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ye'-Jiap-lcit-m to lower a window 



ye'-sito to take a boat across a river (?) 



yo-do't-sito to knock across with end of stick, as ball with a 

 billiard cue 



yo-ho' p-doi-dom shoving a pole up through a crack 



yo-kot-ton to cut in two with edge of shovel 



yo'-non to flow, as water in a ditch 



yo-toi'-to to drive the fist through a curtain 



yu'-lup-sito to stick a knife or nail into one 



yu'-ta-no-dom shoving along with shoulder (considered appar- 

 ently as end of body) 

 This class of prefixes, as a whole, is one of the most obscure 

 features of the language, and can not yet be considered as 

 satisfactorily explained. 



§ 13. Prefixes Indicating' the General Character of the Action 



16. Jie- actions occurring spontaneously or by accident. Although 



this prefix would seem to l)e part of a series (Iia-, he-, ho-, hu-), 

 its meaning is apparently not at all related to the others. It 

 is often very obscure. It occurs also as a stem. 



he' -as-dau-doTKi snow sliding off roof 



he'-dak-dau a shingle or leaf pulled off by some agency unknown 



he' -Icot-sito to break up of itself, to crack, as a glass 



he'-poi-dom bending by falling of itself 



he'-tsap-dau-dom knocking off hornet's nest with stick (?) 



he'-min to brush flour into a hole 



he'-dan to comb the hair, brush clothes 



17. wi- actions performed by force, very frequently by pulling. 



This is the most common prefix of all, and seems to have a 

 very general meaning. It occurs with every stem, seems to 

 suffer no phonetic changes, and may also be used as a stem 

 itself. Its uses are so varied that only a few can be given. 

 As in the case of the last prefix, he-, although wi- would form 

 part of the series wa-, we-, wi-, wo-, wo-, wu-, it seems to be 

 really independent, and to have no relations to any of the 

 others in the series. 



wl'-ds-pin to pull toward one 



im' -hak-dau-dom wrenching off a board or shingle 



wi'-hat-Mn to pull down and break, as a branch of tree 



wl'-dek-Mn to tear in strips downward 



wi'-hap-sito-dom pulling a rope through a hole 



vnf -hus-doi-dom pulling on socks 

 §13 



