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dd gua gatagd'-i nd'ga isdai'yanf did you eat my food? B 45.4 {da 



thou; gua question; ga- something; ta to eat; -ga-i it) 

 Lud'-i Id'ga sta'^gasi his canoe was full 288.10 

 ga'odjiwa-i Id'ga l! skl'dAhasi they beat his drum B 13.16 

 lA'gvdje I dlst" dl'nai'sdi take my mat from me! (Masset) 753.29 

 (lAgus mat; ^imperative; di me; st' from; dl'na my) 



V Tcie' ^ado' Id' hi, l! gudAgwd'han they thought about its name 

 (Masset) 741.19 (kie' name; ^add about; gut mind) 



tc!idalAha'-i isin I' Liana V gl'^odjuwe . . . that he also take all 

 our arrows (Masset) 660.19 (tdi'dalAh arrow; -^udja all) 



Inagd'-i xa'da-i dd'h'a hi'lugAh your town people are destroyed 

 (Masset) 740.22 (Idna, town; a^a'^Za people; M'lu to destroy) 



tcH'dalAiia-i Lid' ha ^ag'^ I L'gahlatda'sah I shall swim for their 

 arrows (Masset) 663.3 {tdi'dalAh arrow) 



In some cases the pronoun precedes the noun. 

 l! stld'sil L.'d'na l! qe'hgahan they saw their footprints (Masset) 

 281.13 {stm'sil footprint) 



(c) Terms expressing parts of the body do not take the sufRx -ga; 

 but either take only the objective pronoun indicating the 

 possessor and a vocalic ending, or they repeat the pronominal 

 possessive-like terms expressing transferable possession. 



V Iclu'da Id'ga Ia qami'i/dgAn he sharpened its bill for it B 59.25 



V Lixadji Id'ga the crown of his head B 13.4 



V qd'dji q!eitq!d'-iLxidia'-i lu when he cut its head off B 12.14 

 {qds head; qleit- with knife [§14.22]; -xid to begin) 



V Shla-i VloI qd'han her husband saw her hands (Masset) 430.24 



{sLia hand; Ldl husband; qdh to see) ' 



2. -E. A weak vocalic suffix is used with terms expressing parts of 

 the body. Words ending in a vowel, n, h, I, do not take this 

 suffix, while others seem to transform the surd terminal into a 

 sonant; s becomes dj before it. The same forms are used in 

 Masset with terms of relationship, 

 (a) Words ending in vowels, n, h, or I. 

 ^o'de xie' the eagle's wing (Masset) 771.2 

 I'Lladas ^ai the chief's blood (Masset) 779.14 

 r qo'lu his legs (Masset) 332.38 

 I' SL!iJc!u'n her finger nails (Masset) 507.8 



V tdih ^a'^ada between his teeth (Masset) 331.19 



V x-el its neck part B 79.37 

 I' XAh his face B 10.4 



tcl'na-i qAl the salmon skin B 13.5 

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