930 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 

 SANTEE EXAMPLES 



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Jeaksa to cut off 



haUu'ga to break hy striking 



paga'^ to part with a thing 



pasipa to break off with the 



hand 

 hpacja^ {tpaga'^) to part with 



one's own 

 kpapuza to chy one's own by 



wiping 

 hduta to eat one's own 



vxihiksa I cut off (from 7isa) 



wakaKu'ga I break by strik- 

 ing (from Jiuga) 



wapaga^ I part with a thing 

 (from ga'^) 



wapasi'pa I break off with 

 the hand (from sl'pa) 



wal'paga^ I part with my own 

 (from ga'^') 



wakpapmza I dry vaj own by 

 wiping {ivon\ pu' za) 



ivahduta I eat my own 



TETON EXAMPLE 



glul'ca^ to form an opinion 

 about one's own 



wagliikcti^ I form an opinion 

 about my own (from 'kca'^') 



4. Verbs which take the prefixes a-, /-, -ch (see § 12), and pre- 

 fix the demonstrative <?, have the pronouns in the same position in 

 which they would be if the verb had no prefix. 



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apaUta to bind on 

 indHni to hurry 



apawalita I bind on (from 



palita) 

 inawalini I hurry 



5. Verbs with the prefixes vja- (Santee Z»a-), wo- (Santee ho-)^ and 

 na- (see § 13) have the pronouns following the prefix. 



wa¥sa (Teton) to cut oft' 

 hoksa (Santee) to shoot off 



ivayaVsa thou cuttest off (from 



Jcsa) 

 hoyalsa thou shootest off 



(from hm) 



6. Compound verbs consisting of two verbs of equal order either 

 take their pronouns each independently of the other, or the second 

 verb is used without pronoun. 



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hdiyota^ha (contracted from 

 hdi and iyota'^Jio) to come 

 home and sit down 



iyo'Tipaya (from /- on account 

 of; o- in) to alight in some- 

 thing 



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walidimdota^ha I come home 

 and sit down; but also 

 wahdiyotaH'a 



{yo7vaKpamdal sd'ight in some- 

 thinsf 



