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[BULL. 40 



T^hu^'misUs I marry (her) 

 tdwd'letc tsVx'Us in the fire 



he held him down 106.5 

 %n i'lxats not he looked at it 



40.17 

 ux la'ats Ie hu^mafk'e they 



two went over (the water) 



the women 128.4 

 'Q^pH'xats I scatter it 



pohwt'hie^ tt'lqats opposite 

 one another he set them 

 down 112.12 



'Qlta'ts I am painting it 



hu^'mis woman 70.3 

 tsix- here 106.8 



tso ^tlx now you look 17.8 



la he went (intransitive) 22.18 



go^s qantc la^ pH'ysx everywhere 

 it is scattered 46.16 



U ttla'qai they were living (liter- 

 ally, sitting) 84.20 



iQltt'ts I painted it 



There are a few stems that, in spite of this transitive suffix, are 

 sometimes translated as intransitive verbs. 



In Lowa'kats she was not home (literally, not she was sitting) 



{lo^Jc''- to sit [down]) 68.7 

 IcafE'mis qa'lyeq la'ats Idn Lo'pU five salmon got into his basket 



34.23 (but lc!a hariL ye^n h!w%'nts 'Qla'ats a rope I'll put around 



thy neck 94.12) 

 pdHs tE q^ma'tis full (is) that fish-basket 36.7 ^vXjpdHs Ie ytxafwEx 



Iex tdld'ya^ qa'lyeqEtc he filled the house with dried salmon 



36.3,4) 

 goH mi'ldtc he qa'yaHs he always becomes afraid (of it) 126.1 



That the transitive -t was originally a general verbal suffix, may best 

 be demonstrated by the circumstance that in a number of instances 

 neutral stems are verbalized by means of the suffix -ts^ after they had 

 previously been changed into verbs by means of the -t suffix. This 

 double verbalization may be explained as due to the fact that the verbal 

 function of the -t suffix was so conventionalized that it had become 

 entirely forgotten. 



mu'xwit she felt for it 80.21 



lyyu'xvnt I rub it 



ux In ni'x'Uem those two no 



one touched 122.25 

 'Q'ha'k/wat I draw it up 

 li'cat liE hltd shaking is the 

 earth 16.2 



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e^muxtitsd' mi han I want to feel of 

 you 108.18 



%l yu'xtits he'iltet they rub them- 

 selves 52.13 



ni'x'tits he touched him 106.20 



T^ha'klHits I draw it up 

 nWctUs I shake it 



