364 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



ai'xmt he killed them 68. 11 %s ai'witm, Its we two (are the) rem- 

 nants of the slaughter 62.18 



x'pl it burned down 58.12 qawUal'we Ie yixd'wEx nx'pi'tsl 



she commenced to look around 

 (of) the house the debris 58. 18, 19 



It is very likely that the following example may belong here: 



k'Usi'nds^ k'Usima' mis half hs k'Usi'misi ai'wit half of them 

 32.11 he killed (literally, the remain- 



ing half he killed) 112.10 



§ 61. Nouns of Quantity in -tn 



This suffix occurs in a few instances only. It is added to stems 

 expressing adjectival ideas, and may be translated by piece, portion. 



tca'yux^ small 42.6 I'li'l tcd'yuxwin d'tsa (to) both a 



small portion he gave 120.17 



qaic small 128.29 qaiei'ms ux yul'^'^yu in a small 



place they two are stopping 6.3 



e'hentc far 26.23 Tid'yini ehentcEsi' neHc dji'rdt be- 



cause quite far apart it keeps 

 coming (literally, because dis- 

 tance-portion-modality, [they] 

 are coming [singly]) 52.18 



§ 62. Nouns of Agency in -ayawa, -eyiiwe, -dyaiva 



These suffixes indicate the performer of an action. The -eydwe form 

 is added to stems with e- vowels (see § 7). Since the informant was 

 frequently at a loss how to express in English the idea conveyed by 

 this suffix, he invariably translated it by to go and (perform the 

 action in question). 



fa'lats he dances faliya'wa a dancer 



h/x'l^nt he examined it 32.23 hlx'lnlya'wa examiner 

 m'k'in wood 102.2 ml'Lan Tinik'ineyd' we permit me 



to get some wood (literally, let 

 me wood -getter be) 102. 1 

 rmllaq arrow 12.10 %s milaqayd'ive we two go and get 



arrows (literally, [we two are] 

 arrow-makers) 160.6, 7 

 Lo'^- to eat 17.2 iiLowlya' wa I am an eater 



lii^Hits Lowlya-wa I go in and 

 eat 168.2, 3 

 §§ 61-62 



