Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer
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(29.1) Linguistic Notes
daadeebaa 'let's go to war'. 1st person dual perf. of
di-...[si- perf.]-bá 'to start to go to war' [act. intr.;
di- inceptive]. In the 2nd line of passage 2 will be found the 3rd person perf. of this
verb.
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(29.2) Linguistic Notes
1. łíͅbee'iłédaastł'óͅná'aí 'which had apparently been
used to hobble a horse'. łíͅ 'horse'; bee- 'by means of
it'; 'ił- reciprocal; é-
'against'; daa- distrib.; and the si- perf. of -tł'ó 'to
tie, bind'. Literally: 'that with which horses had been tied together, it is said'.
2. hiłdaahíbáí 'those with whom he was going to war'
hił- 'with them' plus 3rd person distrib. imp, of
ni-...[ni- perf.]-bá 'to go to war' [act. intr.].
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(29.3) Linguistic Notes
dookágo'iisndédałee 'one need
not share with anyone'. . 0á-'i-...[si- perf.]-ł-
ndé
'to share with someone'. doo-...-da negative; -łee. I
cannot account for the prefix go- in the text form.
