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(110.6,11) (cf. verb-stem Zo"- play); less evidently, le'psV feather 

 28.2; ala'lcsl' his tail (86.21, 23) 



§ 82. Nouns of Agency in -xi 



Only a few verbal derivatives in -xi have been obtained. They are : 



al-Jiuyuxi (= -x-xi) hunter 



ye^xV needle, awl (literally [ ?1, biter [cf. verb-stem ye^g""- bite]) 



122.8 

 gel-dula'xV- eife^ I am lazy, one who is lazy 

 gel-he' ^^xi stingy (cf. verb-stem he'^^x- be left over) 

 s'uriixi'' paddle stirrer (cf. s-vfim-t'a- boil) (170.16) 

 ei fgelxV wagon (literally, canoe one-that-rolls) 



§ 83. FORMS IN -Fya 

 Two or three isolated verb-forms in -i'ya^ have been found that 

 appear to be of a passive participial character. There are not enough 

 such forms available, however, to enable one to form an idea of their 

 function. The few examples are: 



fga'' (1) TiaxanVjSi (2) ml^ (3) al-t!aya^¥ (4) then (3) he dis- 

 covered (4) a burnt-down (2) field (1) 92.26 

 yap.'a (1) fl!o"mi'ya (2) ^al-t'.aya'V (3) he discovered (3) Idlled 

 (2) people (1) 

 Both of these forms in -i'ya, it will be observed, are derived from 

 transitive stems (haxani'ya from causative Jiaxa-n- cause to burn, 

 burn), and would seem to be best interpreted as attributive passives 

 corresponding to the attributive actives in -t\ To these forms 

 belongs probably also: 



dl^-Tie'liysb (1) wa-iwl'^ (2) girl (2) who sleeps on a raised board 

 platform (1) (literally, perhaps, up-boarded girl [cf. Jie^la^m 

 board]) 13.2 



II. The Noun (§§ 84-102) 



§ 84. Introductory 



Despite the double-faced character of some of the nominal deriva- 

 tives of the verb-stem (e. g., the passive participles), there is formally 

 in Takelma a sharp line of demarcation between denominating and 

 predicative elements of speech. This is evidenced partly by the 

 distinct sets of pronominal suffixes peculiar to noun and verb, partly 

 by certain nominal elements appearing before the possessive affixes 

 and serving, perhaps, to distinctly substantivize the stem. Only a 



1 Not to be confused with transitive infinitives in-io\ 



§ 83-84 



