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Beh. Particle added to verbs to signify the instrument with which the 
action is accomplished. 
Ben. Particle to express ‘‘since” or from a certain time; aruliben 
Padre, since the Father came ; wu ka hi bem (sic) ya panuvi manitan qua 
qule, since I was baptized, I have not sinned. 
Can. Particle signifying past time ; nw biin can, I have already said. 
Cant or canih, soon; canicabe vacami man chia catgohe vaue, ahora 
luego vete ya no estes aqui. 
Oo. Particle to concede or grant something ; coco, all right, very well, 
yes. 
Cohol, between ; cohol hay, between the houses. 
Chic. See p. 876. 
Ha, that one; also, it is, or, it is so; ha ri, it is thus; also in’ causal 
sense, ha nim vi ri Sancto, because the Saint is great; something great or 
strong, ha Xih, a hot sun, ha hab, a heavy rain. 
Hak, to open out, or to separate things joined ; tahaka ru nakavach, 
open your eyes; hakal ouh, the book is open; té haka yaiquin, open your 
ears, 7. ¢., listen attentively. 
Haz, to shut up, hence a secret, in secret; hazha pa ru wiquin, to tell in 
the ear. 
Ho, interjection intimating going ; hoho, come along, let us go hence; 
applied to the woman who offers herself to a man ; tu ho rt ywok, the 
woman offers herself; of the day which goes quickly (as holoho) ; wholo 
yan Xth, the day is soon gone; eholoho ranima, his soul departed (he 
died) ; hote, to go upward, rise ; cat hote chirth queh, get on your horse ; 
hotoba, to lift, to raise up ; hotay, the sprouts of trees which shoot up, also 
the descendants, offspring of a man ; enwhotay, my descendants. 
Yan, particle denoting brevity ; watul yan, you have just come ; qo yan 
xinul, I have already come. Thus this particle may mean both a short and 
a long time, 
Yeu, part. of past time. 
Yehal, part. denoting plurality. 
Yben, part. joined to names parts of the body to distinguish them, as 
qalqaxibent (sic), ré aa, the water came to my knees. 
Ka, part. of direction, downward ; as verb, ka, to descend, mia ka chi, 
wibathay, he descended into hell; to tear down a house ; to set (of sun or 
moon) ; to diminish (of a boil) ; to descend in health, to grow sick, etc. 
AG. 1. An interrogative, putting a question in a friendly manner ex- 
pecting a truthful reply. 2. In space, that which is locally nearest, as, 
hakiha vochoch ri qo oc chachi bey, my house is nearest the road. 
La, particle to intimate that one has not seen what has taken place ; ex- 
presses a doubt. 
Ley, part. to denote that something is one of a class, hw ley vinak, a per- 
son of one, age, nation, dress, color, etc. : 
Na, first, in all senses. Hence, as a verbal, to be first, to await others ; 
