BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGEiS 157 



tcitdenne®'^ kut dan xo' unniLdenne" naidiL domukkainasin^'a ^* 



he said, "already some in vain I said to you, ' Let us go You did not want to." 



time ago home.' 



haiuii klye anakitdenne ^' xodjox^"" xundiii haiyahitdjit xowun 



Then again it sounded still closer. And then for him 



xodje^" tconda^^"^ axoLtcitdenne nax hai neskin mittilk yeilLane« 



his mind was sorry. He said to him, "Two the firs between you must 



run in 



hai dikkyiin nonifixuts ^**' miL haiuii kut nolto^n^"* miL hai 



the here it lights when." And already it dropped. Then the 



neskin mittiik yexonan"'* haiyo nolto^n Laaiux ylkyuwin^^an "* 



firs between they ran in. That one lit. Immediately it began to eat 



hai mikkyaqottse Laaiux yinneL3^an ^"^ haiyahitdjit Laaiux xo' 



the elks. Really it ate them up. And then at once in 



vain 



xaitefien/"'* ylxoLtsan^"^ xokuttcin yalto^n Laaiux hai neskin 



it looked for It found them. On them i't jumped. Really the firs 



them. 



minnaikitdelai*^" haiun xo' mukkut danaduwiL^aP" yudiiihit a'tin 



it embraced. Then in vain at it he shot. Finally all 



tcekinnifiits "^ haiyaL hai xoLin aLtcitdenne nittsitdukana'^we '^' 



he shot out. And the his brother he told, "Your quiver 



96 Note the omission of the prefix a- when the object stands directly before a verb of saying or 

 thinking. 



97 'Cm- the form a- takes when followed by n; -niL- indirect object of 2d per. sing. Compare -xaL- 

 in axoLtcitdenne (below). These indirect objects are really adverbial phrases containing a post- 

 position rendered in full by with you. 



°8 do- negative prefix; -miik- pronominal prefix; -kai- post-position after; -na- prefix over the 

 SURFACE OF THE GROUND; -s- 2d modal; -in- sign of 2d per. sing.; -^a verbal root to have in one's 

 POSSESSION. The literal meaning of this phrase is said to be, you did not carry after it in your 



HAND. 



^-7ia- iterative prefix. Compare akitdenne (see note 93), employed of the first occurrence. 



iwarorf/- probably fora:»te right, exact, tc having become dj because of their change from final to 

 initial position. 



'01 xo- possessive prefix; -dje mind. 



K'2 -dae verbal root to waste away. 



'03 no- prefix denoting a position of rest on the surface of the ground; -nifi- 2d modal required by 

 -no-; -x&ts verbal root to pass through the air. 



">» -to^n verbal root to jump, to aught. As is usual with Hupa verbs, the root defines the kind of 

 act without reference to the fact of its beginning or ending, which is expressed by prefixes. Class IV 

 con. 2, past def., 3d per. sing. 



W5-X0- prefix of unknown meaning; -an verbal root to run, used of dual and plural only; com- 

 pare ye'ilLane^ (p. 155); class I, con. 1, past def., 3d per. dual. 



106 yi- deictic of the third person when not a Hupa adult; -kyii- 1st modal prefix used when the 

 object is not known or not definitely named; -yan verbal root to eat; class I, con. 1, past def., 3a 

 per. sing. 



107 -neL- contraction for -nuiuiL-, of which the prefix evidently has reference to the completion of 

 the act; class II, con. 1, past def., 3a per. sing. 



108 xa- prefix indicating pursuit or search (the form xai- is due to the subject not being an adult 

 Hupa); ten- probably a contraction for -tuwin-; -en verbal root to look; class I, con. 1, past def., 3a per 

 sing. 



109 -xO- object; -L- 3d modal; -tsan verbal root to see, to find; class II, con. 4, past, 3a per. sing. 



110 rnin- pronominal prefix; -nai- post-position around; -lai verbal root apparently connected with 

 la HAND. It was explained that the wings had teeth on them; these the bird drove into the tree 

 with great force. 



111 da- prefix position higher than the earth; -nadil- indicating a position perpendicular as 

 regards some plane; -^a- verbal root to have position; -I suffix denoting repeated acts. 



11- tee- prefix out of; -kin- prefix used of acts completed, the means being exhausted; -its verbal 

 root TO shoot; class I, eon. 2, past def., 3d per. sing. 



lis nit- possessive prefix; -tt:itdukana^we the quiver op fisher-skin; -na- prefix over the surface 

 OF THE ground; -we verbal root to carry. 



