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It will be noticed that the element iax (yax) occurs quite frequently 

 in these demonstratives. As terminal element it is found in x'ix'o'yax, 

 go' yax and the interrogative qa'xeyax. 



As initial element it occurs in ya'xkuk, ia'xkayuk, ia'xTcewa, ia'xlcati. 



It is undoubtedl}'^ identical with the terminal yax of the Kathlamet 

 demonstrative and with the first element -in ia'xka he alone, the 

 third person masculine personal pronoun of Lower Chinook. 



{3) Denionstrfftive JProtiouns of Kathlamet. In Kathla- 

 met and Wishram, the distinction of visible and invisible does not 

 occur and the structure of the demonstratives is quite different. In 

 both Kathlamet and Wishram, the demonstrative expressing location 

 near the first person has a prefix (which in Kathlamet has the same 

 form for masculine and feminine), while all the other genders are 

 designated by their characteristic sounds. In Wishram this prefix 

 is invariable. The location near the second and third persons is 

 expressed in both dialects by invariable suffixes. 



Kathlamet 



Besides these forms, Kathlamet has two very short forms, gi and 

 tau. Both are used for positions corresponding to here, but their 

 exact relationship has not been determined. They occur with all 

 genders and numbers. The form tau is undoubtedly identical with 

 the Wishram dau, which characterizes the first and second persons as 

 prefix and suffix. 



itsId'tsIeTYidm gi d'megct her sweetness this thy louse (=your 

 louse here is sweet) 118.12 (Kathlamet Texts) 



Ld'ema gi Ls'tcin zd'tgatcx only this stump drifts down 92.5 (ibid.) 



qdtcgl Icld igo'xoax gi tgu'nafi why have these salmon disap- 

 peared? (why nothing became these salmon?) 47.8 {ibid.) 



qd'mta id'ya tau igixatklod'inam'^. wliere went he who came home? 

 162.7 {ihid.) 



ikLotd'mit tail aqage'lak tliis woman carried him away 163.1 {ibid.) 



The element gi appears also presumably in tdnki something. 



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