336 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



§ 33. Frequentatives -eHva{t), -o^Hva{t) 



-e^wa{t) indicates repetition, frequency or duration of action. The 

 verbal stem to which it is suffixed is very often reduplicated, thus 

 bringing out more clearly the frequentative idea. It is added to stems 

 regardless of whether they express real transitive actions or not. 



ikvnLe^'wat ts to'qmas he is ^f^kwlLts I followed him 



following that woodpecker 



22.2 

 aso' ilne^'wat again he is set- T^llnts I set the basket 



ting the basket 34.23 

 xqa'wax lay- kwina'e^wat from qe'ltc ux hwi'nait down they two 



above these are looking at looked 6.4 



it 6.4 

 go^sdVlaiwe^'wat everything ai'wit he killed (them all) 112.9 



he is killing 68.23 

 a'yuxwdndjha^we'^'wat surely yixd'ioEx ha^Hs a house he built 



that way he has been doing 32.18 



it 92.8 

 tci ilk'ix'L.'dwe^'wat Ie hl^'me t^x'lIoH I put it in 



there they are putting in 



the children 52.9 

 Lehe^'ne^la'^ Mthltowe^'wat sidiQ la^ M'toHs she put them down 



by side she put them down 60.4 



60.4 

 Tc' link' Ixnl^'vmt hs p'dhla'ye ux h' !%nt they two try it 7.4 



he was trying the weight 



78.18 



This suffix appears sometimes as -Iwat. For an explanation of this 

 seeming irregularity, see § 2. 



ilx Jcwiskwl'wat they two are tiskvn'vMt hariL I will inform 



informing him 20.25 him 74.4 



Tixill'wat I am hitting him xlUs he hit her with a club 



with a club 64.28 



Instead of an initial reduplication, the verbal stem very often 

 appears with a reduplication of the final consonant, denoting continuity 

 and distribution of action (see § 83). 



T^tl'^ddh'-wat I am shoving it tlcfits he shoved it 32.24 



(back and forth) 

 ^?j9^c^ca^!c^'^^a^ they are warm- pVctdts tet he warmed himself 



ing (themselves singly) 32.8 



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