man. a^ya^di nV iuwa''ya'"', 

 toward the walking man. — netkohV, nat- 

 kohi, nitkohi, nfitkuhi, nutkohi, a path, a 

 road, a street, kar^'konni^ nko^^han net- 

 kohV xehenke^ ndu^si xyo\ I will make a 

 trap and set it in the road, and (thus I 

 will) catch him (3: 8, 9, 13; 26: 1, 6). 

 yaduxtan tanJiin natkohi, " wagon run- 

 ning road, ' ' a railroad, natkohi'^ yiilkV, 

 "small road," a pathway, niitkohi'' 

 nitanV, "big road," a street. — ene'- 

 hedan, that tall or high. {Also, 7: 10; 

 8: 23, 24; 9: 3; 10: 7; 14: 9, 14; 16: 

 8; 18: 8, 9, 11, 12; 19: 4, 6, 7, 9, 14; 

 20: 31; 21: 19, 39; 22: 12, 13; 23: 3, 

 9; 24: 2, 5, 6, 7; 25: 1, 3, 6; 26: 3, 6, 

 7, 11, 70, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82; 27: 8; 

 28: 9, 48, 124, 130, 147, 159, 151, 154, 

 159, 164, 167, 171, 172, 175, 185, 189, 

 198, 201, 203, 208, 232, 235, 237; 29: 1, 

 2, 3, 6, 8, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, 36; 31: 13, 

 14; p. 117:1, 17, etc.) 

 nedi^ (cf. ng and ti) . — teak na^nte nedi', 

 the middle fingers. isV na^nte nedV, the 



