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apparently secondary de- prefixes will be listed together with 

 and immediately following the dor- prefixes, while the true, 

 chiefly local, de-, {da)- prefixes will be put by themselves. 

 {fl}) da-f {de-) mouth, in mouth, with mouth, lips, teeth, 



TONGUE : 



jda^ogrofMhegavehimtoeat Git., he mouth-gave him) (186.25) 

 [dLe^iXgu' s'i he gave me to eat 186.2 



dsit.'aya'^^ he went to get something to eat 75.9 



d^a'Vda^V sharpen your teeth! 126.18; 128.23 



dsits!ala'ts!ili^n I chew it 



aldsit.'ele't.'ili^n I lick it 



dolats.'agi'^n I taste it (literally, I mouth-touch it) 



aldap'dp'iwi^n I blow at it (194.1) 



dadama'^x he was out of wind 26.5 



d&smaijama'^n I smile 



tiadsu^yowo'Ma^ (creek) going into (river) (literally, in- mouth- 

 being) 

 jdaZo«Z^ he lied (literally, he mouth-played) 110.23; 156.14 

 {ddUrihixi he lied to me 



d&yuwo'^s he suddenly stopped (singing, talking) (literally, 



he mouth-started, as in fright) 138.23 

 {da¥dfihdHi'^n I answer him (180.18) 

 \daYdehelsi he answers me 



{a'): 



Tie^dele'leTcIi^n I finished (story, talking) 50.4 



delumvf sgade^ I tell truth (184.3) 



dexebenaY you said it (literally, you mouth-did it) 14.10; 15.6 



aldets' lu'lulcli^n I suck it 



dedets'lu'lukli^n I kiss her (first de- as object, her lips; sec- 

 ond de- as instrument, with my lips) 



deliememi'^n I taste it (cf . l-liemem- wrestle) 



ha-ideJienenaY you are through eating (literally, you are 

 out-mouth-done) (136.16) 



deligia'lda^n I fetch it for him to eat (130.9) 



dehe'yeTcli^n I left food over 



da- can not stand before %- hand, because of the palatal timbre 

 of the latter. Examples of deH-: 



de^lda'mkHnlc' it will get choked 



de,Hlats!agi'^n I touched his mouth {de- =da- as object; 1- as 

 instrument. Contrast above da-lats!agi'^n I tasted it, with 

 da- as instrument) 

 Similarly other palatal non-radical elements cause a change of 

 da- to de-: 

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