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The verbal stem is often reduplicated in order to bring out more 

 clearly the passive idea and the idea of continuation (see § 82). 



LO^- to buy ^ la^ Lo'^Lo'^wl'yeqEm le'il wix'l'Us 



when that was being bought 

 their food 88.13, 14 



mintc- to ask mitcm/intdh' yeqEin xtcnitcu yeF %lu- 



we'Hdis he is being asked con- 

 tinually, "What do you think 

 about it?" 70.9 



Lcl^x- to club nifk'inEtc Lo^xLo^xam! yec[Em with 



sticks she is being struck con- 

 tinually 80.6 



(2) When preceded by the transitive suffix -t (see § 26), it denotes 

 an intransitive action, of which the person spoken of is the object. 

 Hence it was sometimes rendered by the reflexive. 



% ux LldjUl'yeqEm when they two are fighting 122.25 



tso sowitl' yeqEin Ke qafyi's now it is changing, the weather 



tso lovMl'yeqEm now he took care of himself 66.3 



(3) When preceded by the verbal suffix -ervi (see § 45), it denotes 

 a continued action, the subject of which is not intimately known to 

 the speaker. 



ha!t<M! story 20.1 wand} hdtct/em'yeqEm that way 



they are telling the story 44. 14,15 



shw- to inform, to tell la^ skweyenl' yeqEm Ie tdwdl 



they are talking about the fire 

 38.5, 6 



§ 41, Causative Passive -eet, -et; -XyEm 



-eet expresses the passive voice of causative concepts. It is suf- 

 fixed to the verbal stem. The object that is caused to perform the 

 action is always in the singular. The suffix -lyEm is used for plural 

 objects (see § 53). This suffix may best be rendered by to be caused 

 TO. When suffixed to stems with a- vowels, it changes to -aat (see § 7). 



qa'wax L.'e'et l^ux e'h^Ldtc high up was their (dual) father (literally, 

 was caused to be high up; Lfa- to be in an upright position) 

 22.1 



h'ele'Ltsitc SLne'et Tie dl'lol in a corner hidden was the young man 

 (literally, was caused to be hidden; sLn- to hide) 24.12 



qofytsEtc ts^ne'et Ie h!d to the sky was stretched out the ropie 



{tm- to stretch) 28.20 



§ 41 



