BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — COOS 347 



§ 4:2. The Past Participle -aya^ 



The past participle is formed b}^ means of the sufiiis -dya'^ added 

 directly to the transitive or intransitive stems. 



tdpafya^ h!a braided ropes T^te/jmt 1 braid it 



44.22 

 Ita'ya^a a painted face 10.3 nltt'ts I pajjit it 



qle'le tcicLofya^Jd'^ht' It {with) ntd'cLt I split it 



split pitch-wood she lighted 



them 84.1 

 xaf°'pEtc L^anlEtcHafya^ into tdlis dry 166.2 



the water go down the dried 



(salmon) 36.18 

 heWdsofya^ enlarged he' mis big 50.17 



§ 43. The Imperative 



The imperative of transitive verbs is expressed by means of suflBxes 

 added directly to the verbal stem, or, more frequently, following the 

 transitive suffixes. Intransitive verbs, with the exception of a few 

 stems indicating motion or ideas like to hear, to listen, have no 

 special suffixes. The imperative of such verbs is brought out by the 

 (prefixed) pronouns of the second persons singular, dual or plural. 



xle'itc e^Lldts with it speak! 16.5 

 eH^qa wake up! 68.18 

 cine^ Lo'^q you (pi.) get up ! 30.19 

 ^ali'canl you play ! 60.21 



The following are the imperative suffixes in Coos : 



--B. It follows the transitive suffixes -t, -ts, and expresses, beside 

 the imperative idea, the presence of the object of the verb. The 

 causative verbs in -lyat^ and f requentatives in -e^wat and -o^ioat, 

 lose their final (transitive) -t when followed by the imperative 

 suffix. It very often changes the broad a-vowels of the stem 

 into d- vowels (see § 7). 



h.'wi'ntE shoot it 13.3 



C171 sitsl^'ntE Ie wi'nqas Jiu^'mik' you go and see the Old-Spider- 

 Woman ! 64.12, 13 



fe^ ic qfmi'tsE this you two eat! 120.16 



ic lieml'yE you two bring him out! (literally, cause him to come 

 out!) 24.10 



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