POSITION OF WORDS. 641 



ni'shta lia'ma mu'kash txu't;tuk all night long does the owl screech for 

 presaging, 88, 6. Cf. all the terms heading paragraphs on page 75. 



nushtoks mdklaks shlda the people have seen me. 



nush tula gcna i ! you come with me! 



shikiitchipk tchika kemutsatk on a stick walks the decrepit old man, 136, 

 5; cf. ki'shtchipk in 136, 6. 



shmauyolesJitat ktchalhui sappash after rain comes sunshine. 



The following are instances of terms placed at the end of sentences for 

 emphasis : 



g^na mi at huki'sh ! now is gone your spirit! 87, 15. 



piipakuak a sha nanuktua il;j6ta, tAlatoks kd-i tliey bury tvith 



him various cups but no money, 87, 4. 5. 



Transposition of words from the natural order, as the placing of the 

 attribute in the possessive case after the noun on which it depends, and of 

 the adjectival attribute after its substantive is often resorted to to produce 

 variety and to relieve the monotony of the regular order of words : 



mahiash Aishisham the shadow of Aishish, 96, 2. 



pe'tch ktakta skii'tish tapi'dshnish he cuts off the left hind leg, 134, 15. 



p'tisa m'nalam their father, 101, 10: cf 61, 19.21. 



shnu'lashtat shkii'lelam in the nest of the lark, 95, 5. 



snawedsas Aisisam a ivife of Aishish, 100, 5; cf 13. 



Probably for the same cause transposition has been made in : 



nat gii'-una gena hunk nga'-isapksh a'nok ndanna we went on slowly, car- 

 rying the three ivounded men, 24, 7, instead of ndanna nga-isapkash 

 a'nok. 



nat wal'hha kawaliii'kuapk sa'-ug we watched them, believing they tvould 

 ascend, 29, 15, instead of sa'-ug kawaliii'kuapk. 



In various examples to be found on page 123 the indirect object follows 



the verb, as it does also in 24, 6 : nat guhfishktcha shewat;tu'lsi at noon we 



started, and in numerous other passages. 

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