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5. dal- BY MEANS OF A CURRENT OF WATER (f/flZRAIN). 



V da'lLlas he floated (living one) down 97.19 



na'lgaA'nda iju'dAla da'llgAldALlxaiagAn much seaweed came 

 drifting 33.22 {na'lgaA'nda seaweed; yu = yu'An much; -dAla 

 pi. adj. [§ 39, p. 276]; dal- by means of a current; Igal to 

 turn; ^^ to cause [§ 18.2]; -x .'.ra toward ; -i perfect; -0,9.4 « past 

 inexperienced [§ 23.2]) 



6. t!a- BY STAMPING OR TREADING UPON. Perhaps related to st!a. 



I A l! t.'ase'lgafiAn they tickled her by treading 31.2G {I a her; l! 

 they; t!a- by treading; sel to tickle; -(/afl^fi continuative dupli- 

 cated [§ 24.1; §6]) 



qala'i inagwa'i gei la tianana'nasi he stamped half of the alder to 

 pieces (qal alder; -ai the; Inagwai the half; gei into; la he; 

 t!a- by treading; nan to roll about; -ah continuative; -asi 

 participle) 



V tfaLlsadd'hgasgas she washed it by treading upon it in the sea 



{V she; L.'saddh [i]; ^a to go [?]; -sga seaward; -s participle) 

 gei I A tIananA' ngawasi they broke in pieces with their feet {gei 

 into [pieces]; I a they [with-^aw]; t.'a- with feet; nan to grind; 

 -4 n continuative; -asi participle) 



7. st!a- BY kicking; identical with the word for foot. 



Ia la st.'a'sgidAS he kicked it {Ia it ; la he; sgid stem; -as participle)' 

 la st.'axa'ostAgiasi he kicked it into the water {la he; xao quickly; 



stA stem ; -gia suffix [ ? ] ; -si participle) 

 Id'ga Ia la stlaqadai'yagAn he kicked his own 89.33 



8. iicui- BY grinding, being the stem of the verb to grind. 



agA'n I a nanha'iluwus he destroyed himself by grinding {agA'n 

 himself ; I a he ; Tiailu to destroy ; -s participle) 



9. skit- BY CHOPPING or BY CLUBBING. 



la gei I a sMtnauA' hxidaias he began to chop them up {la it 

 [pieces]; gei into; I a he; nanAfi stem; -xid inchoative; -i per- 

 fect ; -s participle) 



Ia la sJcida'ndi qa'odi after he had chopped it for a while {Ia it; 

 la he; slcid to chop; -an probably continuative; di [§ 20.7] 

 qa'odi after a while) 



na'wai Ia skitnan a' ngawasi they clubbed the devil-fish {nawa^ 

 the devil-fish; I a he [with -gaw § 20.1]; nan An stem; -asi 

 participle) 



gl Ia shldju'usi he tried to club them {g% to [post-position with 

 omitted object]; I a he; sH[^] by clubbing; dju to try, to do 

 that sort of thing; -usi participle) 



agA'n Ia sMtklo'tuldas he let himself be clubbed to death 12.13 

 {agA'n self; Iclotul dead; da to cause) 



V sTcitqd' gonasi he went around while they were beating time 13.16 



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