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lai'cihsa to cut one's self in two (from li'sa) 

 ikpa'pta'^ to turn one's self over {ivom papta'^) 

 ihda'hsa to cut one's self off 



The following Teton examples are given by Swanton: 



oiciya'pi they paint themselves 



mici'caga I have made myself 



u^'kiciya' we two exchange between ourselves 



These forms are neutral verbs, and take the objective pronouns. 

 Derived from the second ki is also the form kici^ meaning almost 

 always for, which forms the pronominal forms loeci^ yeci. 



ki'ciyusna to make a mistake for one 

 ki'ciso'^ to braid for one 



Another form ktci means with, together, and is generally followed 



by the pronoun: 



3d person 1st person 



ki'cltida^ kiciwatida^ to ride with one 

 kiti'yuta kiciwata to eat with some one 



Swanton considers companionship as the original significance of 

 the form, which occurs also as a post-positive meaning with, accom- 

 panied BY. Teton examples are — 



oko'lakiciye society (literally, friends to one another) 

 oki'ciyusica they two got into trouble with each other 

 klcl'k'tepi they killed each other 



Personal Pronouns in Ponca (§§ 21-29) 



^21. S abjective and Objective Pronouns: First Class 



The two classes of pronouns, subjective and objective, occur here 

 in the same way as in Dakota, but the modifications of their forms 

 with various classes of verbs are more numerous. By far the 

 majority of verbs may be combined in one group, which show what 

 may be called the normal pronominal forms. 



Subjective Objective 



pronoun pronoun 



1st person singular a- a'^- 



2d person singular 4(i- ^*- 



Inclusive dual «"- wa- 



The plural of all these forms is made by the suffix -i, correspond- 

 ing to the Dakota -pi. The inclusive, by addition of this suffix, is 

 transformed into the first person plural. While the object, third 

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