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il k/wanx^xd'm they mutually 

 cut one another's hair 



k/wa'nxat he cut his hair 



This suffix often changes the quality of the vowel of the stem 

 to which it is suffixed (see § 7). 



d'yu tl qaheydnl'we surely 

 they began to gamble 66.25 



il tsxeioafnl they kill one 

 another 



ux weHdnl they two J&ght 

 106.13 



ha'yat he gambled 66.15 

 tsxau'wat he killed (them) 68.9 

 wU- to fight 



When suffixed to intransitive verbs or to verbs expressing motion, 

 it denotes an idea that may best be rendered by back and forth, 

 TO and fro, up and dov/n, etc. It is hardly necessary to dwell 

 upon the close relationship that exists between the idea of mutu- 

 ality and the idea expressed by these phrases. 



tsd'no hwUHd'nl Ie haltl'mts 

 both ways is rolling the 

 ocean 6.2 



qai'nts la^ yaq^qd'nl away 

 from the shore they run con- 

 tinually 36.18, 19 



Mril sqaiLLd'm l^ im'wa 



kwtl- to roll 



yeq he runs away 182.27 



sqaiLe''' was the space between 

 two finofers 



L/eHc he went out 20.4 

 sto'waq he stood up 20.7 



there is going back and 



forth (through his fingers) 



the little girl 108.21 

 nLleHcttcd'nl I keep on going 



out and coming in 

 'Q^stdwaq^qd'nl 1 keep on rising 



and sitting down 

 tlyetd'nl Ie wi'nqas hv}'''m%h' continually looking for some suppl}'' 



was the Spider-Old-Woman 60.12 



-ayam is suffixed to intransitive verbs and to adjectives only. Its 

 exact function is obscure. With verbs, it invariably denotes an action 

 performed by more than one subject ; while when suffixed to adjectives, it 

 seems to convey the idea of the English suffix -ish. Most likely it has 

 a distributive character, which the informant, not well versed in the 

 English language, could not bring out. 



yu'xwd hu^md'h'e djind'yam h'ild'vAt two women coming (towards 



him) he saw 126.13, 14 

 d'yu hwl'yal U lad' yam surely now they were walking (singly) 32.7 



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