340 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



-u indicates a change from one state into another, that has not yet 

 been completed. It is often preceded by the transitive -t. 



he'mistu Ie yixa'wEx getting big- hem' is big 14.5 



ger is the house 34.14: 



na'°'ntu Ie md multiplying are wa^w?^ many 44.18 



the people 12.4 



ic tEltd'mUtu hanL you two will da' mil (strong) man 14.7 



get strong 120.17, 18 



qai'cu it is getting small qaic small, a chunk 128.29 



MODAL SUFFIXES (§§ 36-43) 

 § 36. Modal -tc 



This suffix appears in four different forms, as -Uc^ -ntc, -tc^ and 

 -eetc. ^ 



-%tc is added to verbal stems ending in a consonant, except m, «,, 

 and any of the laterals; -utc is suffixed to stems ending in vowels; -tc 

 is suffixed to stems ending in laterals; and -eetc^ to stems ending in 

 m or n. This suffix is always added to the bare stem. There can be 

 little doubt that this suffix is identical with the adverbial suffix -tc 

 (see § 25); the more so, as it implies, to a great extent, an adverbially 

 modal idea. The Coos expresses by its means our participial ideas. 

 The verb taking this suffix is usually preceded by the discriminative 

 and modal prefix x- (see §§ 23, 24). 



qawUal'we xha'k'Uc (he) commences to look around crawling 

 (literally, in the manner of crawling; hak- to crawl) 32.10 



'Qlal'yat hsx ni'x'itc I commenced to touch it (literally, I com- 

 menced in the manner of touching) 



ts'xa^'tc U dowaJya to kill they want him 66.22 



m, Ie'yI xkwi'naHc it does not look good (literally, not good as to 

 the manner of looking) 34.18 



T^d'wits Kex td'cLtc I finished splitting {^tdcLe^'ivat 1 am split- 

 ting it) 



^d'wits Aex heme'etc I stopped bringing it out {nhaml'yat I 

 brought it out) 



qai'nis wine' etc L^dn into the water wading out she goes (literally, 

 she goes down into the water in the manner of, wading; i^wi'nat 

 I am wading out) 58.2 

 § 36 



1 [This is obviously the adverbial -tc, and might have been discussed with 

 §§ 67-70.— Ed.] 



