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29. sqot- WITH THE ARMS. It IS also the word for armpit. 

 la sqotxagia' nagani he had under arms 69.13 



Ia gi sqo'tgdddgAn (he) took him by the arm 65.12 



Ia spotshidd'nan wansu'ga it is said he clapped with the hands 



29.22 

 l! sqotxe'gans they beat drums 89.41 



30. hiU- BY TYING. 



Muq.'d-igadanasi fastened stones by tying (to it) 71.6 (q!d-i- 



rounded object [§ 15.18]) 

 Tciutclisxidwagani (it) was tied (to the doorway) 67.1 (tdis- cubic 



object [§ 15.2]) 



§ 15. Second Group: Classifying Nominal Prefixes' 



Following is a list of the more important of these, with examples : 



1. tcJ- classifies such objects as full sacks and bags, pillows, etc. 



la'gi la la tcl'sLsga'ias she brought the full sack out to him {gi to; 



la it [sack]; la she; tcl- classifier; sl stem; -sga seaward; -i 



perfect; -s })articiple) 

 ga h'.e'dji tclq.'eda' some people with big bellies {ga some [people]; 



Icle'dji bellies; gleda' big) 

 la gi gA'ndjilgagigai Ia liutclsgide'si he tied a dancing blanket to 



him {gi to; gAndjilgagl dancing blanket; gai demonstrative; 



kiu- tying; sgid stem; -esi ])articiple) 



2. tdts- cubic objects, such as boxes. 



la'ia l! tdisxida's they picked up a whole box of cranberries 

 {la'ia cranberries; xid to pick up; -as participle) 



qayu'da tdisLe'U five boxes of berries and grease {qayu'da boxes 

 containing a mixture of grease and berries; Le'il five) 



nldjd'nu at sgd'na wa'ga sgd'godai tdi'sgodigangl'm masks and 

 whistles were always in the secret-society box {nidjd' h to imi- 

 tate; -w noun-forming suffix [§26.1]; rti with; s(/a'7ia supernatural 

 objects, and thus secret-society whistles ; lyathat; ^fa in; sga- 

 sacred ; goda box ; ai the ; go stem to lie ; -di determinate suf- 

 fix; -gah continuative [?]; -gin usitative; -i perfect) 



Ia tdi'sLsgas he brought out a box 55.23 



3. tai- applied generally to objects lying on or close to the ground, 



but also to clubs, etc., grasped in the hand. 



l! taisLLgd'gAS they all went to bed {sl stem; -Lga all; -gA 

 auxiliary to be; -s participle); see also 67.15 



gu'gus tiagane' ta'igodies lo! a house (shape) lay there {gu'gus 

 vA\iii\ t'.agane' behold! go stem to lie; -(^i determinate suf- 

 fix; -es participle"); see also 65.28 



' See also § 17.2. 



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