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HANDBOOK OF AMEKICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



931 



hiyo'HjMya to come and 

 alight in 



hiya'Jcapta to come over a 

 stream 



iyaya to have gone 



Myu'se to hate one 



Myu'ska (from yushi) to re- 

 lease 



wahiyowaJlpamda I come and 

 alight in; also loaliiyoKpaya 



wahiyaiual'apta I come over a 

 stream 



imdamde I have gone 



wahimduse I hate him 



waklmduska and wakiyusha I 

 release 



7. Compounds having the auxiliar}^ verbs kiya, ya^ ya'^, place the 

 pronoun preceding these, while the first verb is often used in contracted 

 form. 



SANTEE EXAMPLES 



iya'pcdjca) to be offended iya'paya to offend 



iyamapaka 1 am offended 



iya'pe to wait for 

 i'yavKipe I wait for 



sdoca' to know 



wa^ya'ka to see 

 wa^mda'ka I see 



iyapawaya I offend 

 iyapeya to cause to wait for 



iyajjewaya I cause to wait 

 for 

 sdo7iya' to know 



sdomvaya I know 

 toa^ya'gya to come to see 



wa^yagwaya I came to see 



§ 37* Posit iott of Proiioufi in I*onca 



The position of the pronoun in Ponca isquite similar to that found 

 in Dakota. 



1. Most monosyllabic verbs prefix the pronoun. 

 ^l^ he gave it to thee {^i.' to give) 739.9 

 waH"^' he carried them (^/™ to carry) 10.7 



afd I die (^e to die) 630. 9 

 afc I have arrived 671.6 



2. Verbs of more than one S341able, that can not be shown to be 

 compounds, prefix or infix the pronoun, the position being deter- 

 mined by the initial sound of the word. 



Verbs beginning with^', s, k, in, or n, or a vowel, often infix the 

 pronoun after the first syllable. 



jug4<^ to be with somebod}^ 



305.5 

 jahe to stab 

 sig(le to unload 

 nanpe to fear 

 ma'^fi'^ to walk 

 xiha to follow 

 kuhe to be f riohtened 



juwig4e I am with thee 739.6 



ja(^ahe 3^ou stal) 

 siag4e I unload 

 nan^ape you fear 

 ma-^Mi^ I walk 706.2 

 uaJia I follow 

 kuahe I am frightened 



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