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3. ye- is used of motion into houses, beds of streams, and spaces 



however slightly enclosed, and also into smaller objects, as 

 canoes and baskets. 



yenawityai he went into (a house) 98.15 



yetiawiLinen he made it swim into (a river from the ocean) 266.2 

 yeintuLiie^ you must step into (a canoe) 209.2 {tal to step) 

 yetceiLkas he threw into (a basket) 288.7 



4. wa- (1) seems to mean through with verbs of cutting and 



burning. 



wakinnillHxblaii the}^ were burned through 119.3 (Jit to burn) 

 wakinninkats he cut through 



6. iva- (2) is employed with verbs of handing or giving something 

 to a man or an auimal. 



xmjoaihda he handed it to him 181.13 {xo him) 

 waimmil he always distributes them 195.8. 



6. Le- has the general meaning of the converging or nearness of ob- 



jects. It has the special meaning of building a tire from the 

 placing-together of sticks. It is also employed of completing 

 a circle, or a circuit in travelling. 



Lenaisloi^ he tied together 210.5 



LenanUlal he built a fire 



LenaniLten he took it all the way around (the world) 



7. me- (1) seems to have the meaning of position at, or motion to, 



against, or along the surface of, something. 



menaisdlyai he climbed (a tree) 103.12 

 menemen he landed him (against the shore) 162.9 

 meittan he stuck to it 202.3 

 mewiLwaL he beat on 



8. tne- (2) is similar to ye-^ except that it usually refers to position in 



something, while ye- is employed of motion into. 

 iiuUisyen. she stands in (the body of her husband) 195.11 



9. na^- (1) ^ is used of indefinite motion over the surface of the 



ground or water, and of position on the earth's surface. The 

 primary meaning may be horizontal. 



naihits it is running about 291.4 {its to run) 



na^wimme^ he swam 



naHumLu I paint (my body) 247.12 



1 The glottal stop probably belongs with the prefix. It appears in some forms and is absent in others. 



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