Find

New expressions:

I found him.

tatunax.

You found him.

tAxunax.

He found him.

tIhunax.

Did you find him?

ka NAxunax?

What did you find?

tiče NAxunax?

Did you find the keys?

saakarikuhkUx ka NAxunax?

• Yes, I found the keys.

hee’, tatunax saakarikuhkUx.

Grandchild, what did you find?

atⁱnatš, tiče NAxunax?

• Grandfather, I found a toy.

atipa’, tatunax takoowas.

♦ Often when talking about finding an item, the word for the item is incorporated, or inserted, into the word for find. The final –u’ or –tš of the item is deleted in incorporation. ♦

trail

hatuunu’

liquid

čiraanu’

village

ituunu’

lodge

akaanu’

Pattern:

He found the _____.

ti‐____‐hunax.
Footprints