TEMPOltAL ADVERBS. 565 



Temporal adverbs. 



at, a, a (also conj.) at the time; noiv, then; at a, just now; titutu already. 



g(itak, ka'tak, Mod. kauktak, finally, at last. 



luiya, uya for a while, during a short time. 



hunk, hunk, unk, a particle expressing distance, and when tempoi'al 



the 2}(isi tense, though this is not unexceptional. The Modocs 



often replace it by hil ; no word of English corresponds exactly 



to it. Cf. Verbal Inflection, pages 402-404. 

 ye, yt^ now, presently; firstly; I\Iod. 

 yuneks/e'ni between sunset and dusk. 

 kd-ag, ga-ag, gahak long ago, many years ago. 

 kAyutch, Mod. kj'iyu, ka-iu (also conj.), not yet, not now; never, at no 



time, not at all; kayak not yet; never. 

 kishe'mi, kissiim, d. kikshe'mi, at sundown. 

 liildani in the cold season, in winter time. 

 Utyj, li't/e in the evening. 

 lupf, d. lulpi, at first, firstly. 

 lupitana, d. lulpitana, /or the first time. 

 nia'ntch, d ma'mantch, during a long time; refers to past and future. 



Dim. ma'ntchak, d. niama'ntchak,/or a short while, Kl.; quite a while 



ago. Mod. 

 mbiishant, d. mbiimbushant, on the next morning ; next day, to-morrow, Kl. 

 meni'k, d. nuiimnak, for a short time. 



nayantka shappesh next month; na-iintka shko'shtka next spring. 

 nia, d. ninia, lately, recently ; a short or long time ago; nia sunde last week. 

 nink next day, Mod. 



ni'shta all night through; at night-time; nishtak in the same night. 

 pii'dshit, padshit or padsliit wai'ta to-day ; at the time. 

 pAta in the warm season, in summer time. 



pen, pdn, pan, pen a (also conj.) again, once more, a second time, repeatedly. 

 pshe, d. pshepsha, in the day-time. 

 pshikst, d. psi'psaksht, at noon. 

 T^shin at night ; pshiuak during the same night ; pshm=tat;^elam at midnight; 



ndnuk pshln every night. 



