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 APP. NO. I.] GRAMMATICAL NOTICES. CHEROKEE. 245 Hi-a-tsi-ga-lung-i-ha, this which I am tying. A-yung-hi-a-tsi-ga-lung-i-ha, / who am tying this. A-i, he is going, i. e. moving, in whatever direction. Wa-i, he is going away (from the speaker.) Ta-ya-i, he is moving towards us, he is coming. Na-i, he is moving over against, he is passing by or moving as if passing by. Ga-lung-i-ba, (as above) I am tying it. Tsi-ya-lung-le-ha, I am tying it for him. Ga-lung-sti-ha, 1 am tying ivith it. A-sti-ga-lung-sti-ha, I am tying it with a string. Gaw-whe-li-a, 1 am writing. Tsi-yaw-whe-la-ne-ha, 1 am writing to or for him. Ga-'lung-i-hung-gi, he was tying it, (implying that the speaker was an eyewitness.) Ga-'lung-i-he-i, he was tying it, (implying that the speaker was not an eyewitness.) Ga-lung-i-he-i, I was tying it, (implying that I was uncon- scious, as in sleep.) Ka-law-ska, he is passing here. Wi-ka-law-ska, he is passing a place at some distance. Ti-ka-law-ska, he is passing this way by, or coming from a distant place. 6. In what manner are words compounded ? And are there a great many compound words ? Ans. There are few if any which can strictly be called com- pounds. Words are frequently placed mjuxta-position, as ka-ta- gu-gu, ' earth-bottle/ i. e. < earthen jug' ; in which case it might be doubted whether to consider the whole as a compound word, or the former as a substantive used adjectively. Proper names, however, are often formed as compound words by uniting in one syllable, the last syllable of one word and the first of another, as, Yaw-nung-waw-yi, ' Bear's-paw, ' (the name of a man,) com- pounded of yaw-nung, ' a bear,' and u-waw-yi, ' his paw ' ; A-mu-ska-se-ti, l Dreadful-water,' (a man's name,) of a-ma, ' water,' and u-ska-se-ti, ' dreadful.' Since writing the last paragraph I recollect instances of com- mon nouns compounded in the same manner as proper names above : a-me-quo-hi, ' the sea,' of a-ma, ' water,' and e-quo-hi, ' great' ; a-ma-ye-'li, ' island,' of a-ma and a-ye-li, l the midst' ; qua-nu-na-sti, ' plums,' of qua-nung, ' peach,' and u-na-sti, ' lit- tle.'