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"Toq, ginya'q" qmalatva'tl''^^ — "Qiyime^'en, gi'niw^'* gti'mma'^ 



"Oh, t'hou uow make it well!" — "Impossible, lilie to thee ' I 



tiyanto'ykin,^^ plakgefie'tm^* tiyaa^canvo'ykin?"^^ Gewfiivo'lenau«* 



shall go out, into' the boots shall I urinate?" He said to them 



Quyqinn-aqu'nak,28 "Qalqala'tik,^^ kitta'n ana'wtiiika!"«* Va^'yuk 



Big-Raven "Go awa5% there unmarried!" Then 



gewfiivo'len,''2 "Atau'-qun." Qo'La^^ aca'pil«« ga'kmiLin,«^ qalte'nnin/* 



he said, "Well now." Some small fat • he took," a stopper, 



wulpa'pel;«» ga'lqaLin^" eVti," gayi'nalin," gala'lin," iya^'kin^^ 



a little shovel; he went to the sky, • lie flew up, • he came, the sky's 



66ma'thitnin" qalte'nna^^ gai'pilen," aca'pil«« ee^'tm" gani'nlalin;^^ 



cleft with the stopper " he closed, little fat to the sky • he threw; 



pi6e' gama'lalin.''^ 



for a ■ it grew better, 

 while 



Gu'mlan gayai'tilen,^" gu'nilafi gawyalyo'len." Ra'nyen^^ 



Again ' he went home, ' again tliere was a snowstorm. That 



qalte'nnin^* ganqu'lin*^ yayaCikoi'tin,^^ nEpplu'qin^^ mi'qun. E'wafi,' 



stopper * came out into the house, small one even. He said, 



"Qiyime'wun. I'ya^n^^ gaci'malin." Quyqinn'aqu'nak^" qalte'nnin^^ 



"Impossible. The sky ' is broken." Big-Raven the stopper 



va'sqin gatai'kilin^^ nima'yiiiqin*^ gei'liLin,^* a'6in^* o'pta nima'yinqin^' 



another one' he made a large one ' he gave it, fat also large 



gei'liLin.^* Ga'lqaLin'" gu'mlan, panenai'tin^^ gayi'nalin." Gala'lin," 



he gave. He went ' again to the former place ' he flew. He came, 



pa'nena^^ fia'nyen^^ qalte'niiin^^ mal-kit^® ga'npilen," tala'wga^^ 



that time that stopper well ' he closed it, with a mallet 



w gin- thou; -yaq indicates that another person is to perform an act which the subject has performed 

 before. 



M Stems mal, tva well, to be; imperative. 



M Second person personal pronoun gin- (§ 56; 129, p. 878 under yag). 



^tiya- 1, future; stem nito, medial nto; derived form. 



61 See note 55, 1st pers. sing, future, derived form. 



"See notes 29, 56; here 3d pers. pi. instead of dual. 



''Stem Iqat to go; qa—latik imperative, dual. 



w a—ka NEGATION (§ 114, 4); Tiaw woman. 



«5 Indefinite pronoun (§ 60, p. 732). 



*^dea fat; -pil small (§ 100.15). 



^ Stem akmit; ga—lin nominalized verb (| 74). 



68 Absolute form (§30). 



69 -pU small {§ 100.15) ; here with ablaut. 



"Stem Iqat to go (see note 63); ga—lin nominalized verb (§ 73). 



" Absolute form i'ya^n sky; -Hi allative. 



"Stem yina TO FLY up; ga — lin nominalized verb. 



'»Stem initial tila, medial J a to move, to go; ga—lin as before. 



'< Belonging to the sky (§ 47). 



'5 Absolute form. 



T« Subjective as instrumental (§§ 37, 92). 



" Stem aip to stop up, close; ga—lin as before, here with ablaut. 



"Stem inla (Ch. int) to throw; ga-\in nominalized verb. 



"Stem mal good. 



60 Stem yaii (allative of ya house) to go home. 



61 Stem yiqu, medial nqu to come loose, to come out (like a plug out of a hole). 



85 Stems yaya- house; -iiku inside; -iti allative, with terminal nasalization. 



^pln small; n—qin (§ 49) ma'y(i)n large. 



MStem 2//7, medial yli to give; geiliiin instead of pai'ltLin irregular. 



•spanina before, former; absolute form pa'nm; adverb pa'nena again, another time; iti allativb, 

 with terminal nasalization. 



66 TOo'i-fcJt well, all right (Ch. mef-ki'tUt, mef-fc«'«7 somehow); mal (Ch. mei, met) see § 113.10 and 

 11; (Ch. ki'tkit, adverb, a little). 



8' yip, medial-np to stick into, to stuff into; ga-lin with ablaut. 



66 Subjective as instrumental (§§ 87, 92); stem tala to strike. 



