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and stood (listening?) (2: 5). Qn^ti 

 ya^ndi o'xpa, the Bear swallowed 

 all (of the canes) (2: 9). O'tiyandV 

 he'di, the Bear said that which pre- 

 cedes (2: 10). M'di O^'li ya^ndi, said 

 the Bear (2: 16) . axo^g dunV da de^di 

 Qn^ti ya^ndi, the Bear went to gather 

 young canes (2: 17, 23, 25). 



yanka^, when. — ayVhin yanka\ nde oi^^kne, 

 I had already gone when you came. 

 e^ya'"' nkinhin^ yanka', de o^'kne, he had 

 already gone when I reached there. 

 e'ya'"- nkinhW yanka^ te o'^' mankV, he 

 was (lay) already dead when I arrived 

 there, inhin'' yanka^, nkon' he'danm, I 

 had already made it (or done it) when 

 he came. i^hW yanka', ayo^^ he'da'^'ne, 

 you had already made (or done) it 

 when he came. ayVhi"' yanka\ nde^ 

 km, I went when (i.e., shortly after) 

 you came. 



-■yaPk.a,^'', while, during (cf. ka^). Fol- 

 lows the classifiers. — ku ne' yoP'ka^', 

 while he was coming back; yaku' ne' 

 ya^kaf>-', while you were coming back; 

 nkvf ne^ ya'^kan'' (rather, xkw' ne' yaP- 

 kan^), while I was coming back; nde^ 

 nef ya^kaP-' yaku' hine^, while I was 

 going, you were coming back ; kte^ hande^ 

 ya'fi'kan^ xku^, while he was hitting, I 

 was coming back, kte^ni hande^ ya^ka'"'^ 

 nkihW, "he was not hitting while I 

 came," I came before he hit him. 

 nkadutV na^nki ya'^ka'"''' , inVhin ha' nde, 

 while I was eating (as I sat), he was 

 (=con tinned) drinking. Vhande'na'nki 

 ya''''kan^, nkadutV na'nki imf, while he 

 was (=sat for some time) drinking, 1 

 was (=sat) eating (of my own accord). 



ya^'nki, ya^nki (27: 10), a female ani- 

 mal. — tua'yankV, abuffalo cow. ioho'xk 

 ya'nki, a mare, ma'xi ya'nki, a hen. 



yankoD^, to treat (badly) (cf. a;a^). — eti- 

 kiyaP'ko'"'' , you treated me so (6: 19). 

 kXdeyankol'^dqha, let us get ahead of one 

 another (28: 170). 



ya^^^xa, almost. — ■psiya'"-'xa, almost night. 

 ksWdn yaP'^oca, almost evening, na'pi 

 ya^'xa, almost day. ta'hi ya^'xa, he 

 almost reached death, ■dnkta'hi ya'^'xa, 

 I am (or, was) almost dead. ku'tiXxaxa' 

 ya'"''xa, "almost noon," forenoon. 

 {Also 17: 19, 24; 27: 2, 13; 28: 62.) 



ya°xa°. — an'sudi o'^'^ya^xan^ ko tca'kan- 

 nankV, where is the pine forest? a**- 

 fie'm ya'f'Xa'"'^ ko tca'kanmanki (some- 

 times shortened to a^se^wi ya'^'xan' f) , 

 where is the ax? spdehV ya^xa^' ko 

 tca^kanmankV , where is the knife? mi- 

 kon'ni yO'^xa'"'^ ko tca'ka'n'mankV, where 

 is the hoe? yanke'o'nnV yu^xan^ ko 

 tca^kanmankV, where is the saw? tohox- 

 ka' yanxan' tca^ka^nedV, where is the 

 horse? toho'xk kdecku'dedetatu' da'ni 

 yuke' ya^xa^', where are those three 

 striped horses? {Also 27: 28; 28: 234. ) 



ya^^xi^, the strong odor from a goat (cf. 

 yansV). — nto ya^xV, the odor from a 

 negro. 



ya^ixtci. — yai^'xtci tcH'lconnV, the dia- 

 phragm, or midriff. 



ya^^ni, to sleep {iyan'ni, nkyan'rii (=tln- 

 ^?/ai'nt?)).— nH^2/a«, I sleep (7: 5, 6). 

 iyan' you sleep (28: 95, 104, 113). 

 yan^nekde', he was sleeping so long 

 (7: 8). iikiyan'te, I am sleepy (I desire 

 to sleep ? ) ( 7 : 1 2 ) . nk i'yaHi'xti, I ( was) 

 very sleepy (7: 13). — yO'^'te, he is 

 sleepy, "he wishes to sleep" {iyaHe', 

 nkiyan^ te (/ta«); yaHetu, iyaHetu', nki- 

 yaHetu). — yaHVxti, he is very sleepy 

 {VyaHVxti, nkVyaHVxli, yantf'xtitu, 

 VyaHe'xtitu, nkVyaHe'xtitu) . — kaya^- 

 naV'pi nV, he did not sleep till day 

 {kiya'nanpi ni', nkVyankana'"''pi ni, 

 kaya^na^pi nV , etc.). — ya^ ya'nanpV, 

 he sleeps till day (i//a" iya'nanpi, nki- 

 yan'nka'nanpi' , yanya'na''^ptu^, iya'"'iya^- 

 na'^'pitu, nkiyan^nka^na'>^pitu ) . — yo" no"- 

 pa'yan, ' ' second sleep, ' ' Tuesday, ya^- 

 da'ril, * ' third sleep, ' ' Wednesday, j/a"- 

 topa', "sleep four," Thursday, ya'^- 

 ksa^'yan, "sleep five times," Friday. 

 {Also Q: 2; 14:8, 11, 14.) 



ya^isi^, having a strong odor, fishy, hav- 

 ing a fishy odor (cf. ya^xV). — yan'sixti, 

 he smells very strong (29: 4). ii/a"'- 

 sizti, you smell very strong (29: 5, 7, 

 11). 



ya^^ska', a kidney; the kidneys. 



yaJ^tcede^. — TanyVnkiya'"' kWiW yaHce- 

 de' LamoWi tcehe'da''^, how far is it from 

 Lecompte to Lamourie? 



-ye, one of the causative endings, 3d sing. , 

 of verbs, the 2d sing, being -haijt; and 

 the 1st sing., -hanM, -hinki, or -IvAnke 



