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p^si'k' a'tsE'in a cup give me! 68.17 



tsafyux^ hwafxaL e^ha^'HsEin a small bow make me! 60.14, 15 

 mUxa'nEm l u'ma lunch make me, you must, O grandmother! 

 {mi'laxlmich) 114.5 



'Ets, This suffix expresses a command involving the second person 

 as the actor, and the first person as the object of the action. 

 From a purely morphological standpoint, it is a modified 

 form of the pronominal suffix -ais (see § 46) . 



teQ, nqatqai'h yixuxwE'is by this my belt you hold me! 64.12 

 ten, las' is teka'Hsl there take me, O granddaughter! 80.14 



Compare ^tsak'intafis hanL you shall help me 80.16 



In addition to these suffixes, the Coos language very often empha- 

 sizes the imperative idea by means of the particle l (see § 92) . 



VERBALIZING SUFFIXES (§§ 44-45) 

 § 44. Auxiliary -e (-a) 



This suffix exercises the function of our auxiliary verb to be. The 

 noun to which it is suffixed invariably takes the adverbial prefix 

 n- WITH (see § 21). The phrase thus obtained expresses the idea to 

 HAVE. This suffix is always changed to -a whenever added to a stem 

 having an a-vowel (see § 7) . 



nt/^ci'ta'^we Ie mi'laq flint points have the arrows (literally, with 

 flint points [are] the arrows; tl^d'ta^ flint point) 62.27 



mvi'tine Id k'^hd'yeq bloody are his excrements {wi'tin blood) 20.6, 7 



nk^mafxa Ie dh'tld horns had the pet (literally, with horns was the 

 pet; k^'md'x' horn) 88.7, 8 



iwJ^ntma tcljpd'ya^ nkld'ha many people have braided ropes (liter- 

 ally, braided with ropes [are]; k!d rope) 46.8, 9 



It very often transforms nouns into intransitive verbs without the 

 aid of the prefix n-. In such cases the -a form of this suffix is mostly 

 used. 



xha'ltidj lay' klwisi'sa from the west it blew (khod'sts wind) 52.4. 5 

 nkioaati'sa I dream (kivaa'tis a dream) 



xG^'yHchtc la^ xll'sa clear around him (he put) slime {^lls slime) 

 128.18 



§ 45. Verbal -em 



This suffix expresses the idea to do, to make something. It is 

 usually suffixed to nouns and to verbal stems that do not imply an 



§§44r45 



