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5. -q! Although the meaning of this suffix has not been satisfac- 



torily determined, it may be included in this list, because it 

 seems to be used in describing events that have taken place 

 at some particular time, and to present a marked contrast to 

 the suffix last considered. 



MaJx-A't yetx ducd'q! people from all places tried to marry her 

 {Idal'A't all, everywhere; yetx from into; du- verbal prefix 

 [§17.3]; castem) 



ckAX lie djtti'myeq! you can not see anything (tin to see; iye par- 

 ticipial suffix lengthened [§ 20.2]; rest uncertain) 



CAhusti'q.'tc those are (my people) there (s- verbal prefix [§ 18.1]; 

 ti stem, to be; -tc always [§ 19.1]; rest uncertain) 



ayA'xawe aosi'ne Acl'n gAnAltd'dicix lit! tu'di ac wuge'q! as he had 

 told him to do when he ran into the fire with him he threw 

 him into the basket {ayA'xawe as; a indefinite pronoun; o-s% 

 [§17.2; § 18.1]; ac him, reflexive; -n with; yAU fire; aUo, 

 into [?]; d% to start to; cix to run; lit! basket; tu'di into; ac 

 he; wu- [§ 15.4]; ge to throw) 



xd'yi yakq!^ ayA'x a' oliq! a' nq! he made the enemy's canoes upset 

 by quarreling (see p. 183, no. 4) 



6. -fil occurs after a few verbs, but its significance is obscure. 



Atxawe' qoLi'xs! from there he listened (qo- indefinite prefix 

 [§ 15.6]; I- verbal prefix [§ 18.4]; ax stem) 



aga' keqgeti's! weldWA'lx you will look out for the green fern- 

 roots {aga' for that; he particle; q- indefinite prefix [§ 15.6]; 

 ge = gu-l future prefix and personal pronoun [§ 15.5]; tl to be; 

 we- demonstrative; k!wAlx fern-roots) 



liAS gotl's! they were looking for him (qo- indefinite prefix; ti to be) 



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1 . -f is suffixed to a verb to indicate that it contains a statement of 

 the purpose for which some other action was performed. 



dukd'htc ade' qoka'waqa dulga' qAge'x dusgd'ndayu his uncle sent 



some one after him to burn [his body] (du his; MJc uncle; -tc 



intensive [§ 7]; ade' to it; qo- indefinite prefix [§ 15.6]; lea- wa- 



verbal prefixes [§ 15.2 ; § 18.2] ; qa to say; du he ; Iga' for; du- s- 



[§ 17.3; § 18.1]; ^^n fire, to burn; -^ for r^ before vowel ; -ayu 



demonstrative) 



qd naA'di kUde'n yen wudu'dzini Atu't qongA'nadayu and they 



put on good clothing because they wanted to die wearing it 



(qd man; 7ia- verbal prefix [§ 17.5]; At to go [pi.]; -^ verbal 



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