BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES TAKELMA 81 



9. gel- 



(a) BREAST, WITH BREAST (mental activities) : 

 geltslaydp" he washed his breast 

 ge\Hlats!agi'^n I touched his breast 



hd^ge'l^yo lie down with belly up! (lit., up-belly-be!), 140.4 

 geXgulugwa'^n I desire, want it 32.5, 6, 7 

 gelhewe'hau he thought 44.11; 124.3; 142.20 

 geUolioigwa'^n I avenge him (apparently = I breast-die-with 



him) (146.8; 14S.3) 

 ge\t!aya^¥ they thought of it (see under s'in- and dd'^) 152.10 

 gelyaldxaldi^n I forgot him (lit., I breast-lost him) (77.10) 

 geXts' laya'mxamV she hid (certain facts) from us 158.7 

 ge\dulu'¥de^ I am getting lazy 

 geVieye'^x he is stingy (literally, he breast-leaves-remaining = 



keeps surplus to himself) 196.8 



Q)) facing: 



geltlana'hi she pushed him (? literally, she held him [away]- 



facing heiY (25.10) 

 gelwaydn he slept with her (literally, he caused her to sleep 



facing him) 26.4; (108.3; 190.2) 

 wa'Vgwan geVyowo'^ they faced each other (literally, to 



each other they breast-were) 26.15 

 gellcHyi'^F he turned around so as to face him 170.2 



10. dl'- 



(a) anus: 



dlHs.'aydp' he washed his anus 



ha-idiH'gatsla'fgisi^n I stick out my anus (164.19; 166.1) 



dVlidx his anus is burning 94.13 



dl%agdiVe^ I feel ticklish in my. anus (as though expecting 



to be kicked) (cf. under da¥-) 166.1 

 di^xo'^s (food) is spilling out from his anus, (acorns) spill out 

 from hopper 94.2, 4, 5 



(6) IN REAR, behind: 



dVsalyomo'liin I shall catch up with him in running 

 he^ dl'^lcHiji'^V afternoon came (lit.,sun went in rear) (124.15) 

 da^o'l di%iwiliufe^ I ran close behind 

 As happens more or less frequently with all body-part prefixes, 



the primary meaning, at least in English translation, of dl^- 



seems lost sight of at times: 



abaidVyowo'^da^ coming into house to fight {abai-mio house; 

 yov)d"^da^ being) 24.14 



1 Though perhaps better she held him with her breast, taking gel- as instrument. 

 3045°— Bull. 40, pt 2-12 6 § 36 



