Linguistic Notes

31. Stories of the Foolish People

(31.1)

     bigondide 'their story'. bigondide 'story, news'.

(31.2)

     1. b7t1y1 'to his forehead'. -t1 'forehead' requires a high tone on its prefixes.

     2. hanshchai 'grasshoppers'. Cf. the theme -ch1 'to hop' [act. intr.].

     3. dahneesj9n1'a 'he flew onto'. Literally 'he alighted, it is said'. See linguistic notes to Chiricahua texts 4.19, 3.

(31.5)

     'ik1'siik1go 'when we have intercourse'. Should probably read: 'ik1'siik4go; 'ik1'- bound form of -k1 'on top' with indef. pronoun; siik4 'we sit' [1st person dual 'si- perf. neut. intr.]. See linguistic notes to Chiricahua text 25.2, 2.

(31.7)

     '1ndeey4gos88n1'a 'they learned it for the first time'. '1ndee 'it is new, recent' [see linguistic notes to Chiricahua text 1.18, 3] plus y4gos88 'they learned about it' [see note 19.8, 4].