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This suffix is often used in certain phrases to express abstract ideas. 

 Thus, for instance, the Coos will express our sentence i am get- 

 ting HUNGRY by I am GOING INTO HUNGER. (See § 118.) 



Iqatc Ilia I am getting hungry {T^lqa I am hungry) 

 pL.'itc nla I am getting heavy 



§ 37. Distributives -we*, -nt; -dnt; -ay am; -waq 



-ne'f -711 f indicate distribution of an intransitive action. They are 

 suffixed to intransitive verbs. Related to this suffix is the distributive 

 Anl (§ 72). 



haf^E'vxis tkiolL'ne^ Ie dji'nlt 

 five (winds) following each 

 other (they) keep on com- 

 ing (singly) 62.17 



tsEi'ne^ ux ti'k'ine side by side 

 they two were standing 

 62. 22 



le'ux mi'laq sIl' 7ie^ th&iv (dual) 

 arrows are joined together 

 (literally, one after the 

 other) 13.7 



kla'yem he'ux xvn'lux^ ux 

 L !e'^' simt against each other 

 with their two heads resting 

 they two go to bed 72. 11 



poJcwi'lne'' Lowaka'e^wat op- 

 posite one another (they) 

 were sitting 120.1, 5 



Mtco'nlhl'ye u men were as- 

 sembled people, came to- 

 gether people 46.1 



tkvjlL -to follow 



tSEL-(J) 



sIl- to join together 



k!ay- (?) 



pukul- across 

 A^z;c-(?) 



-dm is suffixed to stems expressing transitive ideas. It is often 

 accompanied by duplication of the final stem-consonant (see § 83). 



%l tsa'k'inofoil they help one tsak'hi- to help 



another (mutually) 

 il Llx'lnd'ni they examine Lix'Vn- to examine 



one another 

 il tsak'^kicW nl they continuall}^ ntshunts I speared him 



spear one another 

 U tqanLLofni they mutually tqa'nzts he struck it 28.1 



strike one another 



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