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This seems also to be used independently, when it means some, 

 A FEW. It would appear probable from this, that its use 

 in the verb would indicate the plurality of the object, as in 

 the case of woli many, which is used similarly for this purpose. 

 The examples available, however, only indicate its meaning 

 as above. 



§19. Temporal Suffixes 



30. -^'CT incompleted action (present). 

 o-koi' -Tca-si I am going away 

 o'Jcasi {ok-ka-si) I am hungry 

 we'ye-don-ko-ka-n he is talking 



This suffix is still somewhat uncertain. It is used in the great 

 majority of instances, but is occasionally omitted in direct 

 statements of immediate action; as o-koi-s i go, tse-s i see. 

 It is probably intimately related to the auxiliary verb ka 

 TO BE, seen in such forms as ka-s i am; ka-an-ka-no you are; 

 ka-ti'-ka-s i cause it to be, i do, etc. 



31. -ma incompleted action (future). 



bkoi'-ma-ka-s I shall go away 

 6-ye' -ma-doTYi will be going 



ko-he'-bek-ti-inen-7na-pern one who shall not cause to cry aloud 

 As indicated in the first example, this suffix is often combined 



with -ka. Like the latter, it also is extensively used as an 



independent auxiliary verb; as ma-ma-ka-s i shall be; 



kul-dom ma-ma' -'pem one who shall be mourning; Tiesd'dom 



ma-ka-de-s what shall I be, do? 



32. -aSf -has completed action (past). 



ok-d's-asi 1 was hungry 



yok-d's-has min I struck you 



adorn as o-koi-ka-s so I went away 



nik as kai'-ko-kan me she was calling 

 This may be used, as shown in the last two examples, separately 

 before the verb, which is then in the usual present form. It 

 is not, however, as in -ka and -ma, used as an auxiliary verb. 



33. -paai completed action (remote past). 

 ok-paai'-kan he was hungry long ago 

 d-paai'-kan he said long ago 



34. -tsol completed action (mythic past, known indirectly). 

 bkoi'-tsoi-a he went away, it is said 

 wi-do'k-dau-tsoi-a he tore off, it is said 



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