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(dzxa), those mules bite, are in the habit 

 of biting. — ka^dusenV, not to be accus- 

 tomed to biting. toh(/xk nixuxii/ naske^ 

 ama^nki ka^dustunV, those mules are not 

 given to biting, tcy/nki mc/nkde ka\lu- 

 seni^, this reclining dog does not bite. 



se^hiye! se^hiye! pshaw! (28:92,102, 

 110). 



Sep. — a'l^se'i), a^sepi, a'f'sewi, an ax. a^se^p 

 s'lTf^hin ni/ ko inkla', the standing ax is 

 mine. a''''se^p hama' toho^ ma^nki ko 

 kia^, the ax lying on the ground is his. 

 a'fi'se^p no'f^pa'' a^manki^ ko kta^, the two 

 (standing) axes are his. a'"-se^p no'"'pa' 

 hama^ tcVdi a'manki'' ko inkta', the two 

 axes lying on the ground are mine. 

 a'^'se^p xa'xaxa a'mankV ko pa'na 

 inkta' {xe is added by a female), 

 all the standing axes are mine.' 

 a^se^p tcVdi a'manki^ ko pa'na inkta\ all 

 the axes lying down are mine. a'"'Se^p 

 xa'xaxa ki'naxadV a'mankV ko x)a'na 

 inkta', all the scattered standing axes 

 are mine, anse'p tci'di ki'naxadi' pa'na 

 inkta', all the scattered and reclining 

 axes are mine. a'"'se^pi ne' yaxku', give 

 me that ax (leaning against some- 

 thing), a^se'pi ma'nkiya'"' yaxku', give 

 me that ax (lying down), a'^se'pi ne 

 ka'ta, whose ax is that? a^s^pi ne 

 inkta', that is my ax. a'"'se'pi kupa'ni- 

 y^, he lost his ax. a^se'p su'di, an ax 

 head. a'"-se'p su'di na'nki ko ita', the 

 ax head is yours, a'^-se'ji poxka', sledge 

 hammer. aHe'wi yinki', "small ax, " 

 hatchet, a'n-se'wi ya^ xa^' ho tca'ka^- 

 mankl', where is the ax? This is some- 

 times abbreviated to a^se'wi ya'"' xa""^? 

 a'^'Se'wi a'yl^ ta'nini heda""^, he has 

 finished using the ax. a'"'se'wi putsaye', 

 to sharpen an ax (see a'^xudi dumho^- 

 ni under a'"''xu). a'^'se'wi ma'nkdie 

 nyi'ku dandef, I will give you this ax 

 (lying down). I^Aho 28: 195, 202; 

 p, 121: 21, 22.) 



si. — dau, strung (11: 3). u'dasi', (he) 

 strung them (21: 2 ) . 



si. — dusi', to grasp, hold; to take, receive 

 {i'dusi or i'tsi, ndu'si; dutstu', i'tstu, 

 ndu'stu). axt i'tsi wb, have you taken 

 a woman? dusi tusiye (used when one 

 grasps another, but duxta^ tusiy^ must 

 be used if he already holds him), to 



grasp another and pull him backward 

 {i'dusi tusi'hay^, ndu'si tUsi'lmilkc'). 

 ifi^dusi tusi'hi''''ya' dandef, I will grasp 

 you and pull you backward, sni' dusi', 

 to catch a cold, sni ndusi', I caught a 

 cold, sni' ya'ndusi', "the cold caught 

 me" (Gatschet). TcMkana' du'si, he 

 seized the Rabbit (1: 20). akuixyi' 

 idu'siko', ayindM' akutxyi' huya'n'xkiya', 

 when you receive the letter, do you 

 (in turn) send a letter hither to me. 

 ka'waya'"^ ndusi' xyeni' i'l^ske'yank^' , I 

 wished to take something or other 

 (from my trap), but it scared me (3: 

 16,17). Mi' Ina'ko dusi' o'n^xa etuxa', 

 behold the Sun had been taken, they 

 say (3: 15). dusi' duna'naytye', he 

 seized him and shook him. Tcetkana' 

 axokya'"'' ytskasa^ dusi' uxne'di, the 

 Rabbit took a piece of cane and a tin 

 bucket and was approaching the well 

 (1: 9). dusi' de'di, he took it and has 

 gone, i'dusi ide'di, you took it and 

 went, ndu'si nde'di, I took it and went. 

 axti' dusi', to take a woman (i. e., co- 

 habit with her without marrying her 

 regularly), a'^ha'^', ndusi', yes, I have 

 taken her. ndu'si na', I have taken 

 her, a'"yato' dusi', to take up with 

 a man informally, cohabit with him 

 without being married, psdehi' dusi' 

 hankeya'n^ kiya' de ituxa', he seized the 

 knife and departed again (3: 19). 

 spdehi' du'si ha'nde, he is holding a 

 knife, spdehi' i'dusi aya'nde, you are 

 holding, etc. spdehi' ndu'si nka'nde, I 

 am holding, etc. spdehi' i'dusi, do you 

 hold a knife? akutxyi' patcke' dusi', 

 or akutxyi' tcakS'di na'nki patckS', to take 

 a book (almanac) from the nail on 

 which it is hanging, akutxyi' dusi' 

 deha'"^ tcakedi', take the book and go 

 to hang it up on the nail, dusi' deha""^ 

 hyukiki'"^ tcakedi', take it off (the nail), 

 and then take it back and hang it up. 

 akldu'si., they continued packing things 

 in the boat (28: 214). — tcakkldusi' , to 

 shake hands {tcakya'kldusi', teak a'xkt- 

 dusi). teak i'nktdu'si, I shake hands 

 with you. teak i'nkidu'si te' ni'ki, I do 

 not wish to shake hands with you. 

 teak ya'n' xkldu' si da'nde, will you shake 

 hands with me? — kldusni', not to grasp 

 or hold; not to take from another 



