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(32.1) Linguistic Notes

tł'éé'go beiłkaaná'a 'they stopped for the night'. Literally: 'being night, day was coming with them, it is said'. tł'éé'go beiłkaa > bee- 'with them' and hiłkaa 'day is dawning' [see linguistic note to Chiricahua text 7.1].

(32.2) Linguistic Notes

1. binde'shíͅ 'on the other side of it'. nde' 'back of, behind'.

2. Gomáńchíí > Comanche.

3. bich'iͅiͅdaahídóͅóͅsná'a 'they were crawling toward them'. bich'iͅiͅ 'toward them' plus 3rd person distrib. imp. of ni- ...[ni- perf.]-dóͅóͅs 'to crawl up to' [act. intr.; ni- completive].

(32.4) Linguistic Notes

'oodloná'a 'he laughed'. 3rd person perf. of 'i-|...[hi- perf.]-d-dlóͅ 'to laugh' [act. intr.]. Cf. ...[hi- perf.]-d-dlóͅ 'to laugh'. 'i-| ?.