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p.'a-idl^hana'^s it stopped (wind, rain, snow, hail) 152.16 

 In a number of verbs dl^- expresses: felling, digging under, or 

 erecting a tree or stick, the fundamental notion being probably 

 that of activity at the butt end of a long object: 

 'di^sgotlolha hem he was always cutting down trees 108.8 

 di^Jc.'olola'n (tree) was dug under 48.5 

 dlHsguyu'^lc !in (tree) was made to fall by being dug under 



48.7, 8, 12 

 p!a-idiHd'^gwa^n I make (stick, pestle) stand up (by placing 



it on its butt end) (116.18; 176.1, 2) 

 p!a-idi^sgimi'sgam they set (house posts) down into ground 



11. ha- 



(a) woman's private parts: 



Ivdtslayap' she washed her private parts 

 h.a,Hlats!agi'^n he touched her private parts 

 h.SbHwesga'TiaY'^ she spread apart her legs 26.4 



(6) in: 



(ddnxdagwa) hatsIaydV he washed inside (of his ear) 

 (dexda) halo'^Vi he stuck it into (his mouth) 

 (s-inixda) hsbdeWpH he stuck it up into (his nose) 

 halohon he caught them in trap (literally, he caused them 



to die in) (100.8) 

 igwdn) h.sit!ulugwa'^n I follow in (trail) (96.8,9) 

 hsdo'^V she put on (her dress), they put on (their skins, 



garments) 160.6 

 hsiHhu'lu^Jial they skinned them 160.5 

 h.Siya-ufge'nets!a^n I put on (my vest) 



As the last examples show Jia- sometimes conveys the special 

 notion of putting on or taking off a skin or garment. 



12. gwel- 



(a) LEG, IN LEG, WITH LEG: 



gwe\ts!aydp' he washed his legs 



gweUe'ye^sde^ I am lame 



gwelZo'"^^-'"' put on (your leggings)! 



gweVl^wi'^n I beat him in running (ht., I-leg-left-him) (184.14) 



gweisaltleyesna^n ^ I have no fat in my legs and feet 102.22 



(6) UNDER, AWAY FROM VIEW: 



gweimats.'a^Jc' they put (food) away (sc, under platforms) 



124.22; (132.8) 

 gwelge'l^yowo^da^ he having his back to him (literally, facing 



him away from view) 122.7 



1 This form is an excellent example of the rather imcommon coordinate use of two body-part prefixes 

 (gwel- LEG and sal- foot). 



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