HOA.s] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 733 



l)asri'k6mostsu'mdi*^*' wida'tpaitsoia."' "Uni'i=*2 odi'knodoin ^^^ 



staff (cane) end-on tied-to, it is said. "This arriving 



o'lolokdP''^ to'sdadom ^^•■' tsehe'hetsonoweten ^^" wodo'minodom^" 



smoke hole at standing up looliing-over (into)-after throwing-into 



having 



wodo'mkitmaa'nkano"* Sfimo'estodi " ^^^ atsoi'a." ' Sika'latset "" 



throw-down-youshall fireplace-centre- said (he), ' Bother-while (if) 



into" it is said. 



mini^* o'honi"! mini^^ opo'ktibos " "'' Nik«' sika'lamen' "^ amiV^ 



you something you neadache Me bother not' that 



mysterious cause I may . 



with 



aa'nkano""* fitsoia'' Amo'nikan"^ "He'u"^'' atsoi'a." 



say-you" said (he), Then and "Yes" said (she), 



it is said. it is said. 



Awete'nkan''*' ono'doitsoia."* 



Then and went ofi up, it i.s 



said. 



"0 basa'kdmostsu'mdi on the end of the staff. Basd'ko staff; -m the connective; ostsu'mi the end, 

 POINT. The locative -di has the force of at, on. 



wi icida'tpaitsoia tied to, it is said. The prefix-stem ivi-, indicating actions done by force, generally 

 by pulling, is here combined with the stem -dat-, which, in its more common form, -dot-, is of frequent 

 occurrence. It has a meaning alone of to knock, apparently, but with wi- has the meaning to tie. The 

 suffix -pai means against, upon, i. e., to tie or affix to, on. 



132 unV this (objective), the demonstrative pronoun. 



133 ddi'knodom arriving, when you arrive (from 6- to go, and -dikno against, up against; hence to 

 REACH, TO ARRIVE); present participle suffix -dom. 



13J o'lolnkdi at the smoke hole. From o'loloko is the smoke hole of the earth-covered lodge. The ter- 

 minal euphonic vowel (here o instead of the more usual i, probably depending on vowel-harmony) is 

 dropped before the locative -di. 



133 to'sdadom standing up (present participle). From tos- a stem meaning to stand; the suffix -da 

 indicates motion upward or position aloft; hence standing up by the smoke hole. 



136 tsehe'hctsonowcten after having looked over into. From tse-. the stem of the verb to see, here 

 with a suffix, -hehe, which is obscure. The suffix -tsono, however, is a common one, meaning over edge 

 OF, OFF OVER DOWN; hence to look over the edge of the smoke hole into the house. The -weteri 

 is the common suffix indicating after having. 



13' wodd'minodom throwing down into. The prefix-stem ivo- here refers to the staff, as a long thing; 

 wodo'm meaning to throw or drop a long thing. The stem dom- is obscure. The directive suffix 

 -mi, meaning down into a hole, hollow, etc., follows, witli the -no of general motion, and the parti- 

 cipial (present) suffix -dom. 



138 uddo' mkitmaa' nkano you shall throw down. The same stem as above; wodom here takes the suffix 

 -kit, meaning downward, to the ground. The future suffix -ma follows, with the regular ending of 

 the second person coming last (sec § 28). 



i3^ sdmo'cstodi in the center of the fireplace; sd is the term for fire; sdmo' the fireplace, appar- 

 ently sd-m-6 fire-stone; -csto, often used independently, means the center ou middle of anything, 

 here with the locative -di. 



Ko sikd'latset while, at the time when he bothers; sikd'la- has the meaning of to bothek, to 

 trouble, to hurt, its analysis is not yet clear; si- is a prefix of uncertain meaning (6rfce.s- to cook, 

 siket- TO seize, etc.). The stem -kal- is also troublesome. The temporal suffix -txet here really gives the 

 idea of whenever, if. 



m 6'hdni with something mysterious, bad (magically); u'ho is anything which is evil in its eflfocts, 

 or by magical means works harm to a person. The instnimental suffix -ni requires no explanation. 



^■12 opn'ktibos I might make headache; opo k is a headache (probably from o-, the prefix referring to 

 the head; and -pok-, meaning to strike); opo'kti- to cause a headache. The suffix -bo corresponds to 

 our English might, the -s being the suffix of the first person, without, in this case again, the -ka. This 

 -ka is, however, never used, I believe, after -bo. 



n3 sikd'lamen don't b(5^her, hurt (slkd'l-, cf. note 140). The negative -men is often used thus to indi- 

 cate negative imperative. 



'■'•' dd'nkano you say (from a- to say, with the regular ending of the second person). 



