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Owing to its modal significance, this suffix expresses the idea of 

 our collective numerals in twos, in threes, when added to the cardi- 

 nal numerals. 



go^s qa'ntcitc xi/uxwd' /wHg U la everywhere in pairs they went 48.8 

 xyipsE'neHc in threes {yi'j)SETi three) 



§ 68. Local SuflBLx, Indicating Motion, -etc 

 The suffix -etc indicates motion, action, and may be rendered by at, 



IN, THROUGH, ON, INTO. 



tcAdiJrtM spruce-tree 20.5 



dE'msit prairie 22.12 

 yixd'wEX house 22.25 



tclwdl fire 38.8 

 a face 10.3 



Llal'yat Ie tsofyuoc^ tc^cl'miletc he 



put it on the small spruce-tree 



20.8 

 Ie'yI dEmste'tc Lht'nap a good 



prairie through he goes 22.11 

 ytxd'wExetc la into the house he 



went 28.10, 11 

 yixafwExeto dji to the house he 



came 

 tdwd'letc tlcits into the fire he 



shoved it 32.24 

 Icwtna'e^wat d'heto he is looking at 



(his) face 



When suffixed to a stem with an «-vowel, the suffix is changed to 

 -ate (see § 7). 



xd°'p water 6.9 

 lUo/ ground 6.7 



i^klwU xd°''patc into the water he 



dove 26.27 

 Lftd'ato leml'yat on the ground he 



put it 64.1 



In some case.s it may be suffixed to verbs 

 tila'qai (many) live 36.11 



sto^q he stands 20.4 

 all' cam (they) play 94.8 



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tcl helaq Ie md tila'qayetc there 



he arrived, where the people 



were living 36.12, 13 

 tso Ie md qal sto^'qetc he'laq now 



to the person (that) below stood 



he came 92, 4, 5 

 he'laq Ie md al%ca.nl' ivaqatc he came 



to the people (that) were playing 



98, 14, 15 



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