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§ 130, Hestrictive Particles 



ata's limits the action to only one object, and is to be rendered 

 by ONLY, MERELY. It usually follows the restricted object. 



lqa'qa}nx ata's your wind only (is sick) 86.16, 17 



pafl'u ata's qatcu^' txaHnE from (one) well only it is beino- drunk 



(plural) 76.12 

 sqa% wan ata's hawa^' only there now it ends 29.7 

 ^as ata's L.'xu'yun he onl}^ knows it 44.8 



ha^'tsl has a restrictive function, and is best rendered by nothing 



BUT. 



hlqlaha^' 711 ants xu'nha^ ha^'tsl nothing but dentalia shells these 



(people) bet 78.14 

 Tia^'tsln led' tan yixa'yun nothing but horses I saw 



txii MERELY, ONLY, JUST. It refers mostly to the verb, and may 

 either precede or follow it. 



txu xyal'xi! sVin qa't&nt just a little ways he went 12.1 

 txu ll'tcH ll'nlnx just Cougar (will be) thy name 13.5, 6 

 xa'^w'^ya^' txu lncatca's¥%n he merely came out for a little while 64.8 

 ll'tlEm txu just eat! 40.26; 42.1 



ci'n^xyatlya txu he was only continually thinking 42.2 

 Icumi'ntc txu qiutcunya' t Kite not for nothing a person gets a wife 

 (literally, not just a woman has [gets a] person) 74.1 



§ 131, Miscellaneous I*articles 



kU'f h'utnt'titCf NO, NOT. These are two etymologically related 

 stems that are used as particles of negation. The final tc in Icumi'ntc 

 is the adverbial suffix (see §§ 23, 94) 



Icu^ ci'l'xll he did not move 27.2, 3 



liu} ni'ctca m'ctcutnE nothing could be done to him 94.12, 13 



Tcu^y of tsacL.' a' '^^ not long th^ii ... 7.7 



Icwm'ntc Wsa not good (it is) 12.2 



Tcumi'ntc lUlaya't ants led' tan not food had the horses 34.10 



When followed by the subjective pronouns (see § 24), Icu^ is con- 

 tracted into Icvn. This contraction is not based on any distinct phonetic 

 law, but is the result of rapidity of speech. 



Icvn'ya'^x ya'xaH mi'ck'la^ not he saw their (dual) vulvas 90.3 

 Icvnnx yoftsa s^a'ts^yax not they long (did) thus 11.3, 4 



§§ 130-131 



