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7. ct- expresses desire or wish, and may be used equally well as a 

 stem. 



dusi' qoJcIi't! aJc^citA'n his daughter liked to pick berries (du- his; 

 qoki't! berries; a- indefinite pronoun; 'k'^- [§15.61; tAU stem) 



SnmxeH (§§ 19, 20) 



§ 19. SUFFIXES OF TEMPORAL CHARACTER 



These suffixes, which are not to he confounded with true temporal 

 suffixes, are -tc, -nutc, -n, -x, and perhaps -q! and s!. 



1. -tc indicates invariability in the action, and may best be trans- 



lated by ALWAYS. It is perhaps identical with the intensive 



suffix (§ 7). 



duwd'qde yagacl'tc her eyes to he always pointed 



ts!u yen uqo'xtc again there he always went by canoe 



gAgd'n Kane'sdtca caM'nAX he xixtc the sun always rises over the 



brow of Cross Mountain {gAgd'n sun; cakl'nAX over the head 



of; Ice up) 

 gAndawe' utd'itc dudA'qlauAX towards the fire he always sleeps 



with his back {gAii what burns; td to sleep; du- his) 



2. -nutc marks wdiat is habitual or customary. 



hu qo'a ts'.AS xuk ALi'qIanutc she, however, only dry wood would 

 get {tslAS only; xuk dry wood; Liq! to fetch) 



duqe'tcnutc they would throw off their coats 



Acu'tcnutc duye'tJc!^ she was in the habit of bathing her child 

 {a= a indefinite pronoun; cute stem; du- possessive; yet child; 

 -fc" diminutive) 



ux uduleu'qnutc they would laugh at him ('u- du- I- verbal prefixes 

 [§ 17.2, 3; § 18.4]; cuq to laugh) 



IdakA't A'dawe atlo'qtHnutc all kinds of things he would shoot 

 {IdalcAt all; Ad thing; a-we indefinite pronoun and demon- 

 strative; a- indefinite pronoun; tloqt! stem) 



d'tUqlanutc he would pound 



3. -n (after consonants -In or -oit). This suffix marks a sta- 



tionary condition of the action, and is usually employed in 

 conjunction with another verb, when it indicates the state of 

 things when the action contained in the principal verb took 

 place. The action it accompanies may be conceived of as past, 

 present, or future, and from its character it approaches at 

 different times in meaning a perfect, continuative, and usi- 

 tative. This suffix is perhaps related to the prefix na- treated 

 in § 17.5. 

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