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§ 18, Steins in Tennlnal Position^ First Crroup 



Most of these verbal stems take a terminal position : 



1. U TO SIT or CONTINUE TO BE. 



2. (la TO CAUSE. 



3. Clal TO MOVE ALONG WHILE SOMETHING JILSE IS TAKING PLACE. 



4. Stfi TO WISH. 



5. ga TO BE. 



6. xit (Masset -id) to begin 



7. xAl or xAf (Masset Al or Al) to tell. 



8. ^a (Masset ^a) to go. 



9. ^(lya (Masset ^aya) to know how to do a thing. 



10. getl or geal (Masset ^el ov^vl) to become. 



11. ;;r'rm TO think or guess. 



Examples of the use of auxiliaries with nouns : 



gAUL xe'lauas there la}^ a water-hole {gAUL fresh water; xela a 

 water-hole; u to lie or sit [no. 1]; -as participle) 



l! Igd'uas they put stones into the fire {Igd stones; u auxiliary 

 [no. 1]; -as participle) 



la gd'ldas he stayed all night (1a he; gal night; da [no. 2]) 



Ia la su'udas he said to him 27.2 {su to say, intransitive) 



V tcd'aLdas\\& had a war-spear (Z' he; tcd'aL war-spear; -da aux- 

 iliary [no. 2]; -s participle) 



dAn gu I madd' dasga I will put mountain-goats upon you {dAn 

 you; gu there; I I; mad=mAt mountain-goats; d [?]; -da 

 auxiliary [no. 2]; -sga future) 



nAfi V.e'dji Igd'gas the one who was half rock 8.9 {nAn one; 

 tll'dji half; Igd stone) 



V nd'tga gaxd'gas his nephew was a child ^ {nd't nephew; -ga pos- 

 sessive [§ 28]; gaxd child; -ga to be [no. 5]; -s participle) 



Id'ga XAlagd'gAn his (implement) was copper {-ga possessive; 



xaIa copper; -gd to be [no. 5]; -agAU past inexperienced) 

 Ia gi yd'nAngeilgoas it became foggy upon them (Ia them [with 



suffix -go]; gi at or upon; yd'nAh clouds or fog; -geil to become 



[no. 10]; -as participle) 



Examples of the use of auxiliaries with other verb-stems : 



V q!d'o-u qa'odi after he had sat there for a while (q!d[o] to sit; u 



auxiliary [no. 1]; qa'odi after a while) 

 Ia qoyd'das he caused it to be dear ( = he valued it) (qoyd dear; 

 -da auxiliary [no, 2]; -s participle) 



• Gaxa appears to have been originally a verb meaning to be weak (see § 19.1), but here it is made a 

 veib over again just a^' If it were a noun. 



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