Word Studies
- (75) ohna particle 'behind, rear'
- (76) u:hltala:ksv:'i 'which was open'
- u:- '3rd person singular'
(a)l(i)- reflexive. /a/ is replaced by pronoun /u:/. /i/ is removed by h-metathesis rule.
-htala:k- verb root 'penetrate, pierce, bore'
-hs aspect suffix 'perfective'
-v:'i modal suffix 'participle' - (77) tsu:niha:tane'i 'they drove it in'
- ts- prepronominal prefix 'empirical'
attached to vowel stems.
u:ni- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-ha:ta- verb root 'hammer in, drive in'
-n aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative' - (78) kalo:gwe:di 'yellow locust'
- (79) ayo:hlvnv:hi 'carving'
- a- '3rd person singular'
-yo:hlvnv:hi noun root 'carving' - (80) du:ligv:gi'se'i 'they (the sides of the armor) ripped'
- d- 'distributive object'
u:- '3rd person singular'
(a)li- reflexive /a/ replaced by pronominal /u:/.
-gv:gi- verb root 'rip'
-'s aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative' - (81) nv:yi 'rock'
- (82) u:nvwv:'i 'armor'
- u:- '3rd person singular'
-(a)nvw- verb root 'wear' /a/ replaced by pronoun /u:/
-v:'i 'participle' - (83) hno 'declarative'
- (84) u:kahyo:da 'dry'
- u:- '3rd person singular'
-kahyoda 'dry' - (85) a:da 'wood'
- (86) hawi:ni particle 'inside'
- (87) du:ni:lt'e'i 'they put them in'
- d- 'distributive object'
u:ni- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-ld- verb root 'put in container (long and rigid objects)'
-' aspect suffix
-e'i 'reportative' - (88) sgi:hno See No. 26.
- (89-90) yv:gi u:wasu:gali See Nos. 5 and 6.
- (91) u:nilv:'ne'i 'they put her in'
- u:ni- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-lv:'v- verb root 'put in container (animate or flexible objects)' (last vowel of root is replaced by the aspect suffix).
-n aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative' - (92) hno: 'declarative'
- (93) tsu:dv'ne'i 'she said'
- ts- 'empirical'
u:- '3rd person singular'
-(a)t- verb root 'say', initial /a/ is replaced by pronoun /u:/.
-v'n aspect suffix 'perfective'
b 'reportative' - (94) i:tsado:lehgwa'sge:sdi 'you (pl.) should be learning'
- i:ts- pronominal prefix, 2nd person plural
subject to 3rd person [singular] object
-ado:lehgw- verb root 'learn'
-a'sk aspect suffix 'imperfective'
-e:sdi modal suffix 'intentive'. - (95) dida:nvwo: 'doctoring'
- di- 'distributive object'
ada:- reflexive, initial /a/ is replaced.
-nvwo: noun root 'medicine' - (96) nvwohdi 'medicine'
- nvwo: 'medicine' with
causative[instrumental] suffix -ohdi
- (97) i:tsi:sdiyu 'your (pl.) place to look'
- i:tsi- '2nd person plural object to 3rd
person object' with epenthetic /i/ inserted before consonant
stem initial
-sdiyu noun root 'place to look' - (98) datsv:ye:'yo:hni 'I will teach you (pl.)'
- da- prepronominal prefix 'cislccative' (In
this case it is used to denote the future stem.)
(i)tsv- pronominal prefix, 1st person singular to 2nd person plural (initial /i/ is replaced by prepronominal prefix.)
-ye:(h)yo:h(v)- verb root 'teach'; /h/ is manifested as /'/ in the surface form because of the h- alternation rule. Stem final /v/ is replaced by the aspect suffix -n in the surface structure.
-n aspect suffix 'perfective'
-i- modal suffix 'immediate' - (99) u:nitsi:sdahlane'i 'they ignited it'
- u:ni- '3rd person plural to 3rd person'
-tsi:sdahla- verb root 'ignite'
-n aspect suffix 'perfective'
-e'i 'reportative'
ᏴᎩ ᎤᏩᏑᎦᎵ- Paragraph 4
16. (75)ᎣᎿ ᎤᎵᏔᎳᎧᏒᎢ ᏧᏂᎭᏔᏁᎢ ᎧᎶᏇᏗ ᎠᏲᎸᏅᎯ. 17.
(80)ᏚᎵᎬᎩᏎᎢ ᏅᏱ ᎤᏅᏮᎢ. 18. Ꮓ ᎤᎧᏲᏓ (85)ᎠᏓ ᎭᏫᏂ ᏚᏂᎳᏕᎢ. 19.
ᏍᎩᏃ ᏴᎩ (90)ᎤᏩᏑᎦᎵ ᎤᏂᎸᏁᎢ. 20. Ꮓ ᏧᏛᏁᎢ ᎢᏣᏙᎴᏆᏍᎨᏍᏗ (95)ᏗᏓᏅᏬ
ᏅᏬᏗ ᎢᏥᏍᏗᏳ ᏓᏨᏰᏲᏂ ᎤᏂᏥᏍᏓᎳᏁᎢ.
Phonetic Transcription - 4th paragraph
16. (75) ohna u:hltala:ksv:'i tsu:niha:tane'i kalogwedi ayo:hlvnv:hi. 17. (80) du:ligv:gi'se'i nv:yi u:nvwv:'i. 18. hno: u:kahyo:da (85) a:da hawi:ni du:ni:lt'e'i. 19. sgi:hno yv:gi (90) u:wa:su:gali u:nilv:'ne'i. 20. hno: tsu:dv'ne'i i:tsado:lehgwasge:sdi (95) dida:nvwo: nvwohdi i:tsi:sdiyu datsv:ye:'yo:hni u:nitsi:sdahlane'i.
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