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193c. 'OlEm, nominal suffix. 



ts.'EX'qIa' to feel sick tslEX'qld'lEm sickness 284.18 



meg'- to calk Me'rng'olEm canoe-calking 



285.23 

 IeH- dead Ie^Io'Ietti death 244.22 



eI- fast, tight eIo'Iej/i ballast 311.25 



194. -omaSf -e^nas. This suffix is used to designate classes of 

 animals, but occurs also in a few other words. 



g'il- to walk on four feet 



plEL- to fly 



ma- to swim 



{ts le'sayasde clam-meat) 



lok'^- strong 



g'i'lg'aomas quadrupeds 

 p.'e'p.'aLoinas birds 

 Tnd'madmas fish 

 ts !e'ts !ek Iwemas shell-fish. 

 lo'Tc Iwemas strong 

 wa' L !emas weak 

 d'ldmas new 

 he'madmas food 



eI- new 

 ha^m- to eat 

 194a. 'EUf a nominal suffix [stem-s., w]. 



i.'eaj- sea lion L.'e'x^EnSl.lQ 



dzax^- silver salmon dzaHvu'n 



hanx^- humpback salmon ha^no'n 



1946. -ina nominal suffix [stem-s., w]. 



^wax"- raven gwa'^wiTia 4Q. 13 



§ 37. ADVERBIAL SUFFIX 



195. 'plEn TIMES [woRD-s.]. I place this suffix with some reluc- 



tance in a group by itself, since it seems to form almost the 

 only adverb that exists in the language. Perhaps it would 

 be better to consider it a classifier of numerals (§ 24). 



mdp.'En four times 12.5 

 ^nE'mp.'Enx'std^ one time (span) across 72.39 

 mo'plEne^sta four times around 13.9 

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



§ 38. SUBSIDIARY SUFFIXES (NOS. 196-197) 



196. 'Em-. The plural of all suffixes denoting space limitations 



seems to be formed by the subsidiary suffix -Em, which precedes 

 the primary suffix. 



-xsd through 

 -x's across 



Ic'.wa'xsd hole 

 le'tuI- to split 



-e^sta around Q^'lg- to swim 



§§ 37, 38. 



Tdwd'xumxsd holes 100.29 

 LEmlETnx's^End to split 



cedar-trees 158.30 

 gE^lqame^stdla to swim 



about [ plural] 153.22. 



