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The Me'^dilbin Poor Man 



Me«dildin ^ 



Medildin 



haiun 



And 



tciL^ an ^ haiun * takeimmi 



he had. And she used to 



make soup. 



miL^^ yaaqot'^ haiyo ^^ takeimmiP 



with he used to that She used to 



poke up, one. make soup 



aiwe^^ xowufi ^'^ wakinnintats ^^ haiyaL, 



away from him he cut a hole And, 



through. 



Laaiux ® xo'^^ waniiiqots^* tcinneLen^ 



And in vain it ran tlirough. He looked at 



And 



Laaiux 



at once 



dedin'^ tcitteLtcwen« ' haiun ^ kittekin '^ nikkyao® 



poor he grew. And spoon large 



hai>" xokittekin" 



the his spoon 



miL ^'' yaaxauw ^"^ haiuii * 



then he used to And 



dip it up. 



'" yauwxauw"^' tcondesne^^ 



"Let me dip he thought, 



it up," 



'^ hai xokittel?;in Laaiux® 



the his spoon. At once 



imeed*? canoe; -dm locative suffix, place of or place at ( §§ 21, 84). 



"^dediii POOR, not having possessions. 



^tci- sign of 3d per. sing. (§ 33); -te- prefix, distributive as regards time or place (§34); -L, 3d 

 modal in verbs, mostly transitives (§ 37); -tcwen verbal root, to make, to do, to grow; class II, con. 

 3, 3d per. sing. 



*liai- probably the article; -u'l termination common to temporal adverbs and conjunctions. 



'"kit- possessive prefix used of animals (§ 80); -te horn, the spoon was of horn. 



'^iiik- one of the prefixes of adjectives (§76); -kyao root of adjective large; compare tdwinkyau 

 (note 125). 



7 tci-, -L, see note 3; -^an verbal root meaning to have position, hence the notion of possession. 



8<a-, prefix employed of soup-making, drinking, probably connected with to water (§31); -ke- 

 pretix, weak in form and of little force in meaning, it is connected with verbs requiring repeated 

 motions for a single act (§34); -t- sign of customary tense (§34); -jut7 verbal root meaning to let 



FALL or to throw several SMALL OBJECTS OF THE SAME OR DIFFERENT KINDS, probably the COOk- 



ing-stones in tliis case; class II, con. 1, cust., 3d per. sing. 



^ La-, the numeral one. There is an element of surprise at the quickness of the act. 



'o/iaj, the article is always employed with the possessive third person. 



"xo- possessive prefix of 3d per. sing, or pi., employed only of adult Hupa; see also note 5. 



i2»ii- pronominal prefix of 3d per. sing, when adult Hupa are not meant; -/. post-position with. 



isj/a- prefix used of motion up into, or horizontally through, the air (§ 31); -a- sign of customary 

 tense, a is due to the preceding a of ya; -qot a verbal root used of pushing something into a yielding 

 mass; class I, con. 1, cust., 3d per. sing. 



^*hai- the article; -yd a demonstrative used of the more remote. 



^^miL probably the same as in note 12, above; it is often used of time. 



16 ya-, -a see note 13; -xauw verbal root referring to water or a liquid; class I, con. 1, cust., 3d per. 

 sing. 



^''aiwe AWAY, at a distance, not in the presence OP; no connection with other words has 

 been found . 



18 xo- pronominal prefix of 3d per. ; -iviln post-position used of motion toward or away from, accord- 

 ing to the context. 



"wa- prefix meaning through (§ 31); -kin- 1st modal prefix of uncertain meaning (§ 34); -nin- 2d 

 modal of completed action (§ 35); -tats verbal root to cut; class I, con. 2, past def., 3d per. sing. 



20 Aoi- probably the article; -j/a- with hai- it forms an adverb there; -x perhaps the post-position 

 (see note 12). 



21 ya- see note 13; -Hw sign of 1st per. sing.; class II, con. 1, pres. indef., 1st per. sing. 



22 <c- deictic 3d per. sing.; -s- 2d modal indicating progressive action; -ne verbal root, to think; 

 irregular verb, past def., 3d per. sing. 



23 om" indicates that whatever was attempted failed; it is to be construed wath yauwxauw (see 

 note 16). 



^*iva-, -niii see note 19; -qots verbal root. 



25 <c- deictic 3d per. sing.; neL- contraction of -niaviL of which -rm- is a 1st modal prefix of uncer- 

 tain meaning and -wji- has w, 2d modal of inceptive action, and £, 3d modal of transitive force; -en 

 verbal root meaning to look; class II, con. 1, past def., 3d per. sing. 



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