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3. qlwAn expresses a mild imperative and resembles our own pray, 



or SUPPOSE. 



dekl' q.'wAn daqicVq out, pray, run to him! (deW out; da- to 

 [§ 14.4]; g^- [?]; ciq to run) 



Mnq! qlwAn yen XAt CAt into the water, pray, then put me! (hln 

 water; q! at; yen then; xAt me; CAt put) 



ituwu' q!wA7i CAt'.i'q! Nixaf nel gu'tnt be courageous when Nixa' 

 comes in (see § 19.3; iyou; fit mind; -^yw possessive ; c^- reflex- 

 ive; VAql, stem [?]; nil into the house; gu to go; -t -n -i suf- 

 fixes [§20.1; § 19.3; § 20.2]) 



4. I expresses the negation. Generally this element appears com- 



bined with the connective Le then. The emphatic negative 

 is III, apparently a doubled negation. 



lU Tilmgl'q ya Axhi'ti never tell about my house (HI never; 

 ]ii = ]ia [?]; nlk to tell; -ig sullix; ya about; ax my; hit 

 house; -i possessive) 



III LAX ye XAt hugA'ndjiq never let me burn up! (lax very ; ye thus; 

 XAt I; ku future; gAn to burn; -tc always; -iq a sufhx) 

 In negative questions the negation is contracted with the interrog- 

 ative particle. 



Le'gil XAt wuneku? am I not sick? (ze adverb; gi interrogative 

 particle; ^ not (with Le); XAt I; wu- verbal prefix; ne^'* sick) 



5. (fill expresses probability, and is generally initial. 



gul Lax Leg! dis liAsduka' cuwaxi/x very probably they passed all 

 of one month {Lax very; Leg! one; dis moon; JiAsduJca' on 

 them; cu- entirely [ ? 15.1] ; wa- verbal prefix [§ 18.2] ; xix stem) 



gul de djinlcd't ayu' qia'owaxe for probably ten days he went 

 [without food] (de already; djinlcat ten; ayu' demonstrative; 

 q!a mouth [§ 14.1]; o- wa- prefixes f§ 17.2; § 18.2]; xe stem) 



§ 23, Locative Adverbs 



Locative adverbs are difficult to distinguish from post-positions, 

 but the following may be mentioned as of constant occurrence: 



1. dale outward, out to sea 7. nel into the house 



2. dciq shoreward 8. yu or yux out of doors 



3. Ice upward 9. yen there 



4. de now, right away, al- 10. deM' far outward 



ready 11. ixM^ down below, spe- 



5. ye thus or as follows cifically southward 



6. yex or ijax like 12. yik inside 

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