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6. 'fj-f -/»■'-. As in tlie case of -b-, it seems advisable to recognize 



two distinct -g- suffixes, the one appearing as a transitivizing 

 element, the other as a verb-making element added on to 

 nouns or adjectives. Examples of its transitive use are: 



'plalaga'^n I tell him a myth 



al-ts!ayaga'^n I wash him (64.5) 



p!i^-wa-gelegi'^n I drill for fire with it (88.12) 



l-k!us-gi'xink'' he will pinch me (116.8,12) (cf. %-k!us-u''k!'^as'% he 

 always pinches me) 



da-t!abaga"nlfm\B]i\i (61.8; 176.6) 



daP^-dalaga'mda^n I put holes in his ear (22.1) (cf. dd'^-dele'^'i he 

 stuck it across his ear) 



swaddt' ga'n I run after him (59.13; 75.3; 120.19, 20) 

 Examples of its use in adjectival intransitives are: 



fuwu'^Y he feels hot, it is hot 94.15 (cf. Vu hot 57.15) 



duwu'^\i it is good, he does right 180.11 (cf. du good, beautiful 

 58.7,8) 



fgunuk'de^ I feel cold (90.3) (cf. fgun-p'ia'^H' it will be cold) 



xuma'h'de^ I shall be full, satiated (128.11) (cf. xu'ma food 54,4 

 &T16. s'lx-xu'm dried venison 43.12,13) 



gel-dulu'Yde^ I am lazy 

 Further examples of -Y- that are difficult to classify are : 



de-lumu' sgade^ I tell the truth (184.3) 



s'in-willk'ap'dmn you blow your nose 



yala'k'de' I dive (connected with yal- lose [?]) (60.10,11; 61.11) 

 In wa-tHUk'ni^n i gave each one (130.4) (future wa-dllnhin) and 

 in the morphologically analogous dd°'-minlk.'da^n i taught him 

 (future dd'^minfan), the -V- is confined to the aorist. In wefgi 

 HE TOOK IT FROM HIM 16.13, the -g- is found only in the third 

 personal object of the various tense-modes (wet'gin it was 

 taken from HIM 13.11; wede'kHnk' he will take it from 

 HIM (17.10,11). All other forms of the aorist stem we^d- (verb- 

 stem wede-) lack it : 



wesi (from "^wet'si) he took it from me (17.3) 



wede'sbinV he will take it from you (16.10,11) 



7. -A"/-, 'kfW', These elements seem to be characteristic of tran- 



sitives. Examples are: 

 wl^-l-fge'ye^kHn he is surrounded on all sides (transitives and 



passives are closely related) 48.5,13; (176.14) 

 al-pHUs-!u'lukli'n I burn it (73.9,12; 96.26) (cf. aJ-2)!lUs-!u'l- 



ts-lalhif do ye burn it! 198.10) 

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