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gu I A ta'idiasi he lay right there (gu there; tai to He) 

 r gaxa'di at the time when he was a boy {gax<OL boy) 

 This suffix is used very often before qa'odi. 

 I'sudi qa'odi after he had cried 7.7 



8. -Ul or -^f^ TO DO A THING EARLY IN THE MORNING. 



Q'.ariA'h tla'ga I g!a'o-ulas I sit early in the morning at the 



mouth of Q!anA'h river {Q.'anA'h river name; t.'a mouth of; 



-ga at; II; q!a to sit; -o auxiliary; -as participle) 

 gana' h ge'itulas (the weather) becomes like this early in the 



morning (gaha'fi like; geit stem it was so; -as participle) 

 yafnAna ta'iginulia'i lu when it was cloudy (or foggy) early in 



the morning {yd'nATia clouds or fog; tai to lie [close to water]; 



gin on water; ai the; lu when) 

 I' Id'uliga it is fine weather so early this morning (Id good, fine) 

 nAh Tilwai'yagas k.'odaL' go-ulaiyah one brother lay dead in the 



morning 77.33 {k!oda- dead; l- classifier; ^o to lie) 



9. -Itfia' marks potentiality. 



i'sifh Lgao l! xadalind'ngudA'nsi he thought he might restore 

 them {i'sin again; Lgao new; l! he [plural because a great hero 

 is speaking]; xada human being; -ah continuative [?]; -gud to 

 think; -An continuative [contracted before s]; -si participle) 



gl'na at V Idliha' loa' LuxAn la'gi Ia i'sdas he gave him all things 

 which might make him happy {gl'na things; at with; Id good 

 or happy; wa' LUXAn all [wa-V Lu-\-XAn\; gi to; i'sda gave) 



sic An, sta'iga Lgua I sqasgd'itiina' blockhead, I can knock out 

 your labret (sA:^n blockhead; sto'ilabret; -^a possessive; Lgua 

 a sort of adverbial interjection, whatever it is; 11; sqasgd'it 

 to knock out) 



gAm gu ^AnLdAh ga t'.alA'n i'7}alinanus may we not leave fresh 

 water with you? (Masset) {gAm not; gu interrogative particle; 

 ^AUL fresh water; dAh 3^ou; ga to; t.'alA'h we; i'na stem; -an 

 continuative [?]; -us interrogative suffix) 



Una' may also be employed as the stem of an independent verb 

 and as an adjective. 



l! do'na Tc! Ad And' sis u V Ina'yan she made it so that younger 

 sisters are wise (Masset) {l! indefinite; do'na younger sisters; 

 IxlAdAud' wise; -s participle; -is probably contracted form of 

 verb to be; u general demonstrative; Ina stem; -y perfect; 

 -an past inexperienced) 

 NAnki'lsLas Una'i he who was going to become NAflki'lsLas, or 

 the potential NAfiki'lsLas {NaTi one; Ml- voice; sl stem; -as 

 participle [all meaning one-whose-voice-is-obeyed] ; ai the) 

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