BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 697 



sil-taf -no-dom shoving along with a stick 



si-kes-tsoi-a she cooked. 



si'-swp-dom falHng, shpping from the hand 



si-to'Tc-dom drying meat 



si-wa'-wai-to-weten having dug it apart 



si-dak-dau scrape something dry out of a basket 



si-lca'la-ma-Tcokan they would bother me 



13. wa-f we- actions performed with the edge or side of a thing, often 



by a sudden motion or blow. 



wa-a'i)-dau to scrape off with edge of a knife 



wa-ba't-on to break a stick by a blow with the l)utt of an axe or 



with a club 

 wa'-das-ton to split with an axe 

 wa'-Jiap-Jcin to insert a stick into a bunch of sticks 

 wa'-kat-sito to bat across, knock across, with side of pole 

 we' -kut-to-dom biting in two with teeth 

 we'-pit-in to pinch with thumb and fingers 

 we' -tsap-dau-dom tearing off with teeth 



14. wo-f tv6-f wti- actions performed with the end of a long thing, 



generally by a blow. The preceding prefixes wa- and we- are 

 so close to these that it seems probable they all belong together 

 in one series, as in the case of ha-, he-, ho-, ho-, hu-. Wo- 

 is used also as a stem. 

 wo'-hak-dau to pry off shingle with stick 

 wo'-das-dau to split or pry piece off a log 

 wo-do't-sito to bat across 

 wo'-Tcot-dau to chop off end of log 

 wo-to'k-dom clapping together (the hands) 

 wo'-Mn to lay down a stick or long thing (cf. ho'-Jcln) 

 wo'-po-poTc-dom shaking one's self (cf. o'-po-pok-dom) 

 wo'-toi-dom bouncing up, as a stick (cf. ho'-toi-dom) 

 wu' -8u-wala-ka-no to knock over backwards with a club. 



15. ya-f ye- 9 yo~f yd-, yu- actions performed with the end of a long 



thing, endways, or in a direction parallel to the length of the 



thing {ijo- also as stem). 

 yd'-ds-dau to strike a thing with end of spear and slide it along; 



to hit with fist, and move 

 ya' -hak-dau to knock bark off tree by stroke with arrow or 



bullet 

 yd'-dat-km to put knife in sheath 

 ya'-moto to pile up boards on end 

 ye-d's-sito to drag one's self across on a pole 

 ye'-dek-ton to shoot through anything, and pierce 



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