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suffix; the -Ti- may be a phonetically conditioned rather than mor 

 phologically significant element. Examples are: 



Noun 



slnsan decrepit old woman 



ts'.'i'xi dog 



ya'p.'a person 176.1, 12 

 el canoe 13.5; 112.3, 5 

 wiklu^ya'm my friend 

 wits' !ai my nephew 22.1 

 hoH'hidifV my orphan child 

 no' ts lade neighboring to me 

 hinde O mother! 186.14 



Plural 



slnsamh&n 



te'/m'han 



yai)!a'\\&r\. 32.4 



elhan 



wik /u"?/'ft'mhan 



wi^s-Zalhan 23.8, 10; 150.4 



hoH'hiditlch.QH 



nd'ts!ade^h.3in 



A^infZehan O mothers! 76.10, 13 



A large number of chiefly personal words and all nouns provided 

 with a possessive suffix of the third person take -fan as the plural 

 suflix; the -fan of local adverbs or nouns with pre-positives has 

 been explained as composed of the third personal suffix -f and the 

 pluralizing element -han: no'tslaH^an his neighbors. In some cases, 

 as in wa-wl'H'an girls 55.16; 106.17, -fan may be explained as 

 composed of the exclusive -fa discussed above and the plural -n. 

 The fact, however, that -fan may itself be appended both to this 

 exclusive -fa and to the full third personal form of nouns not pro- 

 vided with a pre-positive makes it evident that the -fa- of the plural 

 suffix -fan is an element distinct from either the exclusive -fa or 

 third personal -f. -fdH'^a-n is perhaps etymologically as well as 

 phonetically parallel to the unexplained -da^-da of da'Vda'^da over 

 him (see §93). Examples of -fan are: 



Noun 



Zom^.'^''■ old man 112.3, 9; 114.10; 



126.19 

 mologoH old woman 168.11; 



170.10 

 wa-iwl'^ girl 124.5, 10 



a'i-M' just they (cf. 49.11; 138.11) 

 ts' Hxi-mahaH horse 

 ^o«s^'*■ his plaything 110.6, 11 

 TYid'H'aP' his son-in-law 



V.ela'' louse (116.3, 6) 



7iapxi-t!l''fd^hoj 14.6; 156.8, 10 

 idap.'a'la-ujouth 132.13; 190.2 

 wala^u young 



wo^'nd'F'" old 57.1; 168.2 



Plural 



lomtH'^t'siB. 

 mologo'lV dm 



wa-iwl'^-Vdiiv 55.16; 60.2; 



106.17 

 a'it'an they 

 ts ' Hxi-maJia'it' an 

 Zo«s^'*■t'an 

 mo'^Z'a'^t'an their sister's 



husband 1 150.22; 152.4, 9 

 tleld'H^Sin 



Jiapxi-tn'H'dH'sin 160.14 

 dap !d'la-uV Sin 132.12 

 hala'uV a,n 

 wo"wa'^""'dan 



1 mot'- seems to indicate not only the daughter's husband, but also, in perhaps a looser sense, the rela- 

 tives gained by marriage of the sister. 



.§ 99 



