BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES COOS 337 



tcl tdx'ix'l' loat there he was holding- him (for a lon^ time) 

 104.15, 16 {tdx' here 24.4) 



-o^wa(t) exercises the same function as -e*wa(. The only differ- 

 ence between the two suffixes is, that -o'^wat is added to the verbs 

 already amplified by the transitive suffixes -t or -ts^ while -e^wat can 

 be suffixed only to the stem. 



tsouxthwiLtso^'wat now they two ^!^mz/e*'^^a^5hefollowshim22.2 



follow him 9.9 

 tele' etc hltl^tsb'^'wat Jie pEu- hi'yet! he came ashore 32.5 



Lo'wai ashore it brought a whale 



88.22, 23 

 tci halqtso^'wat there she is bring- he'laq he arrived 22.22 



ingit to him 72.8 

 aqalqsito^'wat he is frightening a'lqas fear 66.4 



him frequently 100.24 



In a few cases -o^wat is suffixed to the verbal stem. 



Uislo^'wat Ie te^ L.'ta he recognizes this (here) land 30.28 

 It ! went' y ay- i^wtld^' wat food I am looking for 54.4 

 ntsxau'wat hauL I will kill him 26.22 



The suffixation of -o^wat instead of -e^wat in these instances may 

 have been caused by the law of euphony, as these stems end in a 

 t^-diphthong. Thus, the stem of tsxau'wat is tsxa^-, as shown by the 

 form tsxawl'yat (36.21) he laid him down, consisting of the stem 

 tsxa^- and the causative suffix -lyat. 



Whenever the pronouns expressing both subject and obi'eCt are 

 suffixed to verbs ending in -o^wat^ this suffix changes to -o^wU 

 (see § 11). 



eFhu^mutsdwita'vii KauL I will marry you 184.6 

 nhalqtso^' vntu he brought me frequently 



§ 34. Frequentative Causative -ae^wat 



There can be little doubt that the -l^wat in -ae^wat is identical with 

 the frequentative suffix -e^wat^ discussed on p. 336. Owing to the 

 fact that a number of verbal stems ending in a take the suffix -e^wat^ 

 there is a good deal of confusion between these two suffixes. 



xaP-p la^ laa'e^wat water car- la he went 22.18 



ried them away 46.16, 17 

 3045°— Bull. 40, pt 2—12! 22 § 34 



