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ic sLina'lhoat you two are hid- ux sLnl'yat they two hide him 



ing him 24.11 24.9 



la^ tdicila'lhvat he (on) that tdi'dl mat 7.3 



(they) are sitting usuall}'^ 



(literally, they caused it to 



be a mat) 38.3 



Compare, on the other hand, 



xqolwax ux Jcwina'e^wat from kimna- to look 

 above they two are looking 

 at it G.9 



§ 35. Transitionals -lye, -nts, -u 



-tye indicates a transitional stage, — a change from one state into 

 another, that has already taken place. It is suffixed mostly to nouns 

 and particles, although frequently it is found added to verbs. It 

 may best be rendered by it became, it got, it turned out to be, 

 or by the passive voice. Stems ending in a vowel other than i insert 

 an h between the final vowel and the suffix (see § 10), while stems 

 ending in -i contract this vowel with tlie following -i of the suffix 

 into a long I (see § 9) . When suffixed to a stem that has an «- vowel, 

 it changes into -aya (see § 7). 



dE7nste'tc 'dx Lhinpl'ye they two came through a prairie (liter- 

 ally, through a prairie they two went through, it got) 112.1 

 (LM'n«/> he went through 22.11) 

 hvAna'ehvatl'ye he began to look at him 

 lin Tiwtne' weLi! ye we became poor 28.21 



tdiml'ye <f it got summer, indeed {tdim summer 162.20) 30.20 

 a!yu i'x'iye surely it was a canoe {%x' canoe 44.20) 126.10 

 yixe'n qalirm'ye one morning (literally, once morning it got) 20.4 

 U he'tlye they became rich 84.17 

 nhai'nahafya I became active (i^hai'na I am active) 

 qaHoahofya in the evening (literally, whenever evening it got) 

 {qO^'wa evening 50.26) 82.7 



siLne^hi'ye le''Ux mi'laq joined le'Hx mi'laq siL'rie} their (dual) 



together became their two ar- arrows joined together are 



rows 13.4 13.7 



%l lia'hlHi'ye they were drawn ^^Aa'^\^"i(*theyare (being) drawn 



up 30. 1 up 



tso cil xwdndjlfye now surely it was that way (literally, that way 



it turned out to be) 8.2 

 T^nehl'ye la^ Id I became the owner of that thing (literally, me it 



became [to whom] that belongs) 

 §35 



