Linguistic Notes


36. A Girl is Lost

(36.1)

     1. ha'00t['is 'she was lost'. This is evidently a 3rd person hi- perf. pass. with prefix complex ha-'i- and stem -t['is. No further analysis is possible, however.

     2. t'0on1daashn[t9da 'they did not find her'. t'0o- ...da variant form of the negative affix plus the 3a distrib. perf. of n1-di- |...[ni- perf.]-[-tee 'to pick up an animate being' [act. tr.].

(36.3)

     ndii'i[k'1odla' 'the ground was cracked open'. ndii 'ground'; 'i[k'1odla' 'it has been cracked' [no analysis].

(36.4)

     k1hik44'gotaa[ 'he made a ceremony for her'. Literally: 'he sang after it for her'. k1- 'for her'; hik44'- bound form of hik4- 'after it, behind it, following it'; gotaa[, 3rd person imp. of go- ...[hi- perf.]-taa[ 'to sing a ceremony' [act. intr.].