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XAfia'n I Lisku'nagul clean your eyes (Masset) 649.23 (x^flface, 

 eye; I imperative; l- by touching [§ 14.26]) 



(b) Separable possession is expressed by the pronoun A'hga (Mas- 

 set A'h^a). 



Lua'-i dji'na A'hga Ia sqotskidd' hah he struck the edges of his 

 canoe with his hantls 288.4 



qjAl d a' fiat A'hga la qaxud'lah wansv/ga he went out with his 

 skin 289.7 



^A'nLe ^ai gi'we Ah^a' V isdai'yan he put his fish trap into the 

 creek (Masset) 518.15 {^a'tilc creek; ^ai in; gl'u fish trap) 



gl'we A'h^a V qed'han he looked at his fish trap (Masset) 518.20 



§ 29. Plurality and Distribution 

 I*liiral Suffixes tvith J^ouns 



1. -lAfi is used principally with terms of relationship. It is also 



contained in the pronouns tIalA'h we, dalA'h ye. 



ga'^aZ^n uncles B 27.13 {gd'\()a] uncle) 

 nd'tgalAh nephews B 63.24 {nd't{ga\ nephew) 

 sqd'ngalAh aunts {sqd'n[ga] aunt) 

 yd'galAh parents B 45.31 

 a'ogalAT) parents B 59.1 

 JcIwai'galAh elder brothers B 37.10 



2. '(Jjit occurs with some words indicating human beings. 



I'liha a male human being 



lla'ndjidai male human beings 

 XA'ldah slave 



xAldd'ndjidai slaves 

 git a servant or low caste person 



gl'djidai low caste persons 



The Distributive Suffix 



3. -xu is used after numerals, connectives, and nouns. 



sti'hxa two apiece {stin two) 

 Le'ilxa five apiece {he'il five) 

 gado'xa round about {gado' around) 

 dji'nxa in the neighborhood of (djiri near) 



tcagA'nxa around under the ocean-water (tcagA'n the ocean- 

 water) 

 Ik.H'nxa about in the woods {Ik.'ie'n woods) 

 V stlexgia'lagAU he became angry B 95.3 

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