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(4) initial to verbs to diílerentiate or modify meaning ; yape, return ; 
napa, watch ; niyape, return ; napamet, return here. 
Na, nia, advance ; naha, we will, we go, etc. 
Naii, bathe ; V. nain. 
Na-ka, pronoun, person or thing near ; Ct. nó-kii, here ; se-kii, there. 
Nák, prefix ; esh, good ; ndk-esh-ni, to try, test, prove, see if good. 
Náki, to be, have ; Q. ca-ni, I am ; L.-M. ndk, to be (indeclinable). 
Nam, come, arrivc, motion towards, cf. Yam. 
Nap, return, cf. Yap. 
Nate, water jar; Y. yate; S .nofki; T.ko-ña; L.-M. wathwa ; M. yupi. 
Tlie idea of this word is uncertain. In L.-M. wathwa is the idea of 
a hollow as, e.g. the palm of the hand, bed of stream, belly. 
Na-wai, boiling ; V. naiwe, nawai ; S. naiwe-shi. 
Neaiyi, another form of naiyi, a way, path, road. 
Nes, arrive, come, reach. 
Niat, ñat, water ; Mataco, inot ; S. inaat ; T. net-rát or net-gát. 
Noj, all ; cf. loj, many ; wuj, big. O is a favourite vowel to express 
bigness, great number, and as intensive particle throughout the 
Chaco group. 
Nu, verbs of movement, cf. yu. 
XXIV. Partióles (N) 
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N is used as prefix to adjectives in the second person singular and plural, 
an-es, thou art good. In Suhin there is a similar use with adjec- 
tives and verbs : lst per. si ; 2nd per. nu ; 3rd per. yi-ipkun, hungry. 
In Lengua-Mascoy the in ( im or ing) prefix is second and third person 
feminine with verbs, and with some nouns. T or tlü is very usual 
as a reflexive to the second person in Choroti and Vejoz, e.g. 
thl-api, return, but n is rare, unless we take the initial n of verbs 
in that sense, e.g. an-apamet (return thou), but in this case as with 
the nouns, e.g. ini-we (slioulder), the n is not confined to the second 
person. The n is sometimos dropped in the second person like 
• the y in y-ape , 2nd per. ; ape, return ; an-apa, I guard ; apa, guard 
thou ; napa ni ivete, he guards house. 
an is a possible euphonic change with am (thou). 
Na, termination of nouns ; afue-na , a bird ; ale-na, dog. 
Nat, instrument ; aja-nat, whip, striker. 
Ne, verbal termination ; po-ne, covcr ; aa-ne, striko with stick. 
Na, ne, plural of verbs ; ak, pl. akine, go away ; ho-mit, pl. ho-na-mit, 
come. 
