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Fei'LLETin 25 



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p'. f^eey"?-. 



pS,, a particle which, prefixed to a verb 

 iu the indicative, gives it the sense of 

 the 1st pers. imperative: nanimantnm, 

 I am wise; pu-nwivuantam, let me be 

 ■wise. El. Gr. 25. 



[Cree pa, indecl. particle, prefixed to 

 the root of the verl), has the force of 

 'stioiild' or 'would' conditional: nf jid 

 iiipan, I should or would sleep.] 



pa, applied to extension in time, an 

 indefinite going-on. It has the force of 

 'yet' in such phrases as 'while he was 

 yet speaking' . Indie, ash pamekesukok, 

 while it was yet day, 2 Sam. 3, 35; 

 pimiiiu, 'upward' in age or time: 'from 

 twenty years old [kcih, paamit] and up- 

 ward', i. e. passing. Num. 26, 2,4,^ 

 pa&me, 2 Chr. 31, 16, 17. Suppos. mh. 

 pamfoadt, while he yet spoke, Job 1, 

 16, 17; Matt. 14, 43. Pass. (inan. sub- 

 ject) pnmanm, it is passed, Ps. 18, 12. 

 luijierat. 3d pers. would be, regularly 

 formed, pa] or pajeli (q. v.) [or pame- 

 jeh (?)], let it go on or continue (until). 

 Cf. pomantum (suppos. pamuntog), he 

 lives; pomushau, he walks; pdnixhemi, 

 itispa.st, etc. (Cf. alsoSansk. pumh, ire, 

 se movere. ) 



[Abn. piiiil i=iiiupt^i und anptsi), in 

 compos. ■ 1 ^endant, vel encore ' ; ' il est a ' 

 (with verb in infinitive), Rasles. Del. 

 jjeni mi, yet, to this time, Zeisb.] 



pa-, pe-, pu- [p'], prefixed to words 

 which signify motion, denotes indirec- 

 tion in the act or agent. In verbs of 

 motion it signifies 'all about', 'in one 

 direction or another', or without direc- 

 tion. Cf. pu-nne, 'out of the way', 

 'astray', and pu-mmoh, the sea; pit- 

 mmsaj, he swims; jm-muinpnyin, it 

 creeps; pamUchuan, (water) runs, etc. 

 [For the Cree, Howse (84) has pim- 

 mildclwmoo, ' he moves himself horizon- 

 tally, crawls', and perhaps this may be 

 the primary signification.] 



paamu, adv. past, upward (in age or 

 time). Num. 26, 2, 4. See pdme. 



paanonteg-, as n. a (winnowing) fan, 

 Is. 30, 24, i. e. that which blows away. 

 i^ee piiniuiulitunk. 



pabahtanum Ipa-hdl-nn-timl. v. t. he 

 trusts: pahalitaniiiiKin, he trusts in 

 (him), has confidence in; inan. pahah- 

 lantam, he trusts (it), depends on (it). 

 Adj. and adv. pabahtanum nv, -uw, faith- 

 fully (pdpiihtantdinirf, C. ). 



padahquohhan. See jKiiltnluiiKilil^ni. 



padteateamin-asli, ii. )>1. nuts, (len. 

 43, 1 1 . 



padtippashiu, padtapashin, v. i. it 

 drops, there is dropping; freq. papad- 

 tijipdnldn, there is a shower; verbal pd- 

 pddtinunk, 'showers', Deut. 32, 2. 



[Del. pankpechen, a drop; popankpe- 

 chen, it drops (cf. popelelan, it is show- 

 ery, 'rains by showers'), Zeisb. Abn. 

 aiipeterann, il est encore h pleuvoir, il 

 pleut encrjre. ] 



padtohquohlian, padahquohhan, \ . i. 

 it thunders {{jadloliqnoli'taii and pidtoli- 

 quohhdmii, it thunders, C. ) ; as a n. 

 thunder. [From a verb which signifies 

 'to hear', 'to be heard' (?). Pierson's 

 Catechism (Quiripi) has padak, he 

 heareth. Cf . Cree peytow-ayoo, he hears 

 him; peylurn, he hears it. But see the 

 next following verb.] 



[Note. — The bracketed part of this detinition 

 is marked "omit" in the mamiserijit.] 



[Abn. pklai'ujhiijiiS. Ic foudre. tcm- 

 nerre. Qvai-.pdddahiiiinldiinii.Vwr. Del. 

 peelliacqunn, it thunders, llkw., which 

 Cass corrects to paathoc'quon, 'it begins 

 to thunder' (from pao, 'tocoiue', and 

 hoc'quon, 'thunder'). [Is either cur- 

 rect?] Zeisb. has ped hoc quon, it tluui- 

 ders; pen da qtiot, it is lieard, Yoc. 26.] 



padtuhkuhnteau, \. t. he smites (it) 

 into (it), 1 Sam. 19, 10, of a dart or 

 spear thrown from the hand. 



pagkodtantam. See pukodtanldin. 



paguanau, v. t. an. he destroys (him);, 

 inan. pagnutan, jMgwodtau, he destroys 

 (it); v. i. jiaguateau, pagwohteau, he 

 is destroying, or is a destroyer; pi. 

 paguaioog, they destroy, are destroy- 

 ers. (This was the name given to the 

 Muhhekans of eastern Connecticut by 

 neighboring tribes: Pequalluog, Pequots, 

 ' destroyers ' . ) Verbal paguanuonk, de- 

 stroying, destruction, Prov. 15,11; 18,. 



