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tddlc^ aitl'ni aya' aosUl'n looking for a while, he saw her (a- 



demonstrative ; I- [§ 18.4]; aya' it is this) 

 qodzitl'yi At big animals or things; apparently signifies things 



BEING OR EXISTING (qo- indefinite [§ 15.6]; dzi- verbal prefix 



[§ 18.6]; tl to be; -yi sufiix; At things) 



3. -A'". A verb is frequently changed into a noun by taking a 

 suffix -7r'*, and this is also usually indicated by the demonstra- 

 tive prefix ; but it would seem, from the manner in which it is 

 used with certain verbs, especially with the verb to call or 

 NAME (sa), that it should be regarded as a perfect participial 

 suffix as much as a noun-forming sufiix. 



yiijuq'.atA'ngitc your well speaking of them {yl you Lpk]; yu- de- 

 monstrative; q!a mouth; t au sienw -tc intensive; -g^t- stands 

 here for ^") 



ye'duwasalx^ their names being these {ye thus; du- wa- verbal pre- 

 fixes; sa stem) 



til yudjisitA'nk^ waves rise up on it; or waves, the rising up of 

 them upon it (^7? wave; yu- demonstrative; ^;/7- s*- prefixes ; 

 tATi stem) 



ye'ijuwagutli-^ that was why he had traveled that way; or, more 

 strictly, thus the traveling of him (ye thus; yu- demonstra- 

 tive; wa- verbal prefix; gut stem) 



ylkA'-at-XAck'^ the ones having split tongues for you {y'l- you; Ica 

 post-position; at thing; xac stem) 



yuxi! ay at a' nlc^ the one that could talk (?/u- demonstrative; q!a 

 mouth; ya- verbal prefix; tAn stem) 



yuqoyalis'.e' hk"' when he was playing with the children, he would 

 hurt them; or, the hurt he would do to them {yu- demonstra- 

 tive ; qo- ya- li- verbal prefixes ; s!eL stem) 



yu'ayaliq.'lc^ he would break the knife he got hold of {yu- demon- 

 strative; a- indefinite; ya- verbal prefix; Itq! stem) 



Lax yaLa'qk^ he was a very gTeat eater; or, the great eater that 

 he was {Lax very ; ya- verbal prefix ; Laq stem) 



duna' At ll'tde'q^lc^ he was a dirty little fellow; or, the dirty 

 little fellow that he was {duna [?] At thing; li- verbal prefix; 

 tdeq^ stem) 



ada' yuq.'A'duLiA'tJc^ about it they were all talking; or, the talk- 

 ing that went on about it {a- indefinite ; da post-position ; yu- 

 demonstrative; q.U mouth; du^ zi- verbal prefixes; At stem) 



tela aJcauI'Ic tc.'uLe' aye'x yu'yatik^ whatever he told them took 

 place {tela whatever; tdute' then; aye'x like it; yu- demon- 

 strative; ya- prefix [§ 15.3]) 



qaye' qok'^gwane' xe tc.'uLe' yuAhanikJc^ aye'x yu'yatik'^ when a 



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