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HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



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mi' ye I (independent pronoun) 

 u^M'ye we two 

 i'ye he 



tnis 1 (emphatic) 

 u'^Jcl'yes or u'^ki's we two 

 iye's he himself 



-la is usually o-iven as a diminutive suffix; but its use is very 

 much broader, and sometimes it seems to be rather intensive 

 than diminutive. The English adverb quite translates it best, 

 though at different times it is found equivalent to almost or 

 LITTLE. Possibly the independent adverb lila very is this 

 same suffix doubled. 



Examples : 



wica' licald an old man 

 holckl'la a small bo}^ 

 kita^'lci a little more 

 hahe'la j^oungest 

 hena'la enough 

 loi^ci'^' cala a girl 



iwa' stela nicely, in good order 



Una'Ia alone, or only 



ite'yela exceedingly 



foye'la bluely 



a'tayda directly 



itilci'yela near to each other 



lica^ llci^. Although their proper meaning is real, true, or 

 GENUINE, more often they have the force of very. Originally 

 their difference in form was probably nothing more than a 

 euphonic change, but it has now been seized upon to mark a 

 distinction in use; Hca being always employed after nouns 

 either expressed or understood, and Hci^ after adverbs and 

 connectives. They occur independently or in composition. 

 li'la^ which also means very, always depends directly on a 

 verb, or an adjective used as such. 

 Examples of the use of Hca are the following : 



c'a'pa wa'^ t'a'^'kalica a' veiy 

 large beaver (beaver, a, 

 large, very) 



waste' Me c/" the very beautiful 

 (beavers) 



wase' Utaka' l-'t'^ the real red 

 paint 

 Examples of the use of Hci^: 



eha'TceUci^ lastly 



ece'Ucl'^ just in the same way 



e'nalici^ right there 



icaHula'Uci'^ just then 



nia'za Uca'ka real iron (i. e., 

 steel) 



mila wa^ gi Uca a ver}^ rusty 

 knife 



vnca'licala an old man 



ta'lica deer (the real ta^ or ani- 

 mal of the deer genus) 



wa'^zi'Uci'^ whether there is one 

 {ye'c'elici^ just like 

 he'cenalici^ immediately 

 Uceha'nl as soon as 



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