"There is no tobacco here [that] I can give you."
(1.5)[5]
"Dooha'yá nát'oh si'iͅiͅ
dihnoosh'iͅiͅhát'éda."
"There is no tobacco here [that] I can give you."
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(1.5) Linguistic Notes
Dooha'yá nát'oh si'iͅiͅ dihnoosh'iͅiͅhát'éda 'there is no
tobacco here [that] I can give you'. doo...-da negative; ha'yá 'any, some'; nát'oh 'tobacco'; si'iͅiͅ 'an unknown object lies'; dihnoosh'iͅiͅ, a combination of dih- 'tobacco offering', naa- 'to you', the
1st person opt. prefix, and the opt. stem of the theme -'iͅiͅ 'to handle an unknown object' [act. tr.]. Note that hát'é is oftener used than 'át'é
[the characteristic Chir. usage] in constructions of this sort [see note 1.4, §1].
