BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 797 



'kivd- is a spacial element expressive of the place back of the neck, 

 of the hair on the head, and even of the head itself. The 

 term has also a feminine meaning, taken, it seems, from the 

 notion of hair. The four different expressions — neck, hair, 

 HEAD, and WOMANKIND — are thus shown in the order named. 



ndj)e''\iwsJiwa'w^ he lassoes him by the neck; compare 282.18 



(Aw [§21]; -«w«[§28]) 

 lceTcite''\iVf2i7i(Cw'^ he hugs her around the neck (-n- [§ 21]; -\--dvo°' 



[§ 28]) 

 'pena'ha'\vf'2i''W°' she combs her hair 

 me'se'kwa^w" she has long hair 

 td'we'\w'2i'w^ he has a headache {tdwi- [§ 16]) 

 mAtAgu''kwsbhd''w"' he covers his (owti) head 

 pydte/'kwsiwd^w"' he brings home a wife (jnjd- [§ 16] ; -t- [§ 8]; -dw°' 



[§ 28]) _ 

 ml''Jceme''kw'Awd^w'^ he is wooing (mil:- [§ 16]) 

 mcd'^kwawd^w"^ he has two wives (nlco- [§ 12]) 



"ted- signifies a material body with volume more or less plump and 

 distended. It is used with reference to the abdominal region. 



wpi' slcwdtc'si^w"^ he is big round the waist 



pdge'tcsbcVnw"' he ran, and fell on the flat of his belly (the literal 



translation would seem to be he fell and struck his belly; 



see pAg(i)- [§ 14] and 2^^il^~ cited under -kum- [p. 796]; -cin- 



[§ 20]) 

 ]ce''Jcite'tca,nd^'wa he grabs him round the body (see ke'liite'- 



'Tcwdndvf' above) 

 ml'setc'si^w'^ he is afflicted with dropsy 



§ 19. Secondary Steins of the Second Order 



It is not always easy to determine the place of some secondary 

 stems, whether they belong to the first or to the second order. In 

 passing along the list, one should note that, in some respects, there is 

 a general similarity in the groups of ideas expressed by secondary 

 stems of the second class and by initial stems. There are, however, 

 differences in the apparent similarities, the differences being chiefly 

 of manner and degree. It is dofibtful which of these two groups is 

 the more numerous one. 



d in its naked form is so vague of sense that it is almost undefinable. 

 Its nature comes out well in the role of an assisting element, 

 and as such often helps to convey the idea of motion. In 



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