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tila'qai (many) live 36.11 hi'n% LmMi'Jcats Ie til Ie ma xqat 



tila'qayUc there lived the kins- 

 men (among) the people (who) 

 below lived 60.11 



By prefixing to the noun the local prefix x- (see § 22), and by 

 sufiixing to it the suffix -eHc^ -Uc^ the idea from is expressed. 



qa'yis sky 6.1 xqa'yts^tc he'laq from the sky he 



came 



i/^a country 30.28 a?y£«i^'£.^^a'i?^<3 from another coun- 



' try 26.6 



pqai' back 82.13 xyufxwd md Llo^h'inl^'wat xjpqai'- 



hltc two men were supporting 

 him from the back 40. 9 



When preceded by the discriminative x- (see § 23), this suffix 

 assumes a modal significance, exercising the same function as the 

 English adverbial suffix -ly or the word like. 



nmd'henet it is populated 12.4 hats hwa xmdhe'ntltc sto'waq just 



like a person he stood up 114.23, 

 24 

 amidhe'ntltc Jc'Uo'wit Ie md like 

 persons she saw the beings (look) 

 64.18 



d'yit sure enough 7.4 go^s dlH in xd'yuwUc tsxau'wat he 



killed a little of everything 

 (literally, [of] everything not 

 enough-ly he killed) 64.19, 20 



qa'lyeq salmon 34.14 xqa'lyeqeHc U Ji'wina'e^wat as 



salmon they look upon it 130.14 

 xta'nuxwUc Lotoa'hats sideways he 

 was sitting 38.10 



yixl^' one 5.5 xyi'xlHc da' mil xyt'xlHc he'il 



hu^md'k'e each man has one 

 wife (literally, one [modal] man, 

 one [modal] their wives) 48.5 



The prefix may sometimes be omitted, as shown by the following 

 examples: 



qantc where 8.8 yVkwanh qantcl'tc teii la perhaps 



shall which way this I go 100.18 



qaic small 128.29 qai'clto ha"^ U yu'wUt into small 



pieces they divided it 130,26 



tsd'yux^ small 20.5 isdlyux'w%tG'p%'lstatto'^\&Q^%^\i^^^ 



smashed 124.14 



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