BOAS] HANDBOOK OP AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 831 



wa''pAma'w°' ine'niw A^n^ d''pydnVtc^ he watched the man come 

 wd'pAmd^w"' ine'niwsi'^'^ a"p?/ani^tc' he watched the men come 

 wa'pAmd^w'^ ine'niw A^n^ dne'sdnVt& pecege'siwAW he watched the 



man kill a deer 

 nd'wdw'^ ine'mwa^'' dwdi)A'mdm\c^ ne^niwA^n^ dnesdmtc^ pecege'- 



sIwaW he beheld the men looking at a man killing a deer 



In the third example, d in dne'ssiniHc^ refers to pecege'siwA^^, the 

 object that was slain. In the fourth example, d in dwdpA'maniHc^ 

 refers to ne'niwA^n\ the object looked at by the plural ine'niwa"^^; 

 ne'niwA^n\ in turn, becomes the subject of dne's&niHc^, and pecege'si- 

 WA^m} is the object. 



[Dr. Jones is slightly mistaken regarding -nitci in transitive forms. 

 From the Fox Texts I can make two deductions: namely, that when the 

 object is the third person animate, the form is -dnitei (as Dr. Jones 

 also saw); when third person inanimate, the form is -Ammitci {with, 

 -aniinitci as a variant). The -a- of -dnitei is the same pronominal ele- 

 ment to be seen in a — aiodtcl (§ 29), etc.; while -Aini- is related to Am- 

 in -Amwa (§ 28); Amo in a — Amowdtci (§ 29); -Amo- -Ainaio- of the 

 double object, etc. Contrast d'tcdgAnmmic^ THE>f they ate it all (ani- 

 mate) 294.10 {a — nit& [§ 29]; tcdg- for tcdgl- totality [§ 16] by con- 

 traction [§ 10]; Aui-iov Ainw- to eat [§ 16] by elision [§ 12]) with 

 ^•a'M?^'^?;aminitc' they crunched them (bones: inanimate) 291.10 {M- 

 reduplication [§ 25]; 'Mwa- to crunch [§ 16]; -t- [§ 21]; a- dropped 

 [§ 12]). And observe nd'M'icdgA?nawRt& again they ate it (animate) 

 ALL 296.3 (for nd'l'"' again a- [§ 10]; ii — dirdwt& [§ 29]) and iCl'dJcdwA- 

 ^Amowatc' then they crunched them (bones : inanimate) 296. 5 (rt — attio- 

 wdtc^ [§ 29]), where no change in the third person subject occurs. Note 

 also o;?a?/i(!??irt^Aminitc'THEN they vomited them (inanimate) 29-1:. 13 (for 

 on'-rt-), but ainemenatumowsitc^ then they vomited them (inanimate) 

 296.6 (for a — Amowdtci [§ 29]). Further compare ii'A'td'pena.unmt& 

 172.19, a'^ -da /f en Am'm\t& 172.16, then he took it in his hand {a 'ddj)-, 

 A'tdp- initial stem; -e- [§ 8]; -;^- [§ 21J) with a'4"«^a'/;d7iAg' then he 

 TOOK IT 172.5 {a — Ag^ [§ 29]; a'a'tdpenAg^ 171:. 15 is a variant; Ina'A'dd- 

 >;?Ag' 172.12 is for 'm^ a-). See also 22.23; 68.13; 150.15, 17; 160.18; 

 166.19; 172.14', 17; 174.8; 188.21; 244.14; 348.18, 22, 23. This Ami 

 is also to be seen in an interrogative verbal form (§ 32); namely, aUn- 

 wdtATmnigvxin^ 340. 11, 17. The inserted -n I- is also noteworth3^ The 

 analysis of this is a — gwdn^ (§ 32); tAn- to engage in (§ 16); wd 

 SOUND (§ 20). He sounded it (i. e., his voice) out is a close ren- 

 dering. 



It should be observed that the same device of inserting -ni- is used 

 in the subjunctive; e. g., pydmV 156,21 should he chance to 

 come.— T. M.] 



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