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At ka'oHga they caused (the canoe) to be loaded up {At indetinite 



object [things]; ka- to cause; o- verbal prefix [§17.3]; U- verbal 



prefix [§18.4]; ga to load) 

 ade' akaJwana doxAnqd'wu then he caused his clothes-man to go 



out {a demonstrative; de to; a indefinite pronoun; ka- to cause; 



wa- verbal prefix [§18.2]; iia to send; do his; xAn clothes; qa 



man; -wu possessive [see § 10]) 



3. ya- seems to indicate the continuation of an action or state. 



ylya'xtc are you hearing it? {y'l yQ\, ya- verbal prefix; ax to hear; 

 -tc emphatic suffix) 



KiksAdVtc A'tcayu xixtc! hAs ayahe'n therefore the KiksA'di claim 

 the frog {a indefinite pronoun; tea adverb; a indefinite pronoun; 

 yu demonstrative; xtxtc! frog; hAS they; a indefinite pronoun; 

 ya- verbal prefix; hen ^iera) 



ht'tq/t tux qa'oioagut yucawA't the woman was going through the 

 houses (//*?^ house; -q!t collective suffix; tux througii; ya- o- wa- 

 verbal prefixes [§ 17.2; § 18.2]; guio go; -^purpose [§ 20.1]) 



ya hA'sduqd'nAX yagatsd'q when he was chasing them {ya demon- 

 strative; hA'sdu them; qd'riAX after; ga- verbal prefix [§17.4]; 

 tsdq to run) 



yuyanagu'tt when (he was) traveling {yu demonstrative; ga-^ na- 

 [§ 17.4, 5], verbal prefixes; gu. to go; -t -t suffixes [§ 20.1, 2]) 



This prefix ya- seems to be identical with the suffix referred to in 

 §20.4. 



4. wu- often indicates the passive, but seems to have a very much 



wider function. 



Clt.'ka'de an Jias wuqo'x they went with him to Baranoff island 

 {Cl Baranotf island; t! behind; ka or\\ de to; d demonstrative; 

 -n with; Aas they; 7vu- prefix; qox to go by canoe) 



y^ayu xtxtc! q.'acVyi w\id.u' dztkii that is how the frog's song 

 came to be known {ye- adverb; a- indefinite pronoun; yn demon- 

 strative; xixtc! frog; q!a mouth; cv song; -y't possessive [§ 10]; 

 wu- du- dzi- verbal prefixes [§ 17.3; § 18.6]; ku to know) 



wuctt'n At iimduLik!e' peace was made between them {wu- verbal 

 prefix; c- reflexive [§11]; ttii with; [ujuctl'i^. together]; At 

 indefinite object; ivu- du- Lt- verbal prefixes [§ 17.3; § 18.5]; 

 k!e to be good) 



The last of these examples shows a curious use of ivu- before the 

 reflexive prefix c-, the latter standing independent of the verb, 

 and being followed b}^ a post-position. This employment of 

 wu- with the reflexive is very common. 



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