BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES TAKELMA 79 



6. 1- HAND, IN HAND, WITH HAND 



No body-part prefix, except perhaps al-, is used with such fre- 

 quency as 1-, the scrupulousness with which verbs implying 

 action with the hand incorporate it seeming at times almost 

 pedantic. Only a small selection out of the great number of 

 occurrences need here be given: 



itslayap' he washed his hand 



ip.'i^no^'^V'wa^n I warm my hands 



wila'u ^ihoyodagwa'^n I dance with arrow in hand 



nax ihele^lagwa^^n I sing with pipe in hand ' 



i^rt'^a he took it 15,1; 31.8; 44.8; 47.9 



Ik'wdJ^gwi^n I woke him up 16.4 



Igaxagixi'^n I scratch him 



Igis'igis'i'^n I tickle him 



iTiegwe'haV'^na^n I am working 



xa^lts' !iwiY he split it open 26.6 



iJieme^m he wrestled with him 26.11; 27.10,11 



iyond'^^¥ he pulled it 



Iguyu'^Y she pushed her 55.14 



s'eleY'^ Uu' pxagwanY she shall pound with acorn pestle 55.9 



'he''lleme"¥ he killed them off 55.1; 144.6. 



it.'a'utHwi'n I caught hold of her (29.12; 140.15) 



IfwiHjili'^n I make it whirl up 



al^lyulu'yili^n I rub it 



ifgwanye'^gif you enslaved her 16.14 



In some cases one does not easily see the necessity for its use: 

 wi^lt'ge'ye^xi they are round about me (48.5) 

 alvwul'uf'^^xbi he ran away from you 



7. aca"-, (xa-) 



(a) BACK, waist: 



xhHs.'aydp' he washed his back 

 p.'l^ xsi^dafguyu'^^sgwa his back got blistered 25.11 

 xsiHlats.'agi'^n I touched his back 

 X2u^l)!l^nd'^¥wa he warmed his back 188.20 

 xsiHa'^^da^n I put (belt) about my waist 



(h) BETWEEN, in TWO (in reference to breaking or cutting) : 



s.Q.^pla-its-liudi'n I shall split it by throwing (stone) down 



on it (140.7) 

 xa^fsa*^ go-between (in settling feuds) 178.11, 13, 18 

 ■xh^sgo'Ma^n I cut, saw it (21.2, 4) 

 x&Hsgl'^p'sgihiF'' (bodies) cut through 21.2 



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