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pe'miwd'wdse^nw^ it pa.sseshy a-jingling (i)emi-[§ 16]; -w* [§ 28]) 

 yydtwd' wdse^nw^ it comes a-ringing (pydt- see injd- [§ 16]) 

 Anemwd'wdse^nw^ it goes yon way a-tinlsling 



Some of its uses to express descent are — 



pA'gise\\w^ it struck, liit, fell, aliglitecl (pAg- [§ 14]) 

 pi'tdse^nw^ it dropped inside (pit- [§ 16]; -d- [§ 19]) 

 co'sl^wise^nw^ it slid and fell (cosTc- [§16]) 

 [Apparently -sen- can be used also with an animate subject: 

 a pAgisenetc^ 160.1. — T. M.] 



2. -si- animate; -d- inanimate. 



-si- implies in a general way the attribute of being animate. It 

 can almost always be rendered in English by an adjective 

 used with the verb to be: 



mo'wesVw"' he is untidy (-w^ [§ 28]) 



]cd'wesVw°^ he is rough, uneven, on the skin 



cu'wesi'iv"' he is hungry (i. e., feeble, faint by reason of being 



famished) 

 TiepA'geBi^w'^ he is thick of skin 



-a- is the inanimate correspondent of si: 



mo'wsiW^ it is soiled, stained (w^ [§ 28]) 

 Icd'wdiW^ it is rough, unpolished, prickly 

 cd'cawa^w^ it is pliant, yielding 

 Tee' p Agyo.'^'w'^ it is thick 



3. -su~ heat, animate; -td- heat, inanimate. 



-su- signifies that the animate subject is in a state of heat, fire, 

 warmth : 



wi' CAsn^w'^ he is sweating 



a''kas\i^w°- he is burned to a crisp 



pA'sesu'w"^ he is burned 



M' C€svi'w°' he is cooked done {klci- [§ 16]) 



d'd'']casutc^ he was burned alive 160.1 



Mcitcdgesutc^ after he was all burned up 160.2 (klci-, tcdgi- [§ 16]) 



-td- is the inanimate equivalent of su: 



wl'cat&^w^ (weather) is warm 

 a''Jcata,''w^ it burned to ashes 

 pA'set&'^w^ it is hot, heated (pAS- [§ 16]) 

 ki'cAtsi^w^ it is done cooking (kici- [§ 16]) 



(-d-). — The d of td in the last illustration has been met before 

 in combinations like usd to walk, isd flight, Dtd to crawl, 

 §20 



