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[BULL. 40 



mikkyaqottse haiun Lenaiyanillai 



elks. Then thev built a tire. 



xoLin axoLtcitxienne dikkyuii tcin ' 



his he said to him, "Here they say 



brother 



menesg'it ^" hai dikkyun 



I am afraid." "The here 



nehelweLte ^ 



we will spend 

 the night." 



axoLtcitdenne yudinbit^^ xotcin tcuwintcwu 



he said it to him. Finally on his he cried. 



account 



kut wilweL xotesdiihwen **'' 



already it was night. It grew dark. 



haiya xokut yalweL^^ haiun 



There on them "it became Then 



night. 



don doxolwiF^ xa^ naidiL^' 



it is no one spend.s 

 the night. 



haiuii 



Then 



Oome 



let us go 

 home. 



dunLunhwodin *^ 



several times 



axoLtcinne *^ 



He kei)t telling him 



miL 



with 



naidiL haiuii kut wilweL xotesduhwen **'' haiuii kittewestce^ *'' 



" Let us Then already it was night. It grew dark. Then the wind blew, 



go home." 



yudiiThit axoLtcitdenne 



Finally he said to him, 



hwelweLte ^^ haiuii 



' I will spend Then 



the night.' " 



akitduwenne^^ xowinLit^* haiyahitdjit haiyo adenne xa^ naidiL dau^® 



it sounded. It thundered. And then that one said, " Well, let us go "No," 



home." 



xa^ tcwitc Lekilla 



" Well, firewood gather. 



kut Lej^akillau ®^ 



already they gathered it. 



kut ainuwinsen *' 



Already you have decided, 



Lenayanillai xohwow '^ 



They biiilt a fire. Some way 



"^ Le- prefix employed of motion mutually toward or position near each other; -nai- (na) iterative 

 prefix often employed of habitual acts; -ya- sign of plural; -nil- for -nin- because of the following I; 

 toi verbal root employed of moving or handling more than one object; clas.s I, con. 2, past def., 3d 

 per. pi. The fire may have been ceremonial for the dressing of the elk. 



7" ya- sign of plural; -I- 3d modal, often of passive force; -weL form of a verbal root indicating the 

 passing of the night. The verb may be considered as an active form with the object prefixed, the 

 subject being some natural element or supernatural being, or as a passive form of which the subject is 

 the young men in question. 



" Of uncertain derivation, but probably connected with the root -tie -n to speak. 



"8 do- negative prefix; -wil form of the verbal root discussed above. 



'9 na- iterative prefix used here w'th the meaning of returning whence they had set out; -diL ver- 

 bal root TO GO, other forms of it are -dil and -deL (see note 59) ; class I, con. 3, pres. indef., 1st per. dual. 



8u me- object; -ncs-, of which n- is a prefix of uncertain meaning, and -s-, 2d modal (some sign for the 

 first person singular would be expected, but a number of verbs have the first and third persons alike 

 in form); -git verbal root to rE.\R; class IV, con. 3, pres. def., 1st per. sing. 



81 nehe- object us, or subject of passive we. 



*'- d(m- stem or prefix found in expressions meaning several or none; -Lzin many, much; -hwo^ 

 expresses uncertainty or indefiniteness; -din locative suffix, but in numbers means times. 



"^ yi'(- probably connected with the demonstrative stem yd; -din locative suffix common with 

 adverbs of time and place; -hit conjunctional suffix then. 



8* -tcwii verbal root to cry, to weep. 



85 -tcin-, icein- would be expected, but the verb is quite irregular; -we verbal root to say; irreg., 

 cust., 3d per. sing. 



86 xu- prefix giving absolute and impersonal force to the 'verb, used especially of weather condi- 

 tions; -te- distribution; -s- 2d modal; -d- 3d modal; -hwen verbal root, no doubt connected with -hwin 

 in Lithwin black. 



8' kit- prefix always found with the blowing of the wind, it may give the idea of continuousness to 

 the act; -we- formative element which gives a durative force to verbs, especially in the passive; 

 -tce^ verbal root indicating the action of the wind. 



88 Le- see note 75; -ki- perhaps giving the force of local distribution; -I- for n on account of the fol- 

 lowing I; -la shorter form of the verbal root -laa (see note 91); class I, con. 1, 2d per. sing. imp. 



89 ai- appparently the same prefix which occurs in axoLtcitdenne (below); -nu- prefix of unknown 

 force; -sen verbal root to think, other forms of it are -sin, -ne; irreg. class I, con. 1, 2d per. sing. imp. 



*' hwe- object or subject me or i. 



9' -kil- contraction for -kinvil-; -km, verbal root; class I, con. 1, past def., od per. sing. 



92 xo- WAY' OR MANNER; -hwow, compare dihw(¥ (see note 53). 



93 -kit- employed in the place of -tcil- when the subject is .some unknown agent. 



9* xo- see note 92; -Lit verbal root employed of noises such as a footfall. This verb in its imper- 

 sonal form is used for the noise of the earthquake as well as of thunder. 

 9" Evidently connected with dO- the negative prefix. 



