BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — TAKELMA 293 



ga^® nege's'dam" 'laps^" yimi'xi'" naga'sbinda^:^ 'yap la' 



Siat you said to me 'Blanket lend it to me' when I said to you: 'People 



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you said to me 'Blanket lend it to me' when I said to you: '"People 



gwidi''i7 y o'£t' 18 yeuk'i^ ' " mi^s hawa'xi"^ *° ha^p'de'k'," « naga'-ihi^ " 



where tlieywillbe ii they return?' Now it is rotting my child," he said, it is said, 



xilam^ sebeV.^ no'^s'i"" sgisi^ yewe'*^.** "sga^^H-" t'aga''^.^^ ga* 



Roasting-Dead-People. And next Coyote he returned. "Sga +" he cried. That 



door 



ga%l" bo"^* Vni"5 yapla^" yewe""^ loho'ida^^^ 



because of nowadays not people they return when they die. 



w ga. Anticipates quotation " yap!a (10) . . . yiUk'i^ (11)." 



8' nege's-dam. Second personal singular subject, first personal singular object (-dom) of verb naga'^n 

 (see Twk ik' above), nege- shows palatal ablaut characteristic of forms with first person singular object, 

 •s'- indirect object in aorist only, elsewhere -x-; e. g., nlxda^ you will sat to me. Direct object is ga. 



M naga'sbinda^. Subordinate form, with temporal force, of naga'sbi^n i say to you. naga'sbi^n = aorist 

 stem naga- + indirect object -s- + second personal singular object •bi- + first personal singular subject 

 -'n. Jwj?a's6i7Mia^ is subordinated to main verb 7Mse's"<iam; its direct object is quotation "Zops yiTOi'ii" 

 (10). 



89 yap.'a. Noun formed apparently by repetition of base vowel according to Type 2. It is employed for 

 PEOPLE in general without regard to sex. 



*i hawa'xiuf. Third person aorist intransitive Class I of verb hawaxiUt'e^ Type 5 i am rotting; aorist 

 stem xin-, verb-stem xiwi-. This verb is evidently compounded of hawa^x matter, pus and verbal base 

 xiu-, whose exact meaning can not be determined, as it has not been found alone. 



*i sga+. Words spoken by Coyote often begin with s-, which has in itself no grammatical significance. 



« t aga'i^ Third person aorist intransitive Class I of verb t'agalfe^ Type 4a i cry; aorist stem Vagal-, 

 verb-stem t'oflg-. -i^ as in yewe'V, loho'i^, and naga'i^ above. 



« ga^aH. Postposition to, at. on ACCOtrnT of, used with preceding demonstrative ga; ga fa^a 7= there- 

 fore. ga^aH is itself compounded of demonstrative ga and local element al at, to. 



"65". Temporal adverb now, TO-DAY. First 'of 'a'm' not intended merely to keep up distinct hiatus 

 between final -o» and initial a-. 



[Translation] 



The child of Roasting-dead-people died. He and Coyote were 

 neighbors to each other. Thereupon he said to him, "Lend me a 

 blanket, for my child has died. Lend me a blanket," said Roasting- 

 dead-people. " I'll not lend you a blanket, for where are they going 

 to be, if dead people come back?" said Coyote. And next door 

 returned Roasting-dead-people, and buried his child that had died. 



Then, 'tis said, a long time elapsed. Now Coyote's child became 

 sick and died. Now next door he went to Roasting-dead-people. 

 "Lend me a blanket, for my child has died." — "What did you say?" 

 Roasting-dead people said that. "Yesterday indeed when 1 did say 

 to you, 'Lend me a blanket,' you, for your part, did say that to me, 

 ' "Where will the people be, if they return ? ' Now my child is rot- 

 ting," said Roasting-dead-people. So next door Coyote returned. 

 "Sga 4- ! " he cried. For that reason people do not nowadays return 

 when they die. 



