BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 247 



Ia gu Ia qIa'oL.'xayan WAnsu'ga it came and got on it, they say 

 {gu on; g!a stem to sit; -o auxiliary; -i perfect [§ 23.7]; -ah 

 past inexperienced; WAUSu'ga quotative) 



la dAhA'ndjiL.'xas he pulled it out head first 29.26 {dAh- by 

 pulling [§ 14.4]; Andji erect; -s participle) 



au^n gi I a xagahlagi'lgAnasi he brought it up to his mother (Mas- 

 set) (au'h=ao mother + -a /l his own; gi to; xa- inanimate 

 objects [§ 15.26]; ga stem; -gil shoreward; -gAu continuative 

 [§ 24.1]) 



(V) ga-isLL!xa's he came floating 7.8 



11. -gia or ffJ UNDER water. 



V ga'ogias it vanished under water {gao stem; -s participle) 



Lua'i dagu'l gi gatgia'si (the arrow) fell into the water at the side 

 of the canoe {lu canoe; ai the; dagu'l side; gi at; gat stem; 

 -SI participle) 



wa'gei la gi'liAlgiasi they poured it into (the ocean) {wa it [ocean]; 

 gel into; la they [singular used for plural]; giliAl [?]; -si par- 

 ticiple) 



Ia la xl'dagias he let him down into the sea {xlda stem; -s parti- 

 ciple) 



12. -L INTO A canoe. 



gu'gei Ia qai/gasi he got into his canoe {gu there; gei into; qa stem; 

 -ga auxiliary; -si participle) 



Ia gu'gei I a i'sLgwas they got into the canoe with him {gu there; 

 gei into; Ia they [with -gw=-go]; is stem; -s participle) 



Ia la ge'tgaLdayagan he got him into the canoe {get stem; -ga aux- 

 iliary [?]; da to cause; -i perfect [§ 23.7]; -agan past inde- 

 terminate) 



Ia la qaL'dagwas they took her aboard 41.8 



Syntactic Treatment of the Verbal Theme (§§ 23-26) 

 § 2,3. Tempoial Suffljces 



1. -gAiif sometimes -.li<, indicates past events which the speaker has 

 himself experienced. 



Ia l! tcHnlgod'ngAn they began shooting at them (that is, us) {Ia 



them [singular form used for plural]; tc.'in stem; I probably 



euphonic; -god Ft, about) 

 Ia TiAn si'ldagAii I borrowed one {Ia I; nAh one; sil stem; -da 



auxiliary) 

 l!a l! tcH'nlgoafixldAn they started shooting at them {I'.a them; 



tdin stem; I euphonic; -goah about [§ 20.5]; -xld inchoative 



[§ 18.6]) 



§23 



