I'.OAS] HANDBOOK OP AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 485 



85a. -^^11 FINGER- WIDTH [WORD-S., IND.]. 



^nE'mdEnxsd one finger-width thick V 491.6 (see no. 3) 

 yaeyv'duxMEmHdla everywhere about three finger-widths (see 

 no. 5) 



85&. -x/iva^s day. 



Jie'lop.'Enxwa^s the right number of days 355.26 



This class of suffixes does not fit in the present place particularly 

 well, since nos. 82-84 are used almost exclusively with numerals, 

 indicating the class of objects. My reason for placing these suffiiies 

 at the present place is that suffixes denoting space limitations may be 

 used in the same way as this class. We have, for instance, with 

 -ts.'o (no. 27), ^nE'mtslo one inside; and with -dla stationary on 

 WATER (no. 41), aLEhd'la seven in a canoe afloat. Since, further- 

 more, -ok'^ HUMAN BEINGS is used with a number of intransitive 

 verbs, and since -sgEm is in its application quite analogous to all the 

 other local suffixes, it seemed best to keep the whole series together. 

 On the other hand, it must be borne in mind that there is a distinct 

 contrast between -dzo on a flat thing (no. 35) and -xsa a flat 

 thing; the former indicating the place of an action, while the latter 

 is used only as a classifier of nouns. Furthermore, the few suffixes 

 given here are in a wider sense classifiers than the local suffixes. This 

 is indicated by combinations like ^riE'mxsats'.d one flat thing 

 inside {-xsa a flat thing, -ts!d inside); and ^iiE'msg Ernesto one 

 DROP, literally "one round thing in round thing" (sgEm round, -^sto 

 round opening [no. 59]). 



Temporal Suffixes (Nos. 86-97) (§§ 25-26) 



§ 23. Purely Tempoial Suifioccs {J^fos. SOS!)) 



86. -ffl REMOTE PAST [sTEM-s., IND., and WORD-S.]. Tliis suffix has 



the form -ul after words ending in a, m, n, I, x^; after i), t, s, 



Ic^, X, it assumes the form -wul. At the same time terminal Ic^ 



is aspirated as before a consonant. After e^ it has the form -yul. 



^nEqd' jp! ETik'imdl the dead ^nEqa'plEnk'im 283.9 

 Yd'xLEnul the dead Ya'xLEn 285.11 

 lol he went long ago (from la to go) 

 ^md'xol the dead ^ma'xwa 470.36 



ge- long time iJEyo'l long ago 12.4 



om'p father d'mpwul dead father 113.16 



Ieus- one day remote lE'ns^ul yesterday 31.6 



as thy father d'swul thy dead father 142.16 



§§ 24,25 



