TEXTS 



Origin of Death 

 tx^ sla'tcim.2 La" 3 il* kwee'ti.' La'^^ fk-P ux^ nhu^ma'k'e- 



They cousins (were) These they lived These both they two with wives 



two mutually. together. 



he.^ rk-msaya'ne« le'ux» tfmilii" hP'me.^^ ITxen^- qaKmrye^^ 



are. Both small their (dual) male beings children. Once morning it got 



tsi " witcwehe'^tcl ^^ la ^^ a'la. In " he'niye ^^ xa'nis " la ^^ a'la. 



just sick it is his child. Not a long time sick has child. 



Tsi" hats 2° lEqa^'wE^i la^^ a'la. Xanana'ya^^ la" a'la, i^^ \a,^^ 



Merely just died his child. Sorry (it) makes his child, when that 



him (feel) one 



lEqa"'wE.^^ Tso^* il* aqana'ya.^^ Helmi'his"^ in^^ Lo'wiyam." 



died. Now they buried it. Next day not (he) eats. 



La" ^ maha'e'wat ^^ 1e ^^ a'la. HecL^'Lentc ^^ qalimi'ye ^^ la" ^ 



That is looking after It the child. Four times at morning it got that 



one frequently one 



laata'ya^i la" sla'atc.^ "E^" tcine'henl. ^^ Ta'i^* sla!^^ xtci'tcu^e 



went to him his cousin. "Thou thinking art. Halloo, cousin! How 



1 Personal pronoun 3d person dual (§18). 



^sla- cousin; -ate suffix of relationship (§ 66); -Ini distributive (§§ 72, 11, 7). 



3 Demonstrative pronoun (§ 100). 



* Personal pronoun 3d person plural (§ 18). 



6 Plural stem (§61). 



"Numeral particle (§ 109). 



' n- WITH (§21); humidk-e wives (§ 78); -e auxiliary (§§ 44, 10, 7). 



8 Plural formation (§ 78). 



9 Possessive pronoun 3d person dual (§ 98). 



10 Plural formation (§§ 78, 115). 

 " Plural formation (§ 78). 



liyixei ONE (§101); -ew multiplicative (§ 75). 



i^qalim- morning; -iye transitional (§ 35). 



i< Restrictive particle (§94). 



i^ xvttcwahaxtc- sick; -T neutral intransitive suffix (§§ 31, 7) 



'5 Possessive pronoun 3d person singular (§§ 98, 7). 



1' Particle of negation (§ 112). 



i^fienl- A while; -lye transitional (§§ 35, 9). 



^^zdn- sick; -Is nominal (§ 56). 



20 Conjunction (§ 110). 



M Singular stem (§51). 



^xdn- sick; -andya direct and indirect object pronoun (§§ 50, 7). 



25 Conjunction when, as, since, while (§ 110). 



2< Conjunction (§ 110). 



25 eqe dead; -andya direct and indirect object pronoun (§§ 50, 7). 



^'helmi to-moreow; -Is ordinal (§§ 74, 10). 



"Loii- TO eat; -am (§ 55). 



^maha- to watch; -eiwat frequentative (§ 33). 



29 Definite article (S 17). 



^"he'cLiL four; -entcis ordinal multiplicative (§ 76). 



'1 la- to go; -t transitive (§ 26); -dya non-active object pronoun (§ 47), 



'2 Personal pronoun 2d person singular (§ 18). 



>itctne- TO THINK, -enl verbal (§ § 45, 10). 



3anterjection(§lll). 



35 Vocative (§65). 



"> a;- modal (§ 24); tcltc particle (§ 112); -« interrogative (§ 73). 



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