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HANDBOOK OF AMEEICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



951 



wani'lya caused to be without 



kdliya' caused to be made 



SAna'ya he had it for a robe {sAiia robe; 



sawicaya he caused them to be red {sa red) 



ti^cawu,a' yapi those that they had for children 



sid'^ga ndj/eyapi they caused the horses to be frightened 



Very naturally it is often used in the formation of adverbs. 



sogya' thickly (literally, caused to be thick) 



foye'la bluely (literally, caused to be like blue) 



kultkiya' caused to be down, or downward 



to'hiya anywhere, or caused to be in an indefinite direction 



A considerable number of substantives consist of but one syllable. 

 Such are the following-: 



ta general name for animals 



like deer 

 ho voice 

 p^a head 

 t^d^ robe 

 Kti leg 

 we blood 

 hi^ hair 



pte bison; specifically, female 



bison 

 ti lodge, dwelling 

 c'rt" tree 

 A^'" fur 

 1 mouth 

 mni' water 

 wa snow 

 he horn 



A much larger number, however, have two syllables: 



wi'c'a male 

 TYiaTta' ground 

 no^'ge ear 

 ma'sa iron 

 caHe' heart 

 p'e'ta fire 

 i^'ya"^ stone 

 siHe tail 

 wl'lta^ rope 

 c'upe' marrow 

 p'age' diaphragm 

 p'ezi' grass 

 c'i^'ca child 

 mi'la knife 

 so'ta smoke 



wi^'yaP' woman 



s'h'ha foot 



t'a'pa beaver 



p\iha' hill 



7nafo' grizzly bear 



a^'p^a daylight 



ista' eyo, 



ma'ya cliff 



c\iwi' small of back 



fahu' neck 



siyo' prairie-chicken 



Fa'^'ta plum 



fate' wind 



c'oku' flesh 



fo'ka foe 



It is quite possible that many or all of these were originally com- 

 pounded from simpler words, as is still done in numerous cases. 



p'ehi^ hair of the head, or head-hair 



cabo'fi beaver-house (literally, in which dwell beaver) 



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