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TUNICA, CHITIMACHA, AND ATAKAPA LANGUAGES 
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TABULAR COMPARISON OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS—Continued 
Tunica 
--ta, -ti, causative auxiliary . 
-ka, continuative; ki, per- 
fect. 
te, infinitive suffix; -—ic, lo- 
cative suffix, with nouns, 
etc., signifying ‘‘to.”’ 
(Cemext) es 22s. MSS ak 
-—ne, —ni, noun-forming or 
passive suffix (probably 
contracted from nen and 
containing a vestige of the 
volitional). 
-te, —xtc, —xtca, future suffix 
-ha, negative suffix......... 
a (singular), to be........... 
axa LOLCOMG. sex sss n= - 0c ss 
taxk, distributive particle .. 
-c, locative ‘‘to” with mo- 
tion (see above). 
Chitimacha 
—ti, auxiliary suffix ‘‘ to 
do.”’ 
—ka, continuative;-—ki, per- 
fect. 
—c, infinitive suffix; —ic, lo- 
cative suffix after nouns, 
signifying ‘‘of.”’ 
—m, volitional suffix.....-. 
—n, —ni, noun-forming or 
perfect participial suffix. 
-tct, future; tci is also 
singular stem of verb to 
go (see above), 
-ka, negative suffix and 
stem. 
a, imperative of second 
person. 
-mil, imperative of first 
person plural. 
ti, particle of interrogative 
character. 
ka, kex, to want (auxiliary) 
hi, to. be (sitting)......-.- 
ihi, 4x, to come; haca, 
haci, to approach. 
~ka, plural suffix with 
nouns, demonstratives 
and adjuncts. 
= ,locatine Ob? x sje: 3 <i 
Atakapa 
-t, perfect or auxiliary 
suffix (?). 
—ki, continuative. 
-—c, infinitive suffix, with 
verbs and pronouns. 
—ne, —ni, volitional suffix. 
—n, —in, passive suffix used 
in 
subordinating one 
verb to another. 
-t, -ti, future; ti, singular 
stem of verb to go (see 
above). 
-ha, negative suffix and 
stem. 
a, interrogative particle. 
-l6, imperative of first per- 
son singular. 
—ta, common Atakapa end- 
ing, perhaps connected 
with the future. 
kia, to want (used as aux- 
iliary). 
0, to come. 
kin yukit, nakit, hakit, in- 
dependent plural pro- 
noun; nak-, objective 
prefix, second person 
plural. 
(Perhaps represented by 
infinitive suffix). 
