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erre'c git eto'pel thou art most fit 135.19 



Eto'pel Ewlci iwkuci'i^ she better drank then (i. e. she could 



drink then) 37.4 

 e'toqon wo'tqan qdimi'tgin will you take this one ? 

 ^'toqon mirrenu'tergi-git shall we bury thee rather in the ground? 

 R 60.23 

 e'ntnefif Ewqattif Enra'q then, coordinating conjunctions. Of 

 these enme'n seems to express the most definite temporal 

 sequence, En'ga'm a closer temporal connection, while Enfa'g 

 should be translated in turn and indicates a still closer con- 

 nection. It seems to depend upon the liveliness of the narra- 

 tive which of these three is used. The first one is the most 

 frequent connective conjunction, although a constant use of 

 En'qam is not rare 62.6 et seq. 

 The difference between e'nmen and En'qa'm appears most clearly 

 when their use alternates; as in the following examples. 



En'qci'm Enqa'n Umqdqdi' ind rilhindigiwe'nnin ne'us'qdt. e'nmen 

 lu'ur e'gri'pgi^ At that time U'mqaqai pointed with his finger 

 at the woman. Then thereafter she felt pain 63.7-8 

 En'qa'm Enqa'n Umqdqdi' inti geginteu'linet; e'nmen qu'ttirgin 

 qa'at nerri'net at that time U'mqaqai and his people fled; tlien 

 the others untied the reindeer 63.10-11 

 En'qa'm nite'gifiqin . . . e'mnen niten'fie'w-i-'um . . . En'qa'm 

 gi'ulin At that time she sniffed .... then I laughed a 

 little; . . . then she said 72.11-13 

 e'nmen ya'yalc qamitvada'qen mi'tqak, Ewqa'm Enqa'n riyirrai'- 

 nenat then the gulls ate all the blubber and at that time they 

 anointed them 

 en'men umi'lkan qdtei'kigin . . . En'qa'm dincikou'ti qineni'ntii- 

 then make a woodpile and throw me into the fire! 31.12-13 

 In all these examples, the impression is conveyed that En'qa'm sig- 

 nifies a closer connection than e'nmen. 



The form snfa'q is parallel to me'rgin-faq we next 69.22 and 

 gum-faq i next 77.21 Its meaning in turn this time appears 

 clearly 17, 23, 96.11. 



Enra'q appears also together with e'nmen 



e'nmen nute's'qdn Enra'q nuwethau'qen then this time he spoke 



to the ground 15.9-10 

 e'nmen snfa'q ya'yalcit naminguTcwa'arlcinat then in turn he re- 

 warded the gulls 74.28-29 

 In the beginning of a story e'nmen means once upon a time. 

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