APPENDIX B 



THE ORIGIN OF DEATH 

 xi'lam^ sebe^t'^ hap'da^ loho^k'.* sgi'sidrH no'tslat'gwan" 



Roasting-Dead-People his child it died. He and Coyote neighboring each 



other 



yu'k'.' ga-s-i^« nak'ik':« "laps^" yimi'xi" hap'dek'^^* loho'IdaS^^ 



they were. And that he said to " Blanket lend it to me my child since it died, 



him: 



laps^" yimi'xi,"" naga'-ihi^^* xilam* sebeH'.^ "anl^^^ laps" 



blanket lend it to me," he said, it is said, Roasting-Dead-People. "Not blanket 



1 xi'lam. Used indifferently for sick, dead (as noim), and ghost, -am (= -an) is probably noun-forming 

 suffix with inorganic -a- (cf. lian-xilml abode of ghosts, literally, across-river are ghosts as verb with 

 positional -t). As base is left xil- or xin- (-n- of radical syllable disslmilates to -I- before nasal suffix); xi'lam 

 from * xin-an or * xil-an. This xin-is perhaps etymologically identical with xln mucus (verb-base zin- sniff) . 



s sebeH'. Participle in -t' of verb se'ba'^n Type 5 i roast it; aorist stem se«6-, verb-stem sebe-. roast- 

 ING-dead-people is Takelma name for species of black long-legged bug. He is supposed to be so called 

 because responsible for death, as told in this myth. 



*hap'da. Base ftoap'- small, child (cf. hap-s-di'^ small). This is one of those comparatively few nouns 

 that add possessive pronominal suffixes of Scheme II directly to stem. With suffixed ([?] pre-pronominal) 

 -I- it becomes plural in signification: hapxda his children. This sort of plural formation stands, as far as 

 known, entirely isolated in Takelma. In its absolute form Map'- takes on derivative suffix -xi, hapxi'' 

 child. 



*loho^k'. Third personal inferential of verb lohoit'e^ Type 4b i die; aorist stem lohoi-, verb-stem 

 loho-. -k' inferential element. Inferential mode used because statement is here not made on personal 

 authority, but only as tradition or hearsay. According to this, all myth narrative should employ inferential 

 forms instead of aorist. This myth employs partly inferentials and partly aorists; but in most other 

 myths aorists are regularly employed, probably because they are more familiar forms, and perhaps, also, 

 because myths may be looked upon as well-authenticated fact. 



5 sgi'sidVl. sgi'si coyote, formed by repetition of base-vowel according to Type 2. -dVl is dual suffix 

 sgi'sidVl by itself might mean two coyotes, but -dVl is never properly dual in signification, meaning rather 

 HE (indicated by preceding noun) and some one else (indicated by context). 



'no'ts.'at'gwan. From local adverbial stem nots!- next door, NEiGHBORrNG; it is formed by addition 

 of characteristic -a- and third personal plural reflexive pronominal suffix -t'givan (= -t'- [third person]-|— ^u)a- 

 [reflexive] -f -n [plural]). First person singular notsladi; second person singular notslada'^. 



1 yu^k'. Third personal inferential of verb yowo't'e^ Type 2 i am; aorist stem yowo-, verb-stem yo- 

 (yu-). -k' inferential element as in loho^k'. Corresponding aorist, yowo'^. 



• gas-i^. ga is general demonstrative that, here serving to anticipate quotation: "laps (2) . . . yimi'xi- 

 (3)." -s'i^ as general connective indicates sequence otnak'ik' upon loho^k' (1). 



'nak'ik'. Third personal inferential of verb naga'^n Type 2 i say to him; aorist stem vaga-, verb-stem 

 nam-. Corresponding aorist, naga^. Non-aoristic forms of this transitive verb show Instrumental -i- (see 

 §64). 



10 laps. Noun of uncertain etymology, perhaps from base lab- cakrt on one's back, s nominal deriva- 

 tive suffix of no known definite signification. 



» yimi'xi. Present imperative second person singular subject, first person singular object (-xi) of verb 

 yVmiya'^n 'Yype. 1 1 lend it •to him; aorist stem yUmli-, verb-stem yimi-. Non-aoristic forms show instru- 

 mental -i- as in nak'ik'; e. g., yimi'hin i shall lend it to him. 



^^hap'dek'. See hap' da (1). -<feTflrstpersonsingularpossessivepronominalsuffixaccording to Scheme II. 



^^loho'ida^. Subordinate form, with causal signification, of loho'i^ he died. Aorist stem lohoi- =verb- 

 stem loho- + intransitive element -i- characteristic of aorist of Type 4; -', third personal aorist subject intran- 

 sitive Class I , dissimilated because of catch in subordinating suffix -da^. Syntactically loho'ida^ is subordi- 

 nated to yimi'xi. 



i*Tiaga'-ihi^. =naga'i- he SAiD-t- quotative enclitic -hi^. naga'i^ third person aorist of irregular verb 

 nagait'e^ Type 4a i say; aorist stem nagai-, verb-stem na-. Both transitive and intransitive forms of na{g)- 

 SAY incorporate object of thing said; ga In gas-i^ (2) is incorporated as direct object in nak'ik' (it would be 

 theoretically more correct to write ga{-s-i^]- nak'ik'); while quotation "laps . . . yimi'xi" is syntactically 

 direct object of naga'-ihi^ which, as such, it precedes, ga-nak'ik' anticipates "laps . . . yimi'xi" naga'- 

 ihi^. Observe use of aorist instead of inferential from naga'-ihi^ on. 



15 a'nV. Negative particle with following aorist. True negative future would be wede yimi'hixbiga'. 



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