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Clouds are said to come up or out and then to be in the sky. 

 Wq^oJc'mvapPse'^ 'the cloud is coming up or out', i.e. into view above the 

 horizon {nq. 'it'; 'ok'uwa 'cloud'; pi 'to issue' 'to emerge'; '^'* 'to 

 come'). '' Olihnva nnakova nt'i'sRyf 'the cloud is in the sky' {^oVuwa 

 cloud'; malrnva 'sky' 'in the sky'; nq 'it'; 'fe^y 'to sit' 'to be'). 



The verb ''olcuwariq means 'to be cloudy'. Nq' oTi' uwaml 'it is 

 cloudy' {nq 'it'; ''oVmim 'cloud'; nq postpound). To give the mean- 

 ing that the whole sky is overcast, i^hi 'all' or ispymsep/je 'in every 

 direction' may be added. 



Clouds are frequentlj' mentioned in connection with their color. 

 Thus 'ok'uwa fss^''P' 'white cloud' {^ok'uwa 'cloud'; fs?^ 'whiteness' 

 'white'; T' locative and adjective-forming postfix); ^oFuwa pi^P'^ 'red 

 cloud' (ok'iiira 'cloud'; pi 'redness' 'red'; '/'^' locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix). The wovd jmH 'flower' is used in describing fluffy, 

 cumulus clouds of white or dark color. ' Ok'uwapoii 'fluffy, cumu- 

 lus cloud' Cok'tdfa 'cloud'; j)oii 'flower') — literally 'flower cloud'. 

 ' Ok'uwa j^oitisx-i' or ''oJSuica isxpdbVi'^ 'white flower-cloud' 'fluffy 

 white cloud' i^oUuwa 'cloud'; 2)db\ 'flower'; ts^ 'whiteness' 'white'; '?* 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix). 'Ol-'uira poihiyJ-'y,''i''' or 

 ^ok'uioa niik'iipobVi'' 'dark flower-cloud' 'dark-colored flufly cloud' 

 {^oFuwa ''ciond''; j)oi I 'flower'; wtiZ'tt 'dark color' 'dark'; T* locative 

 and adjective-forming postfix). 



Names of seasons are prepounded. Fveqnent is pqjo' ok' uwa 'spring 

 cloud' {pqjo 'spring time'; ''ok\iwa 'cloud'). 



Clouds may be described by their accompaniment. Wq^ olx! uhm or 

 ''ok^uwaiOiCi'- 'wind cloud' (/wj 'wind'; ''ok'uwa 'cloud'; T* locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix). P' ojj/'oUuwa 'snow cloud' {p^ojjf 'snow'; 

 ^ok'nica 'cloud'). Em'n) / oTc uvja 'rain cloud' {kwqyf 'rain'; ^oFv/ina 

 'cloud'). Tsiquvmnyi] y oTi %uuM 'lightning cloud' 'thunder cloud' {tsigu- 

 ws^ny.yy 'lightning'; 'ok'uwa 'cloud'). 



Other expressions relating to clouds follow. JTwdydP' nqi' ok' uwanq 

 'it is cloudj' and threatens rain', lit. 'rainily it is cloudy' {kwqyf 

 ■'rain'; T' locative and adjective-forming postfix; «c*'it'; ''oVuwa 

 'cloud'; nq verbifying element). 'Ok'uwmoiijki 'a long strip of 

 cloud' 'a stratus cloud' {'ok'uwa 'cloud'; wijjki 'long, straight, and 

 narrow'). ''Ok'uwdbu 'long bent cloud', stratus or other cloud that 

 extends far across the sky, because of its length appearing to be 

 bent {-ok'uwa 'cloud'; bu 'length and state of bemg bent' 'long 

 and bent'). 'Ok'uwa tsqyws^p'igi'^ 'small flattish bluish cloud' of the 

 kind seen high in the sky on some cold days {'ok'uwa 'cloud' ; tsihjws^ 

 'blueness' 'blue'; 'greenness' 'green' ; jy'/gi 'smallness and flatness' 

 ' small and flat ' ; 'f *' locative and adjective-forming postfix). ' Ok'mva- 

 ho.ii 'cloud pile' 'cumulus cloud' {^ok'uwa 'cloud'; hui 'pile'). 

 'Ok'uwa tsqywxi''- 'bluish cloud' of the kind usually large and 

 high (^ok'uwa 'cloud'; Uqywcg. 'blueness' 'blue' 'greenness' 'green'; 



