CHEROKEE.

utli nikatung eska ayung, (more he is tall less I)
utli ulinigitiyu eska nanii unituhi, (more he is
strong less every one of the villagers)
aquatali-i utli uwawtu eska nihi tsatali-i, (my
wife more handsome less thou thy wife)
tsatali-i utli awinung eska ayung aquatali-i,
(thy wife more young less I my wife)
unginili utali-i wanetawha, (my brother and his
wife are together)

aquatseli kaluyasti tsinelung aha, (my axe in
my house lies)

hatlung (where) wetawha?

ahni getawha, (I am, I stand)
tsiskaya

aquatanungtiyu (I am a good) tsiskaya
higeyung

ela unelanunghi, (exists a God)

71 I am that I am, (Ex. iii. 14) naquastung (quo) naquasti, (what I am that I

77 I see him

78 I see a man

79 I see a stone

80 I see near me

81 I see far off

82 He came on foot

83 He came on horseback

84 He came by land
85 He came by water
86 He came in a canoe
87 He came before me

88 He came after me

89 He came with me

90 He came without me

91 He came from afar
92 He came from the village
93 He came across the river

94 He came yesterday
95 We came both together
96 I struck him

97 I struck him with my foot
98 I struck him with my hand

99 I struck him with a stone

tsigawwatiha

awinung tsigawwatiha, (I see)
nungya tsigawwatiha, (I see)
tsigawwati (I see) naungi
witsigawwatiha, (I see)

elati ulutsunggi, (low he came)

ugilungti ulutsunggi, (mounted he came)

tawyi ulutsunggi, (he came)

amayi ulutsunggi, (he came)
tsiyuhi ulutsunggi, (he came)

ikungyi ulutsung aw'ni ayung, (before he came,
I after)

aw'ni ulutsung ikungyi ayung, (after he came, before I)

awstehung ulutsungyi, (he and I going together he came)

nawstehungna ulutsunggi, (he and I not going together he came)

inunghi tayulawsunggi, (he came from)
tigatuhung tayulawsunggi, (he came from)
equoni skawna tayulawsunggi, (the river across
he came from)

usunghi ulutsunggi, (he came)
itsulaha awginilutsunggi, (we came)
tsiyungnilunggi

tsiyaungtesunggi, (I kicked him)

aquoyeni tsiyungnistanunggi, (I struck him with)

nungya tsiyungnistanunggi, (I struck him with)

100 I struck him with a hatchet kaluyasti tsiyungnistanunggi, (I struck him

101 I gave it to him

102 I did not give it to thee

with)

tsinelunggi, (a solid object)
tla yigungnelei

CHEROKEE.

aginelunggi

naski tsitsinelunggi, (that which I gave him) naski tsaginelunggi, (that which he gave me) tsaneleskaw, (skaw sign of interrogation) him?hinelungskaw

103 He gave it to me
104 What I gave him
105 What he gave me
106 Did he give it to thee?
107 Hast thou given it to
108 Wilt thou give it to me?
109 May I give it to him?
110 I wish to go with thee and
catch his horse

111 Give me some venison to put in his kettle

112 We conquered our country by our bravery, we will defend it with our strength

taskineliskaw

tatsineliskaw

aquatuli ginenungstiyi utseli sawquili tsiniyungstiyi, (I wish thee and me to go his horse for us to catch)

ahwi uhwiya skungsi utseli tsayi kalawti, (deer its meat give me his kettle to put into) awgalitsungyastung awgungtanung awgatawhawnunghung awgatselikawhi, (our manliness using (past tense) we took possession of our country); lawgalinigunggungnaw tayawtsungtani tawyawtsistelunghi, (our strength using (future tense) we will defend it.)

SUPPLEMENTARY CHEROKEE TRANSITIONS.

Galungiha, I tie.

(See Table C., p. 276, for a Tabular View of the Present Indicative of this verb.)