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x&^danfglHt'ga'lM he broke it with rock 24.4 

 ■KdiH'he' ^^Whagams it is all tied together 27.13 

 xa,^salt' gwe'lf gwili he broke it by stepping on it 31.4, 5 

 x&^he^mk ! oH'lc.'idi^n I broke it with stick 



In xsJiege'7ia¥na^n i breathe (79.2) and xahuk.'u'JiaVna^n i 

 BREATHE, the xa- may refer to the heaving motion up from the 

 waist. 

 8. dP- 



(a) back: 



The local uses of xd^- and dl^- (in middle, between, and above, 

 respectively) would indicate that, in their more literal signifi- 

 cation, they refer respectively to the lower back about the 

 waist and the upper back, though no direct information 

 was obtained of the distinction. 



diHsIaydp' he washed himself in back of body 

 dVlidx his back is burnmg 



dVfho^lc.'a'lxde^ I have warts on my back 102.20 

 dVdu^gwa'nY she will wear it (i. e., skirt) 55.9 

 (6) above, on top: 



dVJie'liya sleeping on board platform 13.2 

 dlddH'hd''^gamfgwide^ I tie my hair on sides of my head (see 



under (Za«-) (140.11; 142.17) 

 dVhdgelegala'mda^n I tie his hair up into top-knot (172.2) 

 dVuyu'tslamda^n I fool him (aorist uyuts!- laugh) 

 dl%inxd'^gi^n I scare him 

 dVmds (earth) is Ht up (78.1) 

 dVliili^gwa'^n I am glad 22.2 



dV'- is used in quite a number of verbs of mashing or squeezing, 

 the primary idea being probably that of pressing down on top 

 of something: 



di^'p'iW'p^ili^n I squash (yellow-jackets) (74.3); contrast 

 gel-hem-p'ili'pili^n I whip him on his breast (Hterally, 

 I-breast-stick-whip-him) (cf. 76.1, 2, 3) 

 dlHliyl^si'^n I mash them 

 ha-idlgwibl'^Vwap it popped all around 27.14 

 diH' gumu'fgimi^n I squeezed and cracked many insects (such 

 as fleas) 

 In many cases, as in some of the forms given above, the primary 

 signification of dl^- is greatly obscured. It is not at all certain 

 but that we are at times (as in d^^uyu'tslamdahi) dealing really 

 with the phonetically similar prefix dl^- rear. 

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