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TivVli- conveys the sense of occupation, employment in the per- 

 formance of some activity. 



\m\ie' tcaw\^w°- he works, is busy 



mi"ke^^^m^(;° he is occupied with a piece of work {-t- [§ 21]; -Amvf' 



[§ 28]) 

 m\ '\iem€'''k'wa'wa'w'^ he goes a-wooing ('fcwa [§ 18]; -w- [§ 37]) 

 vcviVe' tdJiO'w'^ he is engaged in an attempt to heal him 

 mi'kwa'nema^w" she dotes upon it — her child 



nAg{l)- denotes the change from an activity to a rest, and is best 

 translated by words like halt, stop, pause. 



nA'gI^y" he stops moving 



uAgici'nw* he halts on the journey {-cin- [§ 20]) 



nA'gipahd^w"- he stops running (-paho- secondary stem meaning 



RAPID MOTION [§ 19]; -w^ intransitive aorist, independent mode, 



3d person animate subject [§ 28]) 

 tcdgdnAgigdpdwdtc^ they all came to a halt 50.24 (for tcdgi [all] 



d-; -gdpd- [§ 19]; a — wdtc'- [§ 29]) 

 anAgi-wa^c they stood 50.7 (aorist intransitive conjunctive [§ 29]) 



nag A- to follow after. 



dpitcinagAiidtc^ when he went in following after it 70.13 {pU- ini- 

 tial stem meaning movement into an enclosure ; pltci a col- 

 lateral form [see below]; -n- intervocalic instrumental; -d- 

 pronominal object; -tc^ 3d person singular animate subject) 



dnagAtAg^ and he followed it (a- as before ; -t- intervocalic ele- 

 ment indicating that the object is inanimate, here simply that 

 the verb is transitive; -Ag^ 3d person singular animate sub- 

 ject, 3d person singular inanimate object [§ 29]) 



pAs(i)- implies the notion of swift, lively contact. 

 -pA's\tl'yd^hwd''w'^ she spanks him 

 ip a' si' gwd^hwd^w"- he slaps him in the face 

 ^A'sigii'md^hwd'w^ he barely grazes his nose (-gum- [§ 17]) 

 pAsimya'so'w" it (an animate subject) fries {-siL- [§ 20]) 

 pA'se^a^w*' it is hot (-td- [§ 20]; -w^ [§ 28]) 



pe'ktvi- density, thickness. 



aj^e'kwisasa]ca¥ when it was thick with growth 70.12 

 pem{i)- expresses the notion of movement by, past, alongside. 

 pe'me'^a'W he passes by 278.1 (-'Jed- [§ 20]) 

 pe'megd'W^ he dances by 280.5 {-egd- secondary stem of second 

 order, meaning movement of one in dancing [§ 19]; -w°' 3d 

 person singular animate, independent mode) 

 ^e'mindgd'w^ he passes by a-singing 

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