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xaya'nl LaJc'tlo'wU tana' at old dog-salmon only he saw washed 

 ashore {pEULd'wai ta'ntan whale came ashore) 130.3 



ofyu tdtle'et tE tdwdl surely it was burning, that fire (literally, 

 was caused to burn; ntdUl'yat I kindle the lire) 88.8 



Llnowa'at t^Ic'I'loHs Ie tdt'lE open I found the door (literally, 

 caused to be open 1 found the door; h'.nd^- to open) 



x'ne'et he is on top {nx'inl'yat I put it on top) 10.1 



Ilia' at I was carried away (literally, caused to go; nla I go) 



In certain instances this passive causative idea is not so apparent, 

 owing, perhaps, to the fact that the verbal stem can not be analyzed. 



ofyu hUe'et surely he kept his eyes shut 17.3 



wimdj Lowe'et tdtnne'ttc that way it is eaten among us 130.11 



t'nlEx hewe'et Lowa'hats alone it was supposed she lived 60.10,11 



-et. This suffix is always preceded by the transitive -t or -ts. 

 Under the influence of the «-vowels of the stem, it changes to -at 

 (see § 7). • 



go'^s dlH lai'^'tset everything was started (literally, caused to go 

 [start]; nla I go) 12.7 



xaap hE'rntset water was laid bare 42.8 



yuwe' q^to^'tset he'lakwetc whenever it got caught on a limb (lit- 

 erally, was caused to hang on a limb) 46.24 



tsa'yuxwltc pt'lstat to pieces (the tree) was smashed (literally, was 

 caused to smash to pieces) 124.14 



he^hats hlno^'tat Ie tdt'lE suddenly came open a door (literall}'^, 

 was caused to open [itself]) 62.5 



tde'etc sto^'qtset hdl td'rtuL ashore was put that old man (literally, 

 caused to stand [up] on the shore) 32.4, 5 



In certain cases the passive idea is hardly recognizable. 



g't'mtset it commenced to rain 42.9 

 e'ha'lcHat you were left 62.20 

 qa'lyeq ha'ltsat salmon came into the river 34.13 

 Lay Eta' t he became hungry 32.9 



Lowt'tat she ran (literally, was Lowa'hai Ie di'lol was running 



caused to run [?]) 56.9 the young man 78.27 



la^ hanL ux c^a'lctet these two xwdndj c^a'lcU Iex Uoxqai'n 



shall work 68.26 that way doctors him the 



medicine-man (literall}^, 

 works on him) 128.16, 17 



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