boas] handbook of AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 587 



ts'-La-ps its feet 137.16 

 e'-nta-m our two selves' (excl.) father 29.16 

 tE^-nta-q.'pas our two selves' (excl.) targets 30.12 

 e'-txa-m our two selves' (incl.) father 29.11 

 tE'-txa-ps our two selves' (incl.) feet 

 ts'-mta-ps your two selves' feet 

 e'-cta-tc!a their two selves' sickness 193.18 

 LE'-cta-qcd their two selves' hair 77.3 

 tE'-cta-qL their two selves' house 193.4 

 tE'-ntca-qL our (excl.) house 129.26 

 tE^-lxa-qL our (incl.) house 225.25 



§ 24. Eleiiieuts Expressiuif the Possess hw delation 

 Hetweeu Subject and Ohjeet 



When there is a possessive relation between the subject and one of 

 the objects, the element -x- is inserted. 



(1) After the first object of the transitive verb, it indicates that 

 the object belongs to the subject. 



a-g-Or-x-o'-pc-am she hid her own 216.5 (a- transitional; g- she; 

 a- her; -x- indicates that the object is possessed by the sub- 

 ject; -0- directive; -pc stem to hide; -am completion)- 



(2) After the second object of the transitive, it indicates that the 

 first object belongs to the second. 



a-m-L-af-x-cg-am you take it (hers) from her 185.16 {a- tran- 

 sitional ; m- thou ; l- \i; a- her ; -x- indicates that it belongs 

 to HER ; -eg stem to take ; -am completion) 



(3) After the intransitive subject, it has the force of a reflexive 

 transitive verb; i. e., it indicates sameness of subject and object. 



n-e'-x-a-x he does himself; i. e., he becomes {n- transitional 

 before vocalic pronoun [§ 17.1]; e- he; -x- reflexive; -a- direct- 

 ive ; -X stem to do) 



a-m-x-d'-n-El-gu' L-UcJc you expressed yourself to me; i. e., you 

 told me 97.10 (a- transitional; m- thou; -x- reflexive ; connect- 

 ive E with secondary accent becomes a- before n[§ 5. 26]; ri- 

 me; -I- to; -guL stem to talk; -tck inchoative) 



(4) After the object of a verb with intransitive subject, it has the 

 force of a transitive reflexive in which subject and second subject are 

 identical. 



n-e'-L-x-a-x he does it in reference to himself; i. e., he becomes 

 from it 244.16 (same analysis as above under 3, with the 

 object z- IT inserted) 



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