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Tcumi'ntcxiXn tdqa^'na wi'nx not we two (excl.) anything fear 94.17 

 st'nxlt taqa^'na he wants something 18.5 



wa' sL^syanx taqW-'na (when) you get mad at anything 36.11, 12 

 wa' a}s^nx taqa^'na (when) you will say something 38.4 



Another objective form of this particle may be the form tafqan, 

 occurring in one single instance. 



ta'qan tEX tcaltdi'tc xx'ntmls why do you want to go anywhere 

 (literally, for something, perhaps, somewhere [you] keep on 

 going) 48.1, 2 



tctntf tct'nta", serves primarily as an interrogative pronoun, 

 in which case it is rendered by which one ? Its scope, however, has 

 been widened, permitting its use as a relative pronoun and in some 

 instances as a numeral adverb. In the latter sense the form tctnt is 

 invariably used. It is then translated b}^ whoever, whatever, or by 



HOW MUCH, HOW MANY? 



tci'7ita^n tEX Vhwa'yun which one I (wonder) shall I take? 88.20; 



90.1 

 tci'nta^nx si'nHyun which one do you want? 40.4, 5 

 tcfi'nta^ ivictca}' ants hltc whatever does that man 70.22 

 tcfnta^ hltc Llwa}' whatever person came (here) 24.7 

 im/nta^ yi'TctHc . . . whosoever. . . is big 90.1 

 tcint hltc qa'ntcya Llwa'wax whatever person from somewhere is 



going to come 38.10, 11 

 idi'ntmx lil'qla how many shells have you? (literally, how many 



thy dentalia shells?) 

 teint led' tan how many horses? 

 . . . tcmt tsxayu''^^ ... on such a day (literally, [on] whatever 



[a] day) 7.3 



ts'tms has the function of a reflexive pronoun, and is best ren- 

 dered by (I) iviYSELF, (thou) THYSELF, etc, or, when used with nouns, 

 by (my) own, (thy) own, etc. 



ts'ims s^atsiftc ci'n^xyatlya to himself thus he always thinks 88.11 

 LElu'yun ts'ims I hit myself 



ts'imstc tE'q ants Iq! al'o' tna ants sqwna' her own relative that Peli- 

 can (is of) that Sea-Gull 46.1, 2 

 L Ixmal' yutsmin ts'ifns ni^u'slc^ I killed my own brother 



qa'W'tittf qa'w^'^ntltCf imparts the idea of reciprocality, and is 

 best rendered by each other, mutually. The difference between 

 the two parallel forms lies in the fact that the latter has been amplified 

 by means of the modal suffix -itc (see § 94). 



§ 115 



