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§ 26. Verbal Stems 



One or two nominal stems, such as sa name, tcun dream, and xil! 

 HERRING-RAKE, are also found as the stems of verbs, but usually the 

 two sets of stems are quite distinct. The following is a partial list 

 of verb-stems : ' . 



u to use 



Jia to dig 



s!u to cut off 



na to do 



m to put 



xe to stay, remain 



gu to go (one person) 



at to go (pi.) 



dja to tell, explain 



ti to be 



]cu to know 



tA to sleep 



qa to say 



su to help (a supernatural 



being acting) 

 ca to marry 

 xa to eat 

 ya to carry, bear 

 ]c!e to be good 

 dji to have 

 qe to sit 

 nex to save 

 ntJc to tell 

 yex to make 

 xox to invite 

 tATi to put 

 nuJc^^ to become 

 dJAq to kill 

 tin to see 

 gAs! to strike 

 gen to look at, examine 

 xix to get 

 gAn to burn 



git to do 



na to die 



lea to be lazy 



t!a to slap 



t!a to be hot 



cl to hunt for 



MJc to be full of 



djel to set, place 



tsln to be strong 



^iq! to throw 



qox to go by canoe 



L.'ex to dance 



ca^ to take, seize 



xac to drift 



xot! to sharpen 



aa; to hear 



hen to stand 



jjgg'.' to sleep or to go to sleep 



s.'it to cover 



tit to drift 



gdx to cry 



Jcldn to hate 



is.'^g to smoke 



uk to boil 



t.'uk to shoot 



if.'^g'.' to pound 



wus! to ask 



xm to fly into 



k.'Ak! to cut 



q.'aJi^ to forget 



g/aZ: to swim 



aIc to weave 



tsis to swim 



It is possible that the final consonant of one or another of these 

 stems is really a suffix, and such may have been the origin of some 

 terminal consonants which are now inseparable. 



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