IV. VOCABULARY 
The following vocabulary contains a selection of the more impor- 
tant stem-words, prefixes, and suffixes, together with examples show- 
ing thé use of these stems. So far as possible, these examples have 
been taken from the texts. The Kutenai-English vocabulary has 
been arranged in such order that sounds which are closely related 
stand near together. The order selected is, voweis, labials, dentals, 
palatals, velars, laterals. This results in the following order of 
sounds: 
a y p t ic t 
CFTC w p! t! ke! 
0,U, v h m S qd 
ts q! 
ts! x 
n 
The long lists of nouns beginning with a,'k- have been placéd 
together. I have embodied in this list a long list of nouns col- 
lected by Dr. Chamberlain, which I have not checked. I have 
kept these separate, because it is impossible to distinguish between 
Ag k-, Ag k!-, Qq'q-, Ga q!-- 
In the verbal forms I have generally given the stem without 
ending and without prefix. This is indicated by hyphens at the 
beginning and at the end of the word. Prefixes have been marked 
by a following hyphen and the abbreviation pr., although they 
may also take verbal prefixes. Suffixes have been marked by a 
preceding hyphen and the abbreviation suff. References are to 
page and line of the preceding texts; 256.161, for instance, means 
p- 256, line 161. Words marked Kel. were obtained from a 
young Lower Kutenai named James Keluwat; those marked Aitken 
were collected by Mr. Robert T. Aitken, who accompanied me part 
of the time I spent among the Kutenai. 
KuTENAI-ENGLISH 
a’ oh! 
a- pr. out of. (See an-, ak-) 
-a- verbal stem 256.182 
-ai- > -as+n (see -as- two) 
(n’)ao-’klue- the one, the other 64.120. (See ok/u-) 
-ay- to steal, to cheat 38.8; 244.7 
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