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Certain Takelma place-names in -i (or -%-¥ , -V-¥ with sufRx -V 

 characteristic of geographical names) can hat dly be otherwise explained 

 than as positional verbs in -^*-, derived from nouns and provided with 

 local prefixes defining the position of the noun. Such are: 



Di^-dani ^ Table Rock (probably = Tock[da^n] is[-l] west [di^-]) : 



west of the rock would be di^-dana" (cf . danaH'V my rock) 

 Da¥-fgami-¥ (cf. Da¥-Vgam\ya'^ person from D.) (== place 



where [-Z:'l elks[f^a^m] are['l] above, on to^[daV-]) 

 Dal-danVF (cf, Dal-daniya'^ one from D.) ( = place where [-¥-] 



in brush, away from creek [(ZaZ-] is[-i:] nock.ida'n]) 

 han-xilml ghost land ( = across river [Aan-] are[-t] ghosts [ajiZa^m]) 

 de-dl^wi near the falls of Rogue River ( = in front [-de-] are [-i] 



falls [dm]) 



§ 58. IMPERSONAL -iau- 



Verging toward the purely formal (pronominal) elements of the 

 verb is the suffix -iau-. Forms in -iau- are intransitive, and may be 

 formed from all intransitives and all transitives with incorporated 

 pronominal object, the function of the suffix being to give an indefi- 

 nite, generalized collective, or impersonal, signification (cf. German 

 MAN, French on) to the always third personal jDronominal (Class I 

 intransitive) subject. Examples are: 



'?/a''ma'"^ people go 58.14; 152.5 future yaw«ya'"^r 

 wa^-l-tlemexia'^^ people assem- future u'a^-i-demx'm''H' 



ble 144.23 

 e^6ia'"^ people are 192.7 (cf. 



e'lVF we are 180.13) 

 tsldu yo"ya\i^'' there was (infer- 



ential)deepwater(cf. 188.14) 

 sd°'nsa'nsini&}'^ fighting is go- future sana'xiniay-f 



ing on 23.14 

 ddmxhijsi^H' people will kill you 



(intransitive; but transitive 



with definite third personal 



subject ddmxbin¥ they will 



kill you) (33.10) 



In particular, states of the weather or season, necessarily involving 

 indefiniteness of subject, are referred to by forms provided with the 

 indefinite suffix -iau-. Examples are : 



iThis example is due to Mr. H. H. St. Clair 2d, from whose Manuscript Notes on Takelma it was 

 taken. It is there written Dl'tani^. 



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