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suffix; [§ 20.2]; Ic.'ide'n good; ijen there; wu- du- dzi- [§ 15.4; 

 § 17.3; § 18.6]; Atu't into it; qongA [uncertain]; na to die; -t 

 purpose; ayu demonstrative) 



dulga' At UAgasu't something to lielp him {dulga' for him; At 

 indefinite; r?^-[?] ga- Verbal prefixes [§ 17.4]; su to help; -t 

 purpose) 



odA'x, awaxo'x Acl'n cJcangalnl'glt then he invited him to tell him 

 (something he did not know) {adA'x after it; ac- he; -n with; 

 c- reflexive ; TiAuga [ ? compare qongA second example ; I- ver- 

 bal prefix [§ 18.4]; nlk stem; -t purpose) 



Ak.'^qlayu ye'yati qd aJcade' wugu't gA'nga a man stopping at Auk 

 went to (the lake) to get wood (aJc!^, Auk; -q! at; ayu demon- 

 stratives; ye- adverb, thus; ya- [§ 15.3]; ti to be; qd man; 

 -Imde' on; wu- [§ 15.4]; gu- to go; -t purpose; g An vfood, fire; 

 ga for). 



The use of -t with gu to go, as in the last example, has become very 

 common, and in that connection it appears to have lost some- 

 thing of its original function. 



2. -/, -o after consonants; i/t-,-irti after vowels. The subordina- 

 tion of one clause to another is effected more often than in 

 any other manner by sufiixing -i or -o after consonants, or 

 -yi or -wu after vowels (see §§3 and 10). This seems to 

 have the effect of transforming the entire clause into a par- 

 ticiple or infinitive. 



yuqd' qo'a hd'deq'.akd'x daqt wud jixi' xi the man who jumped out 

 from (the raft was very much ashamed) {yu demonstrative; 

 qa man; qo'a however; lid'deqialcd'x from on it; daqt out; wu- 

 dji- [§ 15.4; § 17.1]; xix to jump or move quickly) 

 dudjl'q! ye yuti'yi s.'dq gatd' ake' ase'wati he set up a bone trap 

 he had {du he; djiq! to; ye thus; yu- demonstrative; tl to be; 

 s!dq bone; gatd' trap; a- indefinite pronoun; Ice up; a indefi- 

 nite pronoun; se- verbal prefix; wat[i\ to set up) 

 hade' WAt at cl'yi this way! those who can sing (ci to sing) 

 Lei ye wuA'xtc yucd'wAt Atxayi' Axa' yudje'nwu she never got full 

 eating sheep-fat {lH not; ye thus; ax to eat; yu- indefinite 

 pronoun; cd'wAt woman; a indefinite pronoun; ^i^ things; xa 

 to eat; -yi suffix; Axa' fat; yu- demonstrative; dje'nwu moun- 

 tain sheep) 

 wuctacd'yi married to each other (that is, married couple) 

 ayA'xde yanagu'dmyu aositl'n while he was going around it, he 

 saw {a- it; yA'xde around; ya-na- [§ 15.3; § 17.5]; -ayu demon- 

 strative) 



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