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Although the use of these suffixes follows the rules laid clown here 

 with a fair degree of regularity, there are quite a number of excep- 

 tional compositions. A few examples will suffice here: 



stem gsg'- gEns'in wife 



stem gwog'- givoyi'm whale , 



stem g'inl- g'ind'nEm child 



stem xunk^- xund'h^ child 



stem x'is- x'd'x'a^ya trying to disappear 



(s weakened to y, instead 



of being strengthened to 



ts!) 

 stem plES- to flatten p!dp!a^ya trying to flatten 



(same as last) 



§ 19. CLASSES OF SUFFIXES 



I have tried to classify the primary suffixes according to the ideas 

 expressed. Classes of this kind are of course somewhat arbitrary, 

 and their demarcations are uncertain. The general classification of 

 suffixes which I have adopted is as follows : 



I. Terminal completive suffixes (§ 20, nos. 1-2). 

 II. Primary suflftxes (§§ 21-37, nos. 3-195). 



(1) Suffixes denoting space limitations (§§ 21-24, nos. 3-85). 



(a) General space limitations (§ 21, nos. 3-37). 

 (6) Special space limitations (§ 22, nos. 38-52). 



(c) Parts of body as space limitations (§ 23, nos. 53-81). 



(d) Limitations of form (§ 24, nos. 82-85). 



(2) Temporal sufiixes (§§ 25-26, nos. 86-97). 



(a) Purely temporal suffixes (§ 25, nos. 86-89). 



(b) Suffixes with prevailing temporal character (§ 26, 



nos. 90-97). 



(3) Suffixes denoting subjective judgments or attitudes relat- 



ing to the idea expressed (§§ 27-32, nos. 98-135). 

 (rt) Suffixes denoting connection with previously ex- 

 pressed ideas (§ 27, nos. 98-104). 



(b) Suffixes denoting degrees of certainty (§ 28, nos. 



105-107). 



(c) Suffixes denoting judgments regarding size, intensity, 



and quality (§ 29, nos. 108-126). 



(d) Suffixes denoting emotional states (§ 30, nos. 127- 



129). 



(e) Suffixes denoting modality (§ 31, nos. 130-131). 



(/) Suffixes denoting the source of information whence 

 knowledge of the idea expressed is obtained (§ 32, 

 nos. 132-135). 



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