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ti-yu'Tc-sip-men-lcdm mai'dilm a man who does not come out; i. e., 



one who has the quahty of not coining out 

 ok-helu'-ko-lcasi I may be hungr}^; i. e., I am one who has the 



quahty of perhaps being hungry 

 piye'-to-l^o bathing phice; i. e., having the quahty of being appro- 

 priate for bathing 

 This suffix is also much used with nouns, being followed then 



by pronominal suffixes or participial forms, and indicating 



possession or ownership. 

 Tm' n-wo-kit-ko-di at the place to which he carries people 

 hobo' -ko-dom a householder; i. e., one who has the quality of 



having a house 

 tetl' si' rii-kb-dom big-mouth-having; i. e., being one having the 



quality of having a large mouth 

 yepo'ni-ko-pem having a chief 



48. -i}i(f forms verbal nouns. 

 Tian-b' -koi-s-ma what I carry off 



niki hi' s-ma-s-ma my future abiding-place 



wo' no-ti-s-ma what I kill 

 What relation this suffix bears to the regular future suffix -ma 

 is uncertain. The latter is never found following the pronom- 

 inal suffixes, and yet the nominalizing -ma always seems to 

 carry with it an idea of futurity. It is very rarely used. 



§ 23. Participial Suffixes 



These are largely used in Maidu, aiitl participial construction is 

 a very common feature. Such expressions as and traveling, 

 HE ARRIVED, or RUNNING, HE WENT AWAY, are Constantly recurring. 



49. -do{ni) present participle. 



o-koi'-dom going away 



mu'-hun-e-pin-i-moto-dom gathering together from hunting 



tse-do'm seeing 



50. -tset{e) when, while. 



hesu' pai-ti-tset while, when, dressing (causing to be dressed) 



okit-{t)set when he arrived 



hi' sse-hiis-tset while she stayed there weaving 



51. -moni when, at the time when. 

 b-koi'-s-moni when I went away 

 lo'l-mbni when crying 



52. -wet{€) after having, having (past participle, immediate past). 

 o' nkoi-tin-wet having caused to conquer 



tsedd' -da-weten having breakfasted 

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