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HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



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Suffixes treated in this manner are, for instance — 



-ajp! each other (§ 35, no. 156) 



-d{la) each other (§ 35, no. 157) 



-ala becoming more and more 



-aaqa motion in a certain direction 



-x'sila to occupy one's self with something 



-ot fellow 



-Em genuine 



-alal always acting like 



-Jcina accidental result of an action 



-ns obtained unexpectedly 



-deqa only by the performance of an action 



-Tcaive^ among; probably meaning one among a number of 

 objects, with emphasis of the relation to other surrounding 

 objects. 

 (1) Stems with long vowel are reduplicated — 



se'xwa to paddle 



q.'wd'sa to cry 

 ts'.d'e^ younger sister 



no' mas old 

 q!e- much 

 L'.d'sa seaward 

 et- again 

 Lld'p- to roast 

 nd'qe^ mind 

 o^ma chieftain 



qa'sa to walk 



Lax^- to stand 



Here belongs also — 

 yixa' fast 



sa's^.rwa^.' to paddle, racing against 



each other. 

 q!wd-q!usdla to cry together 157.8 

 ts!d'ts!a^yasdla sisters together 



55.13 

 nd'nomasdla getting old 

 q!d'q!dla getting more 

 L.'dL.'asaaqa to carry seaward 

 ae'daaqa to return 

 Lid' L'.ojpsUa to take care of roasting 

 na'Tiagex'slZatomakeupmind 184.2 

 a'o^malal to dance the chief tainess 



dance 

 qd' qask'inala to find accidentally by 



walking 

 qaqd'sdeqa only by walking 

 Ld' LExawe^ one standins: between 



ya'yixap! to speed, racing against 

 each other 

 (2) Stems with short vowel transform it into d. 



mix'a' to strike 

 wuLci' to ask 

 ^TiEmd'h^ friend 

 ssTca' to spear 

 ^UEq- straight 

 ^mElc^- round 

 somewhere 



thins 



is 



md'x'ap! to strike each other 

 wd'Lap! to ask each other 162.6 

 ^nd'mdk'dla friends 147.20 

 sd'Jc'dla to spear each other 

 ^nd'qawe^ right among 

 ^md'hawe round thing among 



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