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middle or third toes, nindoxpt/ o'"'^ 

 nedi', he has on pantaloons alone (see 

 doxpi tMuxka (Bj , M.)). tco'^ho'nde 

 o'"^ni, e^xa o« ne^di, he had on the breech- 

 cloth, that was all he had on (Bk.). 



neheya'i^x. — 7ieheya'^x kl^dina''^tve de'di, 

 though almost sure not to reach there 

 he goes (p. 163: 12). 



ne^tka, right here (28: 99, 108, 117, 

 126). 



ni. — dunV, to twist {idu^ni, ndu^ni). dunV 

 ta'^inJiexh^ to roll up very tightly, as a 

 bundle {Vduni ta^'i'^'MxtV, ndu^ni ta'"^- 

 i^hextV). axo'g d.uni\ young canes (2: 

 16, 17). dunahV, or dunahW, to turn. 

 nWndihef ndunaki"^', I turn(ed). — du- 

 mfni, to roll or fold up an object, as a 

 blanket, etc., several times {idumfni, 

 ndunini). dunVni xw{idiWdi, to roll 

 up loosely, as a bundle, tcpufxi duni- 

 nV, to fold or roll up a blanket several 

 times. — xafninaHiy'^, to make a heavy 

 object roll over and over in one direc- 

 tion {xa^ninaftihaye' , xa^nina^tih'AnW) . 

 xa^nina^tinke^hi'"'nMnde:^, I stand (there 

 for some time) and make it roll over 

 and over in one direction. uxtukV 

 xa'nmaftvje, he pushes it and makes it 

 roll over and over in one direction. — 

 zafninafti dedi^, it rolls over and over 

 in one direction (when one pushes): 

 said of a heavy log, hogshead, etc. — 

 xa'nina^ti ha^nde, he was rolling along 

 (8: 2). {uilso 8: 4.) 



ni, ni? (28: 100, 102), nix (28: 124, 129) 

 (cf. nl^), to walk {yini^, tiJ^nV); (H., dide 

 {dfdie); D., mani; (p., Os., man^in; K., 

 ma'"'yi'"'; Kw. , mandii'"'; Tc, manyi). nV 

 Mn/dl, he is walking (yini^ hine^di, ijLHd^ 

 hinefdi). nV ha'maki, they (a few) are 

 walking {yinV ha^maki, vflni^ ha^maki). 

 ni' h'hjukefdi, they (many) are walking 

 {yinV Jdya/yuke^di, ili^nV iinke'di) . — nV 

 hine^di naxo^, he was walking (then, 

 but not now). Imperatives: ni (to a 

 child); ni^lki (man to woman); nitkV 

 (woman to woman); nitakta' (man to 

 man); nitate^ (woman to man). M- 

 dupi^ ndosa'"^hi^ siHo^ ni ne^ ndxf^hV, I 

 see (or, saw) the boy walking on this 

 side of the ditch, a^^ya ni^ Jdne^ a^ye- 

 hu'"'^ni, do you know the walking man? 

 nV nde^di, I am going to walk about. 

 a^i^ya no'^-pa' ni' hafmaki nky^ho'i'^ni, or 



a'f^'ya no'^'pa'^ nVni ama^flki nkyehoi^'ni, 

 I know the two walking men. toho'xk 

 nV hine' ko' toxkc/ cxe (w. sp.), the 

 walking horse is gray, ama'nka ninV, 

 he is walking on the ground. yinV h^- 

 detu, you (pi.) have finished walking. 

 anya'dinV newa^ya'"', toward the walk- 

 ing man. nV hinef kd^kutuxaxef, he 

 walked till noon, ix^ni^ I M'alk (28: 

 21). ne, moved (28: 128) (?). kina'- 

 yeni, he did not move (29: 34). u^nV 

 kde'psi, I walked till night. u'"'nV kde'- 

 na'fi-pi, I walked till day. — ni'^ni, a 

 dual and frequentative of ni; the two 

 walking objects, a^'^ya noi^-pa' nVni 

 amal'nki nkyeho''^ni, or a''^ya no'"-paf ni' 

 ha'maki nkyeho'i^ni, I know the two 

 walking men. tohc/xk no'"'pa' nVni a'- 

 mankV ko toxkaf xe (w. sp.), the two 

 walking horses are gray, a'^-ya' nVni 

 ne'd^ nkyeho'"-'ni, I know this walking 

 man. a'^yo' ni'ni ne'yan rikyeho''^ni, I 

 know that walking man. — hine', the 

 walking object, an^ya ni' hine' a'- 

 ylhu^'ni, do you know the walking 

 man? tohc/xk ni' hine' k(/ toxka' xe (w. 

 sp. ) , the walking horse is gray, ernan^ 

 a'fhja'di hu' lane', look out! some one is 

 coming, ndef nef ya'^ka'"^ , yaku' hine', 

 while I was going, you were coming 

 back. — a'kinini', to walk on something 

 {aya'kinini', nka'kinini'). i'tolio a'ki- 

 nini', he walked on a log. — ha'kinini', 

 a plural of ni; they (all) walk, an^ya 

 ha'kinini' a' manki' ko nkyehof^m, I know 

 (all) the walking men. toho'xk ha'kini- 

 ni' a' manki' ko toxka' xe (w. sp. ), the 

 walking horses are gray. {Also 17: 2, 

 7,11,15; 21: 2,6,13,14; 22: 16; 25:6; 

 26: 28, 31, 34, 39, 53, 54; 27: 1, 2, 12; 

 28: 18, 20, 34, 54, 55, 63, 91, 93, 109, 

 241, 242; p. 117: 4, 9, 10; p. 119: 3, 9, 

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ni, feminine oral period, corresponding 

 to the masculine na. — ti ne' ko sa""- ni', 

 the house is white. 



-ni^ {=-di=-ye), a causative ending (-/lay^, 

 -hanke). Dropped when followed by 

 another verb (?) : anksa'ho'"' naxe', he 

 heard a gun fired. 



ni^ki, ni^M (8: 1), ni, to be without; to 

 have none; there is none; no. — hadhif te 

 ni'ki, he does not wish to beg. haya'dhi 

 te ni'ki, you do not wish to beg. nka'd- 



