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The -s which appears in the third person plural is probably a con- 

 traction of //«.$, although the full word has may not have been 

 heard when recording". 



To CEY takes the prefix or modifier I'e^ and its plural is formed 

 by the use of the verb ti to be. 



Future tense of the verb ^-^-^' to cry 



singular Plural 



1st per. Jce k" (jivagW x {nJtd'n) he gax qAxtii'sati 



2d per. {wae') he k^gegd'x {yVut'n) Jce gax gaxyuatl' 



3d per. {hu) ke k"giaaga'x ke Jias gax gA'xsati 



6. </o-. A.*"-, is used when the event recorded happened at a time or 



place that is ill defined. 



Lei Let! qa a'U qosti' there were no white men's things in those 

 days {lU not; Let! white; qa man; A'tt their things; qo- s- verbal 

 prefixes [§ 18.1]; tl to be) 



yuqo'UhU'tk" those Avho used to leave the others behind {xju 

 demonstrative; go- 11- verbal prefixes [§ 18.4]; l!U stem; -^■" suf- 

 fix [§ 20.3]) 



k^ducu'qtc they always laughed at him {k^- du- verbal prefixes 

 [§ 17.3]; cuq to laugh; -tc always [§ 19.1]) 



gusu' yen yu<fxe'tcgt where is it that they never broke it off (gusu' 

 where; yen there; yu- demonstrative; q°- verbal prefix; xetc 

 stem; gt probably should be k" [§ 20.3]) 



At k"qedl'x a sign or parable (.4^ something; k"- prefix; qe proba- 

 bly stem; -x suflix [§ 10.4J) 



Lei 8u qosti' there was no rain {iM not; su rain; qo- s- verbal pre- 

 fixes [§ 18.1]; tl to he) 



Since future events are by their nature indeterminate, this»prefix is 

 constantly used with the future prefix gu-; as, 



a'q°gwallq when will he break it off? {a indefinite pronoun; q'^- 

 indefinite prefix; (/(u)- future prefix; wa- verbal prefix [§ 18.2]; 

 liq! to break off) 



7. 'X expresses the alteration of a person or thing from one condi- 



tion to another. It is suffixed to the name of the thing altered, 

 the adjective indicating the altered state, or to the future particle, 

 but is placed among verbal prefixes because its connection with 

 the following verb is extremely close, as is shown by its inser- 

 tion after the future particle. 

 tse'sk!ux %'nasti you can become an owl {tsesk!'^'' owl; -x verbal 

 aflSx; ^ thou; na- s- verbal prefixes [§ 17.5; § 18.1]; ^z stem) 



44877— Bull. 40, pt 1—10 12 § 15 



