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INTRANSITIVE SUFFIXES (§§28-31) 



§ 28. Intransitive -aai 



This suffix signifies that a verb usually transitive is without an 

 object. It is consequently employed in the formation of intransitive 

 verbs. With the exception of one or two sporadic instances, it is 

 always suffixed to the reduplicated form of the verbal stem, thus 

 denoting a repetitive action. 



Lqa'ai lot td'rrdL he believes that, old man 28.16 



I'nta d¥l hexwtnne'Uc yoy¥waai bad something with us is 



stopping 24.3 

 yuwe' yt'mat ha^ go^s mt'latc lokHo'kwaai whenever he twinkles 



(his eyes), there always is lightning 16.6, 7 {lo'waJc^ lightning) 



gd^s mi' late tsESLa'qaai le'il siaqa'ewat she bathed him 60.6 



hwe'neL alwaj'^s bathing 



was their sister 84.21, 22 

 dkla'laai Ie hu^'mts shout- Ida' lab he shouted 36.7 



ing is the woman 56.5 

 sUsa'ataai he Idl hu^mi'h'ca sa'at murder-dance 



she was usually dancing the 



murder -dance, that old 



woman 116.26, 27 

 tnl'naai (it is) nothing 122.27 In not 10.8 

 JcwUkvM'taai he was dream- hiif-a'tts dream 98.7 



ing 98.6 



§ 29. Reciprocal wie" 



-me'^ is usually preceded by the transitive suffix -t or -ts. Owing 

 to the fact that the consonantic combination of t or ts -\- m is not per- 

 missible, this suffix appears as -Eme^ (see § 4). 



tl sqa'tsEme^ they seize one another 



a'yu ux halti' tEtne^ surely they two gambled together 38.23 

 U tsl'xtsEme^ Ie nd^'sh'Ul hatafytms they di"\'dded among them- 

 selves the Giant- Woman's money 80.29; 82.1 

 U I'nlye hweenl'yExtEme^ they no longer know one another 46.9 

 ux wi'lEme^ they two fight (together) 48.16 



§ 30. Sufi&xes Defining the Subject: qEnit -ocEiti; u; -em 



-qEm {-QCEfn). This suffix serves a double purpose. The stem 

 to which this suffix is added must have a singular subject. There is 

 another suffix, -u, which expresses the same idea for plural subjects. 

 This suffix will be treated in § 52 (p. 357). 



§§ 28-30 



