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There are three prefixes which indicate tlie pursuit or search for a 

 person or thing, or, in a secondary sense, the attempt to do a thing. 



28. tviin- {wa + n f) is used of looking for a thing the position of 



which is unknown, as in hunting game. It also means to at- 

 tempt something by persistent effort. 



wunna'isya he started to make 319.3 

 wunnadihte they will hunt 311.11 



29. tia- is employed when there is a track to be followed. It is likely 



connected with the iterative particle na- again, since the mean- 

 ing may be that of going ov^er the trail again. 

 nayaxotezxe^ they tracked him 170.3 



30. xa- implies the going-after with the intention of getting the thing 



sought and bringing it back. 

 xanetete I am going to look for it 336.10 



31. a- is used to introduce verbs of saying, thinking, doing, and 



APPEARING. It seems to have no definite meaning; but, since it 

 is omitted when a direct object precedes a verb of thinking or 

 saying, it may be an indefinite object for the verb. 



adenne he said 97.15 



dlene^ you must do it 100.18 



§ 32. Adverbial Prefixes, Second Position 



1. na-^ the prefix of iteration, expresses the undoing of anything or 



the retracing of one's steps, as well as the repeating of an act. 

 It is often employed where in English the repetition is taken for 

 granted, as in the customarj^ acts of daily life, eating, drinking, 

 sleeping, etc. Sometimes the prefix requires d or t preceding 

 the root, and in other cases it is used without either. 



itnenaniLtcwit he pushed it back 163.1 

 hanaitwum he used to cany it back 237.8 

 nanodlya let it come back 233.5 

 anatcillau he did it again 106.8 



2. x«-, the prefix of identity, refers to any act previously described 



that is repeated b}^ the same or a different person. 



xaatcillau he did the same thing 211.1 

 xadiyate it will do that 254.10 

 xaulle do that 165.19 

 xaatcityau he did that 280.12 

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