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suffix -_pe. Apparently any verbal stem may thus be used in this 

 form to qualify or describe a noun; as, 



o'lc-fem mai'dv/m hungry man (literally, hungerer man) 

 eto'spem mai'dum strong man (eto'skasi I am strong) 

 di' pdipem pafha smooth board (literally, slider board) 

 lala'mpeTn tsa long stick 



Many adjectives, however, do not admit of the form in -pe, and 

 are formed from the verbal stem by merely adding to them the 

 nominal subjective suffix(?) -m. The majority of these forms are 

 made from verbal stems ending in a vowel. Examples of this type 

 of adjective are: 



tete'm siim large dog Tce'yim Jioho' old house 



tern siim small dog 



Most, if not all, of the stems from which the adjectives are formed, 

 are capable of taking the regular pronominal tense and modal 

 suffixes and being used as intransitive verbs; as, Tee' yimakas i 

 SHALL BE OLD. Somc stcms, howcvcr, appear not to be used, except 

 as forming these nominal forms, as adjectives. Either of the nominal 

 forms of these stems (that in -pe or in -m) takes all regular nominal 

 locative suffixes, and probably also all case-suffixes as well, although 

 these have at present been noted only in the instance of those 

 ending in -pe. 



ke'yidi in the old one lala'mpeki the long one's . . . 



tete'ni with the big one 



In some cases both the -pe and the -m forms are used with the 

 same stem; as, 



la'mim tsa, lala'inpem tsa long stick 

 In these cases, the form in -pe is generally, but not always, redu- 

 plicated. 



§ 35. Adverbs 



Adverbs may be formed from adjectival stems by the suffix -t; as, 



yaha'm good * yaliaft well, nicely 



wasafm bad wasa't poorly, evilly 



tete'm large tete't much, greatly, very 



Other adverbs, such as those of time and distance, etc., seem to 

 be from independent stems. 



ti'kte slightly, somewhat, a hei again 



little hei'diik by and by 



hadd' far away le'wo a little, partially 



he'nek to-morrow 



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