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yikwe dlH ts i^k'Ud'vAt what may it be that I see? (literally, per- 

 haps something this I see it) 108.11 



hwa kwe yu in d'yu l sla'i (I) wonder if it is not so, cousin? (liter- 

 ally, as if perhaps very not surely [it] must be, O cousin!) 38.21 



8. hakwalf kwal, A compound particle having the same signifi- 



cance as kwa. It consists of the unexplained prefix ha- (which 

 seems to occur also in harrilL^ see p. 392), the particle kwa^ and 

 the abbreviated form of dlH (see p. 407). 



hakwal x'iafyam Ie li'kioit kind of reddish (were) the feathers 20.10 

 k!waP-nt hakwal qa't^xtat he heard some kind of a noise (literally, 

 he heard as if a noise were made) 60. 29 



9. qen denotes suspicion. It is very difficult to render it in English 



otherwise than by a whole sentence. 



hwa qen dlH hU'wiEq she suspected some scent (literally, as if, 

 suspicion, something [a] smell) 24.10 



kwa qen m,d ic SLna'e^wat it seems as if you two are hiding a per- 

 son (literally, as if, suspicion, a person you two are hiding) 24.11 



10. qaiku expresses a supposition on the part of the speaker. It 



was invariably rendered by i thought. Its first component 

 can not be analyzed, while the second is clearly the particle k^. 



qaiku ux ivutxa'xa eU te'is hl^'me I thought they two were going 



to come back, these our two children 44. 7 

 qaiku In il ye^ne^' Id I thought not surely (this was) your property 



112.7 



11. qainl. Neither of the two elements of this particle can be 



analyzed. It indicates that a certain fact came suddenly into 

 one's recollection, and may best be translated by oh, i kecol- 

 LECT, I REMEMBER. It is usually amplified by the particle l 

 (see p. 392), which either follows it immediately or else is placed 

 at the very end of the sentence. 



qainl l nwa'waia u qdy%s he recollected that this was a spider 

 (literally, recollection, must be, with [its] spider, world) 30.3 



qainl k^ nlo'we u qd'yis l he came to remember that there was 

 such a thing (literally, recollection, perhaps, with such a thing, 

 the world, must [be]) 32.9 



12. natsl. It is used by the speaker for the purpose of expressing 



doubt. It was rendered by i doubt. 



