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de-Tiis-gulu-gwa'^n I want it in my mouth C = I desire to eat 



[ This = trying]) 



(6) de-f{da-) in front, ahead, at door of house: 



deHldala^klilin (house) was scratched on door 154.1, 2, 3 

 deHse'^lc' he opened door of house (cf. alse'^Y he bowed to 



him) 63.12 

 de^p'owo'^^' he bent it 

 hd^-de'^yeweya^'V'" he started traveling again Qiterally, he 



up-ahead-went-again-with it) 22.4; 24.9; 25.6 

 dewiliwa'lsi she is fighting me 27.3 

 de^gwidW"^ he stuck (tlirew) it into (fire) 27.8 

 deViwi'VauVwa^n I brandish it before my face (172.12) 

 gasa'lhi de'TiitsIo/'ga'^s fast stepper (literally, quickly ahead- 

 stepper) 

 ha-ide^di'nixia'^^ they marched by in regular order (literally, 



they out-ahead-stretched) 144.14 

 de^lwl'^gi^n I spread it out (120.1) 

 fgcf^ delii Tdiya'Vi^ if the world goes on Giterally, world 



ahead-goes-if) 146.4 

 damafsIa^V he put it point foremost (into their eyes) 27.8 



As in the case of dak'-, so also here, not a few forms occur in which 

 the meaning of the prefix da-, de- is far from being clearly in 

 evidence : 



d2d!agd'n I build a fire (96.17) 

 (aldsitdu'lu^'F he caught fire 98.3 

 Xaldetdu'lu^xi I caught fire 

 degulil'ldalx it glows (142.1) ; 188.15 

 aldsifguyu'^^si (fire) bhsters my face (25.11) 

 deHfa'malcH^n I put out the fire 

 dsifama'^x the fire goes out 

 dadldbaga'^n I finish it (176.6) 

 dsisgayana'^n I lie down 



As the first seven of these examples show, da-, de- sometimes 

 imply a (probably secondary) reference to fire. 



3. da"- 



(a) EAR, WITH EAR (referring to hearing), in ear, cheek, sides 

 OF head: 



dsiHsIayap' he washed his ear 

 d£i%ts'!ama''V he squeezed his ears 

 dduHlatslagi'^n I touched his ear, cheek 

 dsi^^agani'^n I heard it (55.3; 108.16) 



dsb'^dd'^gi'^n I am able to hear it (literally, I can ear-find it) 

 (100.12) 



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