BOAsl HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 727 



kulu'nanamonihehe' " piye'tonokom ^^ so'tim " kulu'nanamaa't ^° 



evening-toward-wht'ii- one who went one eveiiing-toward 



almost bathing 



wono'raentsoia.^* Ama'nkan" tu'itsoia.^' Ama'nkan ** iieDl'nstsoia.^^ 



missed-not, it is said. That one and slept, it is said. That one and dreamed for her- 



self, it is said. 



NeDi'webissim ^* kaka'nim^^ po^*' neDi'webissim ^* mopi'kno " 



Dreaming kept on every night dreaming kept on same one 



neol'dom^^ neDi'ustsoia.^^ Ama'nkan " piye'tonotsoia.^^ 



dreaming dreamed for her- That one and bathing went, it 



self, it is said. is said. 



Piye'tonopenkan ^"^ oki'tmenpem ^^ e'kdatsoia.^^ Amafikan^ be'nektb^^ 



One who has gone one not returning it dawned, it That one and morning in 



bathing and is said. 



1' kulu'nanamdnihehe' when it was almost dusk; kulu' is the usual term for evening, the early part 

 of the night; -nana- a reduplicated form of the locative suffix -na, meaning toward; -moni a temporal 

 suffl.x with the force of when, after; hehc' . a suffix of somewhat uncertain meaning, usually indicating 

 doubtfulness or approximation 



i» piye'tonokom one who went BATinNG (from piye'-, piye'lo- to swim or bathe); -no is probably 

 merely tlie verbal suffix of generalized motion, although it may perhaps be a contraction from o'no- to go, 

 TO TRAVEL, hence to go to bathe; -to the suffix indicating having the quality of possessing; -m the 

 subjective sulfix, this agreeing in case with the amd'm in ama'hkan. 



19 so'tim one. It is not clear whether this refers to the girl or to the evening. It is probably, however, 

 the former, as, if it meant one evening, the close connection of the two words would lead to the change 

 of the -m to -n 



-0 kulu'nanamad'l. The first portion of this is identical with the first portion of the word in note 17. 

 The final suffix is, however, a rather puzzling one. It would seem to mean indeed, thus, but its use is 

 obscure. 



21 wono'mentsoia did not lose, miss; wono' seems to mean to lose, to miss, and must be distinguished 

 carefully from ivo'no. which means to die. The -tsoi is the usual quotative, completed action, with the 

 suffixed form of the third personal pronoun. 



22 tu'ilsoia slept (from the stem tu'i- to sleep); -tsoia (see above). 



23 neDi'ustsoia dreamed for herself, it is said; neol' is a dream, neD'i'm-maidii is .\ dre.4^mer, one of 

 the two classes of shamans. The use of the reflexive suffi.x -us here is not wholly clear. It probably means 

 SHE dreamed for HERSELF. This construction— a participle followed by a verb, or a continuative 

 followed by a verb — is one of the most frequent. 



2' neDi'webissim kept dreaming. The reflexive Is not used in this case. The suffix -bissim is formed 

 from the verbal stem bis- to rem.\in, to continue, and is the usual continuative suflSx employed, giv- 

 ing the sense of to keep on. It is very generally joined to the verbal stem by -we, which is of uncertain 

 meaning. 



25 kaka'nim every. A reduplicated form of kani'm each, all. 



26 po night. This term is generally used in reference to the whole period of darkness, or, if restricted, 

 applies more to the middle of the night, po'esto midnight. 



^^ mopi'kno that same one; mo is the independent form of the third personal pronoim. The suffix 

 'pi'kno seems to be an intensive, and to mean the same, the very'. It is here objective. 



28 neDl'dom dreaming (here the present participle, formed with -dom). 



29 piye'tonotsoia went to bathe, it is s^ud (cf. note 18). 



30 piye'tonopenkan the one who had gone bathing; piye'tono- cf. note 18; peng the suffix of the 

 nomen actoris, -pern becoming -pen before k; the suffix -kan is the common connective. 



31 oki'tmenpem one not returning, okit- meaning to return, to arrive at a place. Analyzable, 

 perhaps, into o- (an hypothetical verbal stem connected with 6- to go) and -kit the regular directive suffix 

 meaning down, down to We have, in addition, -men the negative, and -pe the suffi.x of the nomen 

 actoris, with the subjective -in. 



32 e'kdatsoia it dawned. The verbal form ekda- is related closely to ekV day. 



33 be'nekto in the mor.n'i.ng (sometimes merelj' be' nek). The suffix -to in use here is obscure. It occurs 

 in a number of similar cases, with apparently a temporal meaning. 



