294 BUBEAU OF AMEETCAN ETHNOLOGY [boll. 40 



HOW A TAKELMA HOUSE WAS BUILT 



yapla^ wi'l?^ klemei.' bem* pla-idi^o'^kV eme'^s'i^* hono^' 



People house they make it. Post they set it down, and here again 



p!a-idI^lo'"k',he'^me^* hono'^p!a-idi*lo'"k', hagamgama'n^ p!a-idI^lo'"k\ 



they set it down, yonder again they set it down, in four places they set them down. 



he'^ne*" hono^ hangili'p' " gada^k'" hagamgama^n, gada'k's'i^" 



Then also they place (beams) on top thereof in four places, and on top thereof 



across 



mu^xda'nhi" hangiirp'. he^ne ya'*s*i^*^ wi'li s'idibf**^ kleraei; 



just once they place Then and just house its wall they make it; 



(beam) across. 



5he^ne gada'k's'i^ matsla'k'" will* he«la'm/« tga'P^ ga^" he^la'm 



then and on top they put them house boards, sugar-pine those boards 



thereof 



klemei. gane^* dak'da't'^^ datlaba^kV^ ha'^ya^* datlaba^k'. gane 



they make And then from on top they finish it, on both sides they finish it. And then 



them. 



dedewili''dadi's ^^ klemei dak'dat's'i'^^* daho'kVal" klemei kliyfx^* 



door they make it, and from on top holed they make it smoke 



gana^u^^ ba-i-gina'xda^.^" ganes'i^^* ga'klan^^ klemei, xa^sgipli'- 



therein its going out. And then ladder they make it, they notch it in 



several 



1 See note 39 of first tesrt; § 86, 2. yapla is to be understood as subject of all following finite verb 

 forms. 

 ' s 86, 2; quantity of final vowe! varies between 4 and -i». Directly precedes verb as object. 

 » Third personal subject, third personal object aorist of verb k.'eml^n Type 3 i make it; §§ 63; 65. 



* § 86, 1; object of following verb. 



6 p/a-i- DOWN § 37, 13; dV- § 36, 10. W"fc' third personal subject, third personal object aonst of verb 

 ld''^wa^n Type 6 1 set it; §§ 63; 40, 6. 



• eme'^ here § 104; -«• j« enclitic particle § 114, 4. 

 » Modal adverb § 113, 4. 



8 § 104. 



» Numeral adverb from gamga'm foue § 111. 



"0 Temporal adverb § 113, 3. 



" han- ACE03S § 37, 1. -(?«7j^p' third personal subject, third personal object aorist of verb -giliba''n 

 Type 3; §§ 63; 40, 3. 



" Postposition with force of independent local adverb § 96. 



"See note 12; -sj«§ 114, 4. 



i*mu^xda>n numeral adverb ONCE § 111; -hi enclitic particle § 114, 2. 



IS ya'a post-positive particle just § 114, 1; -s'i^ § 114, 4. 



'» s-idib- (HOUSE) wall § 86, 3; -I'i third personal possessive form of noun-characteristic -i- §§89,3; 

 92 III. HOUSE ITS- WALL is regular periphrasis for house's wall. 



" Third personal subject, third personal object aorist of verb matslaga'-n Type 3 i put it; §§ 63; 40, 3. 



18 Noun stem fte«Z- with nominal suffix -am dissimilated from -an §§ 87, 6; 21. wiW heela^m is com- 

 pound noun § 88. 



" § 86, 1. Predicate appostive to heela^m: they make those boaeds out of sugae-pine. 



« Demonstrative pronoun of indifferent number modifying he'la^m § 104. 



SI Temporal or connective adverb compounded of demonstrative ga and element -ni (?=7ie<) of unknown 

 meaning §§ 113, 2; 114 end. 



** Adverb in -dat' from local element dak'- above § 112, 1. 



Mdo- § 36, 2 end; -Uaba^k' third personal subject, third personal object aorist of verb -t.'abaga'^n Type 3 



1 FINISH it; §§ 63; 40,3. 



2< Local adverb § 113, 1. 



M dedewill'ida dooe, local phrase with pre-positive de- in feont of and third personal possessive sufl5x 

 ■da § 93 end. -dt^s postposition § 96 of unclear meaning here. 

 s« See note 22; -«•{«§ 114,4. 



"da- §107, 5; -ho'k'wal adjective with suffix -ai § 108, 2. 

 !»§86, 3. 



" Postposition with kHyi'x ha-igina'xdaa § 96. 

 30 Third personal possessive form in -dda of infinitive barigirui^x. ba-i- out § 37, 12; giri- verb stem Type 



2 or 11 go TO § 40, 2, 11; -ax infinitive suffix of intransitive verbs of class I § 74, 1. 

 a See note 21; -sj'§ 114, 4. 



»« § 86, 2; suffix -n, §§ 21; 87. 6. 



