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time strengthened ; /. and k stops are aspirated. This sutiix 

 is evidently compounded with the terminal completive -d 

 (no. 2). It can not be used with all other^ suffixes, many of 

 which have a different way of forming inchoatives (see 

 no. 197). It can also not be used with all stem-verbs. 

 It was stated before (no. 2) that verbs with primary suffixes 

 ending in -a generally form an inchoative in -nd. Never- 

 theless cases occur in which the full suffix -x'Hd is used. We 

 have — 



la^stax'HUl to begin to go into water 36.25 

 gwe'xtux^wld to begin to have a direction on top ( = to steer) 

 o'dzEhax'^ld to begin to turn the Avrong way 

 Ti'liptsld'lax-Hd to begin to hold (in tongs) insido 192.38 

 Ic'la^std'lax'Hd to begin to place into water 95.8 



Examples of the use of the 

 following : 



g'il- to walk on four feet 



Ieu- to forget 



Jduml- to burn 



wun- to drill 



^wun- to hide 



xeIc'!- to stay 



L.'Ep- to climb (a pole) 



Hap- to dig 



xo's^U to sprinkle body (see 



79) 

 qas- to walk 

 ^.'£.5- to flatten 

 nel- to tell 

 p'ild'L- to steal 

 Ic'.'i'mL- to adze 

 Ic'eL- to fish with net 

 dze'lc'- to dig clams 

 dole''- to troll 

 doq^- to see 

 ndq- to drink 

 awu'lq- to want more 

 yd'^wix'- to act 

 Lix'- to turn bow of canoe 

 qamx"^- to put on down 

 max^- potlatch 

 dETix- to sins: 



inchoative with simple stems are the 



g'i'lx'Hd 



lE'nx'Hd 



Tc'.u'mlx'Hd 



wu'nx'Hd 



hou'nx-Hd 



XEJc'.'EX'H'd 

 LlEpH'd 



Hd'pnd 

 xo's^lt.'ld 



qd's^ld 



plEsH'd 



ne'lHd 



g'ilo'lHd 



l-!i'mlHd 



l-e'lHd 



dze'x'Hd 



do'x^wld 



do'x^wld 



nd'xHd 



awu'lxHd 



ya'^wix'Hd 



Lix'H'd 



qa'mx^imd 



^ma'xfwld 



ds'nx^ld 



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