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154 :Kush-un-nai, “the stream” or “glen over yonder ;” here again something must be understood to intervene.
 * Mak-un-kotan, “the village back behind.”
 * So-un-nai, “the glen of rocks,” or “the stream with a fall.”

Uturu, Uturugeta, Uturuta ; “between,” “among.”
 * Ikushpe uturugeta, “between the posts.”
 * Nupuri uturuta, “among the mountains.”

Wa ; “and.” The present particle of an “to be;” used also as a copulative:—
 * Koro wa ek, “bring it,” (lit: possessing come).
 * Arapa wa uk, “go and fetch it,” (lit: going take it).

Wano, we ; from. The word we is now only heard in the following sentence Nak we ek? “Where have you come from?” But wano is very often used ; thus:—
 * Sara wano ku ek. “I came from Sara.”
 * Nupuri wano sap ash, “we came down from the mountains.”

Ya ; “whether,” “or.”
 * Ek ya shomo ya? “Will he come or not.”
 * Ki ya shomo ya, ku erampeutek. “I do not know whether he has done it or not.”

Yak, yak anak, yak anakne, yakka, yakun ; “if,” “though,” “in case,” “by.”
 * Arapa yak pirika, “he may go,” (lit: it is good if he goes).
 * Arapa yak anak ne, “if upon his going,” or, “if when he goes.”
 * Ki yakka, “though he does it.”
 * Uwepekennu yakun, “in the case of his making inquiry.”