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there he is, up there!’ ase”’na (< ase + una) ogarpatala:rsiarteq 
‘at last one of them was heard to say.’ 
æset ‘as usually; according to his (its) habit or character.’ 
ise"- ‘different from what I (we) might have expected’, ‘I thought —’, 
e. g. isespa’na a:“tarsimaler ‘what, I thought he had left (and 
now I see him there again!).’ 
пра ‘may be — may be not’, ‘who knows?’ up:a-ta'na ‘I wonder if it 
is he?’ up'a пика: up'a anewa ‘either his younger or his elder 
brother, it is uncertain which.’ 
co‘runa (со`пипа) ‘certainly, quite right, most assuredly.’ 
mata ‘although’, mat-a-""ko (< mat:a + uk'o) pa”’rnuta:'n ‘although it 
is their custom.’ 
пп`ада (im-ara) 1) ‘perhaps’ 2) ‘I wish’ (Latin: utinam) im-aqa pis-ä®nun 
‘perhaps something for us’; im’aga aninuwin ‘I wish you a good 
catch’ (in hunting) 3) (exhorting, urging) ‘suppose we —! let 
us—!; im-aqa:set (im’aga-- a'se:t) akenaja'ra ‘suppose he also with- 
stood me here!’ 
ganerter ‘I wish’ (utinam), qganérter nukerniarte ‘I wish he may grow 
strong!’ 
anersa ‘fortunately’, е. g. anérsalinô‘jugüna ‘how fortunate that he — 
(followed by a verb), also absolute: ‘how dear, welcome, etc. he 
(it) is” — Combined with a negation: ‘if only — not’: anérsalè 
nak-aq-intlaq ‘if only he does not fall down!’ апегза pue-n-iara 
‘if only I had not forgotten it! 
ila or ila: “certainly, quite $0.’ tlamak-e ‘certainly just these.’ Often in 
conjunction with yes or no: a'mila ‘yes, certainly’, e'rgeila ‘no, cer- 
tainly not’; less frequent in the form Иа’ (with glottal stop) in shouts 
of warning to a child, e. g. that wants to tear somebody else’s things. 
@ or em ES: te answering a negatory verb these particles are 
erge ‘по’ used in a way contrary to our use of them, and 
more logically. To the question takij-Ya:in ‘did you not see him?’ 
the Eskimo gives the answer: e: taki®n:ilara ‘yes I did not see him’ 
if he did not, but e-rge takiwara ‘no I saw him’ if he did. We 
should say no in the first case and yes in the latter. 
hai ‘what do you say? I beg your pardon.’ 
lwaje or tiwakaje:: Exclamations of strong surprise, wonder 
ka:k®aje*: ог kakakaje:: or admiration, e. g. followed by una 
kat-uaraje: or kac:iwaraje:) takigin‘a:k ‘look at him (that) there!’ 
Also of objects in plural, sometimes slightly varied: kaka:jiwe--, 
kakacie‘*. Meaning about the same as co:k-ajeqe*: co'k’ajege’leruna 
(with a tone first high, then getting lower in the last syllable). 
‘But what is this! Astonishing beyond everything!’ 
sila (cila), silät, sildt-e ‘alas, oh heavens! what in the world!’ 
