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§ 68. Nouns of Location in -Em 



This suffix expresses the abstract conception of a local idea. It is 

 suffixed to adverbs only, and is (with one exception) preceded by the 

 adverbial suffix -tc. It may best be rendered by the part of, the 



SIDE OF. 



lexa'tca hwi'nait 

 looked 62.6 



inside he 



I' la before, first 56.9 



gat below 36.11 



lexa'tcEm hauL t^qa'qal in the inside 

 (part of my eye) will I sleep 

 40.2 



Tie yixd'wEx lExa'tcEm, of the house 

 the inside (part) 

 yiqantce' vntG\i2iQikw2ivd^& 32.13 jpEriLo'wai yiqa'ntcEm djl a whale 



behind it was coming 88.22 



U k'Ud'wit Ua'hatcEm djl they 

 saw it in front coming 88.5 



le'wi u %la' hatcE'in dmva'ya la eq- 

 uate he liked his mother best 

 (literally, it is [as] his first[-ness] 

 he likes his mother) 120.19, 20 



xiodndj yd'lanl Ie rnd qa'tEm 

 tila'qai that way are talking 

 the people (who on the) lower 

 part (of the river) live 66.12 



§ 59. Verbal Abstract -awas, -neiwas 



-awas changes the verb into a noun. It expresses the abstract 

 concept of a verbal idea. If the verb expresses an active, transi- 

 tive idea, it is suffixed to the bare stem, while in intransitive verbs it 

 is preceded by the intransitive suffix -enl (see p. 349). In such cases 

 the final vowel of the transitive suffix disappears, and the a-vowel of 

 -divas effects the retrogressive assimilation of the stem-vowels and 

 suffix-vowels (see § 7). 



c^a'lctet he is working 22.26 ^ la^ d'xin c^alctd'was when he quit 



(the) work 34.6, 7 

 Lowe^'wat she is eating 24.5, 6 d\dl H Lmvd'was she finished (her) 



food 24.13 

 i^hlKats I put it on Id Lfahd'was her clothes 110.3 



ts ali'cam we two play 38.11 alicand'ioas lin ha^Hs a game we 



(should) arrange 90.14 

 e!qe dead 42.19 aqand'was funeral 



ha'yat he gambled 66.15 hay and' was Indian game 



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