Linguistic Notes

28. The Foolish People Acquire Coffee

(28.1)

     1. d1dat['izhgo 'still green'. d1- 'just' plus: 3rd person of da-ni-...-t['izh 'to be green, to be blue' [imp. newt. intr.].

     2. '7saa y00ndiln1'a 'they put it in a pot'. '7saa 'pot'. y00ndil should probably be bee 'iy00ndil, 3rd person perf. with 3rd person obj. of 'i- |...[hi- perf.]- nd77[ 'to put several objects away' [act. tr.].

     3. hib44zhgo 'it, boiling'. 3rd person imo. of ...[si- perf.]-b44zh 'to boil' [act. intr.]. In the line below is the 3rd person perf. of this verb and in passages 2 and 4 of this text may be found the causative: ...[si- perf.]-[-b44zh 'to boil' [act. tr.].

(28.4)

     1. hita'iisndin1'a 'he pounded it'. 3rd person perf. of ta-'i- ...[si- perf.]-[-ndii 'to pound, to crush, to pulverize'. The pronoun before t'a- occurs only in the 3rd person. Cf. hi- |...[si- perf.]- [-ndii 'to hit, strike' [act. tr.].

     2. 'i[ch'3yiis'3n1'a 'he took it off the fire'. I do not understand this form. It seems to me to be 'i[ch'3 'from each other' plus yiis'3 'he has caused a round object to move'.

     3. k1yaadayaand77[n1'a 'he poured it for them'. I cannot analyze the prefix complex. The stem looks like the imp. stem of -nd77[ 'to handle several objects' [act. tr.].