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Hoku'ruKujEga'jA"^^ maiiA'ngEre je'esge^* jinA'nkse; e'gfi 



He looked at his own (to) this earth let similar it became; and 



keVaJA'^'niJA'* ha^'ebEni'je^^ KiisaranA'nkse, ^^ e'gi kegise'weni- 



uothing appeared upon it bare it was, and not still it 



(i. e., grew) 



nAnkse" maiiA'ngEre horupi'ninAfikse; e'gi '"'mejegu^'hagiji^^ 



was this earth turning it was; then "if this way I do 



gise'we jinai'nkjAnAgaJA","^" hiregi'ji.^" 



quiet it will become," he thought so. 



E'gi higi'u'^'je^^ hominA'ngEnafika; e'ja Ka'^wI'ja"^^ ru'zanA'nga^^ 



Then hemadeforit that which he sat on; there a grass he took and 



hi'gi'u'^'je ma^no'wahu'hije^* jegiV hia'nA'nga^^ hoku'ruKudga'JA'' 



he made toward the earth he and then he did he looked upon his own 



sent 



hAnke' gi.se' weni'nankse. . . . Jigi'ja"^® "'u'^'je 'u'^'cebigi'ji" kecu'iigega^* 



not still it was. . . . Again one he did when he finished the tortoise 



him 



Wc'j/t may begin a sentence. Its force is that of a conjunction connecting more or less inde- 

 pendent sentences, as distinguished from a'nAngd, which connects closely related sentences. The 

 translation and or then is always inadequate. 



^ lio-7HinAnk-nAnkd; ho is a nominalizing prefix. Nominalizatlon, however, requires generally not 

 only this prefix or its related wo, but also the suffixing of the definite article ra or some demon- 

 strative, as in this case. 



i^kcun'hAn-ki-re'gi below; hi auxiliary or causative (1st person ha, 2d person ra or i', 3d person hi); 

 regi is an adverb with a prepositional force not very clearly shown in this case because the vari- 

 ous elements in the word have been closely united to form a distinct preposition. In spite of this 

 close union, however, the auxiliary is regularly conjugated for the 1st, 2d, and 3d persons; i. e., 

 kcun'hAnha'regi, k'un'hAnna'regi, k'un'JiAnhi'regi. The -re'gij denotes that it is immediately below the 

 subject of action; re is a demonstrative pronoun, which seems to denote immediate proximity, and to 

 be stronger than me this (for the first person). But its exact meaning is uncertain. 



22/^oMIa'-/ii(/i^-Jf,•/^owa' adverb denoting TOWARDS, AWAY FROM subject of action; huhi' to send (1st 

 person huha', 2d person hura', 3d huhi'), to send awayfrom sitbjectof action; for to send towards 

 SUB.IECT of action, the verb 1st person reha', 2d person rera', 3d person rchi', is used. 



^^ho-ku-runu'c-gadjA"; ho preposition generally meaning in; ku pronoun referring to what belongs 

 to one's self, either of one's own person, property, or relations. Its vowel conforms with the follow- 

 ing vowel (see § 4); ruTm'c; ru is in this case either the instrumental prefix or part of the stem. If 

 it is the prefix, its original meaning with the mouth has been entirely lost. A similar case is found 

 in the verb duhu'rug, iu'ruhu'rug, ruhu'rtig, to obtain, to accomplish; ga'djAn an adverb almost 

 always used as a stop. 



*^je'csgc an adverb meaning that kind, that way. 



^ha-rcpni-ja ha on ; rep it pushes, it grows, appears; ni negative particle; je present tense. 



»««' skin; &a'ra bare, naked; nA'iikse sitting position. 



^ hAfiki or ke not; gise'wg quiet; ni negative particle. 



28 me this near me; jegAn' an adverb meaning thus, indeed; ha causative 1st person; gi'ji 

 conditional. 



^ji TO come; naink from iiAfik, which becomes lengthened in the future; -kjdne future particle. 

 The simple future particle iskja, but to express an indefinite future the particle nAn is always suf- 

 fixed. Without the nAn it has the force of a mild imperative. (Cf. also note 43.) 



30 1st person ya're, 2d person hira're, 8d person hi'ri TO think. 



3^ hi" An TO DO WITH; gi for. 



^^hAi'wi WEED, GRASS; -jAn contraction for hi'jAn. 



^ru'z or rus (1st person dus, 2d person iti'rus, 3d person rus) TO take; d'nAiiga, a conjunction con- 

 necting closely related sentences. 



3i man'if,a-ho'iva-huhi'-j^; na for ra, the r of which changes to n after a nasalization (see note 22). 



^je'gfm hid'nAugd a common connective phrase; hi causative 3d person. 



36Contraction ioTjige' hi'jAn. 



3' Contraction of Hn'cep to finish and the third person of the causative hi. Both elements of the 

 verbare conjugated. Thus ha'An'ceba'nAn, ^' un'cgbra'nAn, 'Hn'cibi'nAn; -gi'ji is used here as a temporal 

 particle. 



^ ke'cMk OT kecu'nge large species of turtles; Are alone is also found meaning turtle; -gid a regular pos- 

 sessive pronominal ending, used with terms of relationship, or for persons to whom respect is to be 

 shown. It is always used in indirect address, somewhat in the sense of MR. so and so. It is ap- 

 pended to all proper names; for instance, ku'niiiigd eldest bokn, etc. But in direct address the -ga 

 is dropped. 



