BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES TAKELMA 2l7 



Occurring generally with possessive suffix: 



,^^.11 wa'^d- body 92 24; 130.24: 



^^^_|father 17.12; 70.7; 158.3 146.6 



xuH- brains 



ni- \ ■ „^ .^ se^n-skin 



7,- [mother 17.9; 76.10, 13 ; ^ 7 i .. i .. ^ ^^ ,^ 

 f^^n-i 179 .7 delg- buttocks 45.9; 72.10; 



^^'^'^^ 94.15 



gu^'x-wife 13.2; 45.3; 64.5; 142.12 hilg- breast 



^'i*- male, husband '45.14; 126.14 fc'-JZ^^- hair 24.8; 162.4 



m*- teats 30.14 {ni^ found as a-is-- property 23.2; 154.13 



absolute form 130.9) 

 pld'^n- liver 120.15 {plan found 



as absolute form 57.9, 13) 



These lists might be very greatly increased if desired. It will be 

 noticed that a considerable number of the nouns given are such as 

 are generally apt to be derivative or non-primitive in morphology. 



In regard to accent monosyllabic nouns naturally divide themselves 

 into two classes: — those with rising or raised accent, embracing the 

 great majority of examples, and those with falling accent. Of the 

 latter type a certain number owe their accent to a glottal catch of 

 the stem. Besides ga'l% already given above, may be cited: 



fgo'^^ leggings 

 ^.'a'Z^s sinew 27.13; (28.1) 

 ple'^^P basket-plate 168.15 

 fcV^x tar-weed seeds 26.15 



These offer no special difficulty. There is a fairly considerable num- 

 ber of monosyllabic nouns, however, in which the falling accent can 

 not be so explained, but appears to be inherently characteristic of 

 the nouns. Besides o'"p', pld'^'s, t'l'^s, and ld"^p\ may be mentioned: 



ne'elsowg 106.7 i.V«Z:'«'yellowhammer90. 18; 194.15 



se'^l black paint, writing fhe'^Tc'^ shinny-ball 



ge'H" xerophyllum tenax a'W silver-side salmon 



ye'H' tears ple'^'s (with derivative -sf see § 87, 



wd'^'s bush (sp.?) 25.12 8) flat rock on which acorns are 



pounded 74.13; 75.2; 118.17 



For two of these nouns {he'^l and se'^l) the etymology is obvious. 

 They are derived from the verb-stems lie^l- sing and se^l-(amd-) 

 paint; it may well be that the falling accent here characterize* sub- 

 stantives of passive force (that which is sung, painted). Possibly 

 Id'^^p' and o'^p' are to be similarly explained as meaning those that 



1 Most nouns of relationship show monosyllabic stems; none can be shown to be derivative in character. 



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