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ha-hini^ in the middle : will Jia'-hinV ^ in the middle of the house ; 



Jia-he^-hinV noon (literally, in-sun [ = day]-middle) 126.21; 



186.8 

 -di^s away : eme'^dis away from here ; dedewiU'^dadi^s ( ? outside of) 



the door 176.6 



It is peculiar that mountain-names generally have a prefix al- and 

 a suffix -dis: 



al-dauya'°'¥wa-dis (cf. dauya''^¥'^ supernatural helper) 172.1 



al-wila'mxa-dis 



al-sawenfa-dis 



That both al- and ~dis are felt not to be integral parts of these 

 mountain-names is shown by such forms as he^^-wila'mxa beyond 

 Alwila'mxadis 196.14 and al-dauyaf°-¥^. In all probability they are 

 to be explained as local phrases, at, to {al-) . . . distant (-dis), 

 descriptive of some natural peculiarity or resident supernatural 

 being. 



Differing apparently from other postpositions in that it requires 

 the preceding noun to appear in its pre-pronominal form (i. e., with 

 final -X if it is provided with it in Scheme II forms) is wa'Yi^ with- 

 out, which would thus seem to occupy a position intermediate 

 between the other postpositions and the pre-positives. Examples are : 



ts'lelei wa'Yi^ without eyes 26.14; 27.6 

 dagax wa'Vi^ without head 

 yuklalx wa'Vi^ without teeth 57.4 

 nixa wa'Vi^ motherless 



As shown by the last example, terms of relationship whose third 

 personal possessive suffix is -xa (-a) use the third personal form as 

 the equivalent of the pre-pronominal form of other nouns (cf. also 

 § 108, 6), a fact that casts a doubt on the strictly personal character 

 of the -xa suffix. No third personal idea is possible, e. g., in maxa 

 wa'Vi^ eife^ i am fatherless. wa¥i^ is undoubtedly related to wa 

 with; the -¥i^ may be identical with the conditional particle (see § 71). 



On the border-line between loosely used preposition and inde- 

 pendent adverb are nogwa^ below, down river from (? =no" down 

 RIVER + demonstrative ga that) : nogwa will below the house 

 76.7; and Tiinwa^ above, up river from (cf. liina^u up river) : M'nwa 



will ABOVE THE HOUSE 77.1. 



1 Properly speaking, ha-binP is a pre-positive phrase from noun-stem bin- (cf. de-bin first, last, and 

 [?] bilgan-x- breast[ ? = middle part of body-front]) with characteristic -»-. bee-bin- sun's middle is 

 compounded like, e. g., fgda- bok'dan- earth's neck above (§ 93). 



.§ 96 



