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35. -wea, -ea incompleted action. Used only,in direct quotation, 



as a sort of historical present ; also with the idea of the action 



being customary. 

 la' p-ti-Tcinu-wea-s I sit beside 

 tse-we'ano you see 

 to's-ho-Tcit-eam he stands 



36. -weiif -yeiif -eit completed action. Used only in direct 



quotation. 

 tse-Jie'-ye-weu-lcan he looked around 

 Icai-ye' u-ka-si I called 

 tse-me'n-eu-ka-s I did not see 



37. -yak completed action. Generally, but not always used in direct 



quotations. 

 ddnl'-no-7nen-yak-es I did not hold 

 ok-ya'Tc-eno ai'sbi you were hungry, I think 

 homo' o-koi' -yak-en whither they had gone 



38. -biis, -bis continuative. 

 so'lle-hus-im kept on singing 



hi' sse-hus-tset while continuing to weave 

 tso'-we-hiis-'pe-di into the still burning one 

 This suffix is identical with the stem of the verb hilsin to live, 



STAY, REMAIN. 

 § 20. Suffixes Indicating Relative Success or Completion of Action 



39. -bos to do a thing thoroughly, completely, and hence, deriv- 



atively, an action done by or to all of a number of persons 



or things without exception. 

 tso'-hos-poto-tset while almost wholly burned 

 tui' -hos-no-tsoia she slept soundly, it is said 

 we'ye-hos-weten after having told everything 

 wile' -koi-hos-tsoia they every one ran away 



40. -kanhii to finish doing, to bring the action to an end. It is 



related clearly to kani, meaning all. 

 so-ha'n-oh-kanim he carried him there, i. e., finished the act of 



carrying 

 o-dikno-h-kanim he arrived 



41. -liekit inchoative, to just begin. 

 pi'ye-to-hekit-dom just beginning to bathe 



42. -hudoi almost, nearly. 



wd-ko't-dau-hudoi-as I almost cut off 



te'-dis-doi-hadoi-ye-his-im (her feet) were all the time almost 

 slipping up 

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