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The ending -tike instead of -(i)l"c is used particularly with indefinite 

 numerals, and expresses a plurality of human beings : 



all Ica'nauwe 

 few mE'nx'lca 



many (their number) zga'psla 

 several LE'xawe 

 Analojjous are the forms of — 



Jtanauwe'tiks all persons 

 niE'nx'lcatilcc a few persons 

 Lgd'pElatilic many persons 

 LE'xawetikc several persons 



up river ma ema 



poor (his poverty) Ld'xauyam 



his vouno;er brother m'wux 



t-maemd'tElcc those up river 

 zgd' xauyamtiJcc the poor ones 

 id '-wuxtikc hisy oungerbrothers 

 Still a different connective element appears in — 



man I'-Tcala l-kd'lamuks men 



Attention may also be called to the forms — 



Singular Plural 



children . t-qd'cocmikc 



eagle u-tcaktcd'h u-tcaktcd'Mcinilcc 



gull i-qone'qone i-qoneqone'tciniJcc 



raven i-qoale'xoa i-qoale'xoatciniJcc 



crow u-k!ond' u-k!ond'tcinikc 



The last four forms occur in a wail in a myth (Chinook Texts, p. 40) 

 and are not the ordinar}'^ plurals of these words. 



(2) The frequent plural-sufRx -ma (Kathlamet -max) seems to 

 have been originally a distributive element. This appears par- 

 ticularly clearly in the words e'x'tEmae sometimes (ex't one; -ma 

 distributive; -e adverbial); Icand'mtEma both (kand'm both, to- 

 gether; -ma distributive). Following are examples of this suffice. 

 In most cases the accent is drawn toward the end of the word : 



