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The uncompounded wa¥di also occurs: 



ulu'^m w6'¥di Vai naVam formerly I-guess something it-was said 



to him 166.1 

 ga wa'Fdi Tiogwa'^sdaP' that-one, it-seems, (was) their-runner 49.3 



Similar in signification is : 



6. inVHva probably, perhaps 45.8; 63ol5. This enclitic has a con- 



siderable tendency to apparently be incorporated in the verb : 



l-ml'^^wa-tldUtHwin maybe he was caught (t-t!dut!iwin he was 



caught) 

 xa^-l-ml'^^wa-sgl'^hi^n mu^xda^n hi I'11-probably-cut-him-in-two 



once just 31.13 



7. his, liPs NEARLY, ALMOST, TRYING 44.7; 56.14. This element 



implies that the action which was done or attempted failed of 

 success : 



mf* liono^ tlomdTc'wa-Jiis mal then also he-killed-him nearly spear- 

 shaft (personified), i. e., spear-shaft almost managed to kill 

 him, as he had killed others 28.11; (cf. 188.20) 



A frequent Takelma idiom is the use of hi^s with a form of the 

 verb of saying naig)- to imply a thought or intention on the 

 part of the subject of the na(g)- form that fails to be realized: 



"Jia-xiya^ ml^wasgd'H'ap'de^" naga'^-Jii^s "in-the-water probably 

 I-shall-jump," he thought (but he really fell among alder- 

 bushes and was killed) 94.17 



Sometimes Ms seems to have a usitative signification; prob- 

 ably the main point implied is that an act once habitual has 

 ceased to be so: 

 dak-Jiis-t'ekle'^xade^ I used to smoke (but no longer do) 



8. wis, wPs IT SEEMS, DOUBTLESS. This particle is used to indicate 



a likely inference. Examples are : 



TnW-wis da'p^d'la-u moyugwana/n now-it-seems youth he's-to-be- 

 spoiled (seeing that he's to wrestle with a hitherto invincible 

 one) 31.12 



mi^ wi'^s ak!a tlomoma'n now apparently he-for-his-part he-has- 

 been-killed (seeing that he does not return) 88.9,(6) 



9. yaxa continually, only. The translation given for yaxa is really 



somewhat too strong and definite, its force being often so weak 

 as hardly to allow of an adequate rendering into English. It 

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