Linguistic Notes


32. The Apache and the Comanche

(32.1)

     t['44'go bei[kaan1'a 'they stopped for the night'. Literally: 'being night, day was coming with them, it is said'. t['44'go bei[kaa > bee- 'with them' and hi[kaa 'day is dawning' [see linguistic note to Chiricahua text 7.1].

(32.2)

     1. binde'sh9 'on the other side of it'. nde' 'back of, behind'.

     2. Gom1]ch77 > Comanche.

     3. bich'88daah7d==sn1'a 'they were crawling toward them'. bich'88 'toward them' plus 3rd person distrib. imp. of ni- ...[ni- perf.]-d==s 'to crawl up to' [act. intr.; ni- completive].

(32.4)

      'oodlon1'a 'he laughed'. 3rd person perf. of 'i-|...[hi- perf.]-d-dl= 'to laugh' [act. intr.]. Cf. ...[hi- perf.]-d-dl= 'to laugh'. 'i-| ?.