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5. -giia suffixed in the Masset dialect to declarative sentences in 



direct discourse. 



gAm tao t.'alA^n da^a^A'hgAfigua we have no food {gAm not; tao 

 food; t'.alA'h we; da^a stem to have; -^au negation; -gAn 

 continuative) 



dl qlo'lu ^AiiL I'djingua I have fresh water {dl me; qlo'lu probably 

 means near by; ^aul fresh water; viji to be; -h continuative) 



LU dl ^An qd'LlasHgAngua a canoe came out for me (Masset) (lu 

 canoe; dl me; ^ati for; qd stem to go; -zla toward [§ 22.10]; 

 -sH=s^a seaward [§ 22.8]; -^^n continuative) 



dl ^An l! ^d'yihglnigua they used to call me {dl me; ^au, for; 

 ^dyifi stem [?]; -gin usitative [§ 23.3]; -i perfect) 



nAfi I'Lladas ^a'-iyu tAfid'gAhgua the chief's blood is salt 22.14 

 (jiAfi with following -s definite article; ^a-% blood; tAh sea- 

 water) 



6. -t is a final vowel used very frequently after the past and usita- 



tive suffixes. In most cases it ma}' be employed or omitted 

 indifferently; but the cases in which there is a choice seem to 

 show that it closes the sentence, and so probably indicates the 

 completion of the idea. 



V gldatdia'i lu lA'gi I a isdagd'wagAni when she brought food, 



they gave them to her {glda to bring food to give to people; 



tc'.i into [§ 22.1]; -ai the; lu when; g% to; Ia they [with suffix 



-gaw= -go\; -gAn past inexperienced) 

 Tdiaflhao Lua'i A'nga Ia Lgolga'yagAni all that time he worked 



upon his canoe (k.'id'lhao all that time [=1i!idl + the general 



demonstrative ?iao]; xu canoe; ai the; A'nga his own; i- with 



hands [§ 14.26]; golga to make; -ya perfect [§ 23.7]) 

 gaga'nliao Ia wd'gAnglni that is the reason why I do it (gaga'nhao 



that is the reason [ =gaga'n + hao]; Ia 1; wd stem to do; -gAfi 



continuative; -gin usitative [§ 23.3]) 

 gAm ^a I qa'^Anginigua I did not go thither (Masset) (gAm not; 



^a to; 11; qa stem to go; ^ati negation; -gin usitative; -gua 



declarative) 



Possibly the i after -s is the same in meaning; but I doubt 

 whether it had the same origin. 



Inaga'i gu l! qlo'dAlsi they were in a starving condition at the 



town (Inaga'i the town; gu at; q!d- mouth [§ 14.23]) 

 Ia qA'ngasi he dreamed {qAn stem to dream; -ga auxiliary) 

 Id' ga hd'iluasi his (food) was gone (Id his; -^a possessive; Tm'ilu 

 gone or destroyed; -asi participle) 



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