Word Studies
(53) do:sa generic noun 'gnat(s)'
(54) u:ni:tsa:ta 'lots of'
u:ni- pronominal prefix, 3rd plural, attached to consonant initial stative stems
-tsa:ta- verb root 'gather, cluster, be many of' (defective stem Class XI on Chart 9)
-a modal suffix 'present'
(55) adihsge'i 'she was saying'
0 '3rd person singular' with initial vowel,
-ad- verb root 'say'
-ihsk 'imperative'
-e'i 'reportative'
(56) ga:na 'bullets' generic name 'mountain cane' (material used for arrows; semantic meaning extended to bullets and lead during the historic period)
(57) gv:wv:hnihe'i  'she was being hit by them'
gv:w- pronominal prefix, 3rd person singular by 3rd person plural attached to vowel initial stems. Note: choice of the passive voice.
-v:hn- verb root 'hit'
-ih aspect suffix 'imperfective'
-e'i 'reportative'
(58) na:hno 'then'
na:- particle 'then'
-hno 'declarative'
(59) u:nate:stana 'she was startled by them'
u:n- pronominal prefix, 3rd person plural to 3rd person singular, attached to perfective stems with vowel initials.
-ate:- verb root 'startle'
-st derivative suffix 'causative'
-an aspect suffix 'perfective'
-a modal suffix 'immediate'
(60) u:nini:yvhe'i  'they caught/captured her'
u:ni- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-ni:y- verb root 'catch, capture'
-vh aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative'
(61) u:nini:yvhahno 'when they caught her'
u:ni- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-ni:y- 'catch, capture'
-vh 'perfective'
-a modal suffix 'immediate'
-hno 'declarative'
(62) u:nahlv:'le'i 'they tied her up'
u:n- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-ahlv:- verb root 'tie up'
-'l aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative'
(63) hno: 'declarative'
(64) u:nhsgohse'i 'they dug'
u:n- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-hsgo- verb root 'dig'
-hs aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative'
(65) ga:dohi  'ground'
(66) agago:hvhsdohti 'for them to burn her'
ag- pronominal prefix, 3rd person plural indefinite to 3rd person singular attached to vowel stem initials.
-ago:hv- verb root 'burn'
-hst derivative suffix 'causative'
-oht aspect suffix 'infinitive'
-i  modal suffix 'infinitive'
(67-68) yv:gi u:wa:su:gali See Nos. 5 and 6.
(69) kalo:gwe:di  'yellow locust'
(70) gvhdi 'from, with, using'
(71) nu:nv:nele'i 'they made'
n- prepronominal prefix 'partitive'; (with this verb the 'partitive' is obligatory).
u:n- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-v:ne- verb root 'make'
-l aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative'
(72) gaha:di 'wedge' Cf. aha:tahsga 'he is hammering it in; he is driving it in'
(73) no:le particle 'and'
(74) sgwalv:nihsdi 'maul'
cf. tsisgwalv:niha 'I hit it on the head with a long and rigid object.
-sgwalv:n- verb root 'to hit on head with long and rigid'
-i- epenthetic vowel
-hst derivative suffix 'causative'
-i modal suffix 'infinitive'

ᏴᎩ ᎤᏩᏑᎦᎵ- Paragraph 3

 11. (53)"ᏙᏌ ᎤᏂᏣᏔ" (55)ᎠᏗᏍᎨᎢ ᎦᎾ ᎬᏮᏂᎮᎢ. 12. ᎾᏃ ᎤᎾᏖᏍᏔᎾ (60)ᎤᏂᏂᏴᎮᎢ. 13. ᎤᏂᏂᏴᎭᏃ ᎤᎾᎸᎴᎢ. 14. Ꮓ ᎤᎾᏍᎪᏎᎢ (65)ᎦᏙᎯ ᎠᎦᎪᎲᏍᏙᏗ ᏴᎩ ᎤᏩᏑᎦᎵ. 15. ᎧᎶᏇᏗ (70)ᎬᏗ ᏄᏅᏁᎴᎢ ᎦᎭᏗ ᏃᎴ ᏍᏆᎸᏂᏍᏗ.
Phonetic Transcription - 3rd  paragraph
11 . "dosa u:ni:tsa:ta" (55) adihsge'i ga:na gv:wv:hnihe'i. 12. na:hno u:nate:stana (60) u:nini:yvhe'i. 13. u:ni:ni:yvhahno u:nahlv'le'i. 14. hno: u:nhsgohse'i (65) ga:dohi agago:hvhsdohdi yv:gi u:wa:su:gali. 15. kalo:gwe:di (70) gvhdi nu:nv:nele'i gaha:di no:le sgwalv:nihsdi.

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