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HANDBOOK or AMEEICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



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hbhd'di in the house, at home 



Jcau'di on the ground 



noko'm ni'lcdi lea the arrow is in me 



tu' skitwonodi at the place where he had stopped 



ong Tcanai'di underneath the rock 

 -fifif -nah illative, to, toward; sometimes reduplicated. 



o'loloJcna toward the smoke hole 



unl'na hither (this-toward) 



mi'nna toward you 



Iculu'nana just before dark, toward night 

 -nan ablative, from, away from. 



hdho'nan okoi'tsoia he went away from the house 



tiktete'nan from a little distance 



tuswd'yepenan from the place where he stood 

 -ni instrumental, with, by means of. 



sil has tsa'ni wo^Jcas I hit the dog with a stick 



mo'M ono'mbutu'ini ivdma'Mikotsoia she measured with her 

 hair 

 "han comitative, in company with, together with. 



ni'ki silkan oJcoi'as I went away with my dog 



Jcii'lelcan odi'k notsoia he arrived in company with the woman 



mi'nkan okoi'as I went off with you 



There is some question as to this being a regular comitative suffix, 

 its identity with the conjunction lean suggesting that the apparent 

 sufl&x is merely the conjunction closely combined with the noun. 



§ 31. Personal Pronouns 



The personal pronouns in Maidu are characterized by their inde- 

 pendence. In discussing the ideas of number, the independent 

 forms of the pronoun have already been given; but for purposes of 

 comparison, the subjective, objective, and possessive forms are here 

 given in a single table: 



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