BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES ^TAKELMA 147 



(d^da'^n I hunt for him 



[116.8]) 



al^-o^dini'^n I look around, for him 



(92.27) 

 i^-odoni'7i I shall feel around 



for it 

 malaga,n&'nM he told him 30.15 {mala'xbi he told you [162.6]) 



It not infrequently happens in verbs where the logical relation exist- 

 ing between the subject and a first or second personal object can 

 hardly be other than an indirect one, that the for idea is expressed 

 by means of the simple transitive form with -x- or -s- instead of 

 the more explicit indirective -{a)n{an)-, as shown in the following 

 examples : 



Icledelsi he picks them for me (literally, he picks to me, along- 

 side of Ic.'edeysi'nxi he picks them for me)^ 



me^hep'xip' come and chop out (a hole) for me (to enable me to 

 get out) (literally, come and chop me!) 90.16 



gel-ts!eye'mxi he hid it from me (158.7) ; but gel-tslayammi'^n I 

 hid it from him 



The idea of doing something for some one when the action is an 

 intransitive one can not be expressed in the verb itself, so that peri- 

 phrases of one kind or another are resorted to; e. g., i go for him is 

 expressed by i go, he having sent me. In verbs that are intransi- 

 tive only in form, but logically still transitive, that is, in transitive 

 verbs with unexpressed object, the for idea is expressed by the com- 

 plex suffix -gwa'dan- (with first or second personal object -gwas-) , the 

 analysis of which has been attempted above (see § 46). Thus we 

 have ipliyin) lb'^gin{in)i^n i trap (deer) for him built up on a tran- 

 sitive in both form and meaning (i. e., lo'^ga^n), but liiklu'xagwa- 

 dini^n i trap for him built up on a formal intransitive {luk.'il'xa^). 

 The idea of for, in behalf of one's self is rendered in transitive 

 verbs by adding to the indirective suffix -{a)n(,an)- the regular reflexive 

 suffix -Ti'wi- {-gwi-) : 



do'^mana'nk'wida"' he will kill them for himself 

 t!um'u¥wan¥wide^ 1 kill them for myself 

 de^-l-wi'^gank'wide^ I spread it out for myself 

 Jian-se^gwa'nTcwide^ I paddle myself across, really, I paddle (canoe) 

 across for myself 



1 There must be a difference in signification, however, between kSedlisi and k.'edeya'nxi. The former 

 probably means "he picks them for me, i. e., in order to give them to me; " the latter " he picks them 

 in my behalf (perhaps because I am sick and can not do so myself.)" Compare also de-ise'^xi he opened 

 THE DOOR FOE ME (i. e., in order to let me in) (63.12) with de^'ue'eganxi he opened the door on my 

 BEHALF (perhaps because I was unable to do so myself). 



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