154 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



yonejaduka ^^ miL xeekiLtseL" Laaiux innaisdukkai ^* Laaiux 



back of the from he threw it At once he got up. At once 



fire up away. 



mitdai^"" tceninyai ^" haiuii hai xota^ ^^ haiyo xoLduwenne'^ 



outside he went out. Then the his father that one .said of him, 



yeu^' iia tceninyai ^" mufikutnikkyao^* haiiin wun ^'^ xoikyun^* 



"'Way across he has gone Mflnkfitnikkyao." And about it his mind 



out 



naiiya^^ hai axoLteitdenne^^ taistse^^' rauxxa*" tcittesyai" haiun 



studied that he had said of him. Sweathouse after it he went. And 



wood 



xoLtelit *^ xoLnonillit *^ miL yisxunhit " xuLedun adenne xa^ *^ 



witli him Witli liim it finished then tlie next day in the morning he said, "Well 

 it burned. burning 



hwa*" mill winyaL*^ hai daiditdin** haidaid tee'iLauw" haiun 



me for it come a"long." The (explanation there it always came Then 



was) out. 



-^yon- the seat of honor back of the fire, corner; yi- a prefix common to names of direction; -duk 

 together with y'l-, has the meaning of up hill and the derived meaning of east. The word as a 

 whole applies to the bank back of the fire, where the belongings of the men are kept. 



27xee- prefix meaning away from, used with verbs of throwing; -k- first modal; -ii- third modal; 

 -tscL verbal root, to throw, to pound; class II, con. 1, past def., 3d per. sing. 



28tri- prefix of uncertain meaning, but employed of the act of rising from a reclining position: -na- 

 preflx of iteration; -ts- '2d modal of du rati ve force; -dAk-, d 3d modal; -kai verbal root of acts per- 

 formed with the legs (or other long instrument) ; class III, con. 3, past def., 3d per. sing. 



29 7nitdaie the space in front of the house; mit- is probably the possessive prefix; compare mittsitda 

 (see note 131). 



^^ tee- prefix meaning out of; -yai verbal root to go, u.sed only in singular; class I, con. 2, past def., 

 3d per. sing. 



31 -ta^ FATHER, not used without a possessive prefix. 



32 xOl- indirect object 3d per. sing.; -)ie verbal root to say, to sing, to make a noise; irreg. past 

 def., 3a per. sing. 



33 yeu adverb, probably from a demonstrative stem, employed of the most remote. 



34 munkut lake; -nikkyao compare note 6. This is the name given to Trinity Summit, a mountain 

 of 6,500 feet elevation east of Hupa valley. 



35 toun post-position which does not have a pronominal prefix for 3d per. sing., except when an 

 adult Hupa is referred to. 



36 -kijiui heart or VITALS, the organ of cogitation. 



37 na- perhaps meaning down, from above, is employed of things coming into existence; -ya 

 verbal root to go, to come; class I, con. 1, past def., 3a per. sing. 



3s a- prefix found with verbs of thinking, .saying, and doing. 



3'-> tais- probably connected with tai- of taikyuw; -tsc^ brush, small shrubs. 



'"' mux- pronominal prefix of which only m- is constant, the remainder of the syllable depending 

 on the sound which follows; -a:a post-position, after. 



^' tclt- deictic, 3d per. sing.; -te- distributive prefix; -s- 2d modal of durative action; -yaito go; class 

 I, con. 3, past def., 3d per. .sing. 



■*- -lit verbal root to burn, in an intransitive sense only; class I, con. 3, past def., 3a per. sing. 



*3 -no- prefix indicating the coming to a stop or end; -nil- for -nin-; class I, con. 2, past def., 3a per. 

 sing. 



■''' yisxuii- apparently a verb, of which yi- deictic 3d per. sing, (not an adult Hupa), -s- 2d modal, and 

 -xun the root; compare yisxan day ; -hit conjunctional suffix when. 



*» xa^ seems to terminate a discussion and attract attention to some proposition. It is also used to 

 give assent to a proposition. 



48 hw- pronominal prefix of 1st per. sing.; -a post-position meaning in the interest of, for the 

 benefit of. 



•" iv- prefix found in a few presents where the inception of the act is in the mind of the speaker 

 (compare § 28); -iFi- sign of 2d per. sing.; -ya- verbal root to go; -L suffix indicating the continuation 

 of the act over .space; class I, con. 1, imp. 'id per. sing. 



*^ daiditdin, the meaning of this word as a whole is more apparent than that of its parts. It is 

 employed to introduce the explanation of a mystery. The first syllable, dai- or daid-, is apparently 

 the element which gives the indefiniteness to interrogative and indefinite pronouns. 



■*9 tee- the prefix mentioned in teeniiiyai (see note 30), but here it is used of coming out of the sur. 

 rounding forest into a glade; -auw verbal root connected with -ate undulating movement, as of a 

 herd. 



