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HANDBOOK OF AMERTCAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



155 



hai 



the 



hai 



the 



xoLiii aLtcitdenne^" xa^ hwa min winyaL xatehe*^ 



his brother 



.something. 



he told, 



mil 



You 



' Well me for it come alons 



mittuk' 



between 

 them 



en "* 



it is 



haiun 



Then 



ye'ilLane^ 



you must 

 run in." 



Lomatckuttcin "^ tceniudeL ^'^ 



Well 

 then, 



neskii! nax tak iLtcin ^^ 



firs two three together 



tcittesdeL" munkutnikkyao xaisdeL 



they started. Mimkutnikkyao they went 



xosoLwe'^'^ 



let it kill 

 him 



kisxan ■''"' 



stand 



60 



LomatckOttcin 



they came 

 out. 



haiya 



The're 



mikkyaqottse 



elks 



up. 



naLauw 



were 

 about 



hai Lokut ^^ haiufi axoLtcitdenne nin 



the glade on. Then he said to him, "You 



sindan *^^ hwe yeu kai wunnaiwedate ^^ 



you stay. 1 distant along I will sit for 



them." 



xokyatciii" teLatc^^ xokut danakindl^^an^^ 



From him they ran, on him they ran. 



dikkyuii '^'^ minna " 



here around 



haiun yaixoLtcwen '** 



Then they smelled 



him. 



haiiin tak tceseLwen '* 



Then three he killed 



^ aLtcitdenne the form used in speaking to children or non-Hupa adults. Corapare' axoLtcitdenne 

 (see note 38), which is the form ordinarily employed in speaking to adults. 



5ia;a- probably the same as xa discussed in note -15; -te- is unknown; -he is used of concessions and 

 negations which are sweeping. 



62x0- the object; -s- a prefix found in this verb only; -o- regularly indicates 3d per. of imp.; -/.-3d 

 modal; -tve verbal root to kill (this form of it occurs in pres. indef. and imp.), compare -wen in 

 tceseLtven (sec note 74). 



53 di- probably connected with the demonstrative stem dr.- -hiro^ suffi.x often employed to give 

 indeflniteness. This word is often used to avoid a word of ill omen. 



6-1 eji is employed to point a contrast. 



^iL has a reciprocal force; -tciil post-position, toward. 



^-xan verbal root employed of the standing position of trees. 



»7mi<- pronominal prefix; -<«/: post-position between. 



ssj/e- prefix into, the correlative of tee-; -I 3d modal (-?!- sign of 2d per. sing, is dropped before it); 

 •La verbal root to run (the past has -Lat); -ne^ suffix, often found in the imperative, having the force 

 of duty or necessity; class IV, con. 1, 2d per. sing. imp. 



59-(H, verbal root to go, used only of the dual or plural. Compare tcitiesyai (see note 41); class I, 

 con. 3, past def., 3d per. dual. 



60 .ra- prefix up, here up a hillside; the deictic [tcit-, is not used after xa-); cla.ss I, con. 3, past def., 

 3d per. dual. 



SI Ld monosyllabic noun grass, leaf; -ma- probably border; -te- diminutive suffix; -kfd- upon; 

 -tcin locative suffix toward. 



02 Compare tccninyai (see note 30), the singular. This is the dual. 



^^mik- possessive prefix; -kya- antlers; -qottse sharp, pointed (?). 



«*7m- prefix used of indefinite motion over the ground. Compare tceii.nuw (see note 49). 



s^iti- grass; -kiitoN. 



o^The position of the speaker. Compare haiya, the more remote position. 



«"7«tn- pronominal prefix; -na post-position around, about. 



68s- prefix found in the present of a few verbs (compare -.5- 2d modal prefix); -da verbal root to 

 SIT, TO remain; -n suffi.x, perhaps from -7ie^ (see note 58). 



«9i««?!,- prefix used of pursuit or attempted action; -w- 2d modal of inceptive force; -e- sign of 1st 

 per. sing., found only in the definite tenses; -da- verbal root to sit; -te suffix used to express the future. 



™2/ot- sign of plural, employed of animals, etc. (for adult Hupa -ya- is used); -xo- object; -tcwen 

 verbal root to smell, it has L preceding it when the verb is transitive, but does not have it when it is 

 intransitive; class II, con. 1, past def., 3a per. pi. 



" xO- pronominal prefix; -kya- post-position away from; -tciri locative suffix. 



'2 -ate verbal root to move in an undulating line. It is employed of the motion of a pack-train. 

 The verb is singular, since the band as a whole is the subject. Class II, con. 3, past def., 3a per. sing. 



^^da- prefix which literally means on something higher than the ground, perhaps figurative 

 here; -kin- of uncertain force; -di- 3d modal; -i/am verbal root used of the movements of deer and 

 elk; class III, con. Id, past def., 3a per. sing. 



74 tee- sign of 3d per., a variant for ti'is- and tcis- found in tsisseLiven, tcisseuven (below) ; -seL-, se- is the 

 prefix mentioned in note 68; -s- 2d modal, is dropped before L 3d modal; -iven verbal root to kill; 

 class II, con. 3, past def., 3d per. sing. 



