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a'hao qait liha'i Jiao Idja'n WAnsu'ga those were the future (or 

 potential) trees, they say {a this; Imo general demonstrative; 

 qait trees; lina'i the potential; Jiao general demonstrative; 

 Idja to be; -an past inexperienced; WAUsu'ga quotative) 

 It is also often used in the formation of names. 



§ 21, Stems in Terminal Positiotif Fourth Group 



All of these except two are nothing more than incorporated adjec- 

 tives. 



1. yii' BIG. 



Ia gd'ha yu AndayagAii he had it very thick 33.9 {ga' ha thick; 

 -da to cause 1§18.2]; -y perfect [§23.2]; -agr^ri past inexperi- 

 enced [§23.2]) 



la'gAii skmlyu'AnAS it was very crowded for her {gAn for; sk!ul a 

 crowd; -as participle [§25.7]) 



V Ldi l! daoyu'ATiAS they came near him on the opposite shore in 

 a very great crowd {Ldi abreast of on shore; dao to go to get) 



I' goanyu'anAn they were very many {V they [sing, used for pi.]; 

 goan many; -An past inexperienced [§23.2]) 



2. CljlH' REAL. 



gd'lga-geildjiW gai lu when it became quite dark (gd'l night, 



dark; -ga^ [?]; geil to become; gai the; lu when) 

 gl I A gwaodjill'gasi he really did not care for (it) {gi for; gwao 



stem NOT TO CARE for; -ga auxiliary [§18.5]) 

 dl sk'.isLdjill'ga I am truly full {d% I; sklisL to be full [perhaps 



compounded of sk!i and si]; -ga auxiliary to be) 

 la'gi Ia dayi' nskidjill' gas he was absolutely unable to find him 



{gi to or for; dayi'n to find; -sH in vain [§20.4]; -ga auxiliary 



TO be [§18.5]; -s participle) 



3. La'ffAfi THE FIRST. 



nAh la geilgl' gaLd' ganas he finished a certain one first 33.2 {uAfi 

 one; geil to become; -gl completed action [§20.6]; -ga auxiliary 

 [§ 18.5] ; -as participle) 



gi Ia kia' ganLdganagAn he asked for him first 33.26 {kia stem; -gafi 

 continuative [§24.1]; -agAU past inexperienced [§23.2]) 



1. ^o'da (Masset ^oda) the last. Originally this appears to have 

 been the word for buttocks. In the IVIasset dialect it is 

 used as a connective meaning after. 



La ga td'gagotsLas the ones he ate last {La [?]; ga the ones; td 

 stem TO eat; -ga auxiliary to be [?]; -got last; Si stem; -as 

 participle) 



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