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&\t!ayaW he found, discovered it (literally, he eye-found it; 



cf. under s'ln-, da''-, and gel-) 47.10; 92.27; 194.13 

 sXsgalaHiwi'^n I looked at them (moving head slightly to 



side) 

 sdfho^lc.'a'lxde^ I have pimples on my face (cf. 102.20) 

 aXfwap la'fwap'^na^n I blink with my eyes 102.20 

 oXwe'Tclala^n I shine 

 xd^a'ltlanaM they watched it (Hterally, they-between-eye- 



held it; xd-^al as incorporated local phrase[?]) 136.8 



(6) TO, at: 



It is at least possible, if not very probable, that al- to, at, and 

 al- EYE, FACE, are two entirely distinct prefixes. As many 

 preceding examples have incidentally illustrated the local use 

 of al-, only a few more need be given: 



siip^oup'auM he blew on it 15.1 



&\Mijuxde' I go hMntiiig (42.1; 58.14; 70.2; 126.21) 



algesegasa'lf e^ I was washing 



sXheme'V they met him 24.11 



&Ylxlep!e'xlap' he mashed it up into dough-like mass 94.11 



2XHts'!b''^di^n I touch, reach it 



sXse'^gi^n I bowed to him (172.10) 



16. dV^al- forehead: 



Av^dXtslaijap' he washed his forehead 



dV^sdgelegala'ms he tied his hair up into top-knot 172.2 



dl^&\k'd'°^p'gwa he put (dust) on his forehead 136.28 



17. gwenha-u- nape: 



gWQvih.2i-Vits!ayaga^n I shoot off nape of neck 

 gwenha-u^'fte'^^ams he has his hair tied in back of his head 



It will have been noticed that several of the body-part prefixes 

 have developed special uses that almost entitle them, at times, to 

 being considered verbal in function. Thus xd"-- back, between has 

 been seen to develop, from its latter local use, the more strictly verbal 

 one of cutting, spKtting, breaking, or rending in two; the ideas of 

 between and of division in two are natural^ closely associated. 

 The speciaHzed semiverbal uses of some of the prefixes may be thus 

 listed: 



da-, de- activity in reference to fire (burn, set on fire, glow) 



xd°'- rend in two (cut, split, break) 



di^- crushing activity (mash, squeeze) 



di^- fell, erect (long object) 



Jia- dress, imdress 



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