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In the following instance the suffix is changed, without any apparent 

 cause, to -yEtc. 



wa'lwal knife 78.11 t^qanuCyeqEm xwa'lwalyEtc they 



hit her with a knife 80. 5 

 In another instance it occurs as -aHc. 



go^s dlH tsdyd'nehaHc riLlpe'ne dlH with all kinds of small birds 46.2 



When suffixed to the article or to the personal pronouns, this suffix 

 is changed to -itc. 



Ie it 5.1 xle'itc ux h' !%nt with it they two 



try it 7.4 

 T^'ne I 50.25 'ryae'itc he'laq with (or to) me he 



came 

 ^ne thou 15.7 y^ne'itc with, to thee 18.11 



xd he 15.10 hexd'itc with, to her 86.3 



xwin we two hexivinne'itc with, to us two 24.3 



§ 71. SUPERLATIVE -eyitu 

 This suffix indicates great quantity or quality. It corresponds to 

 our superlative. 



tsd'yux^ small 20.5 hE tsdyuxwe'ywi a' la the smallest 



child 



he' mis big 14.5 hE hemise'yim yixd'wEX the big- 



gest house 



It is added mostly to terms of relationship that denote either a 

 younger or an elder member of the family. In such cases it implies 

 that the member spoken of is the younger (or elder) in a family con- 

 sisting of more than two members of the same degree of kinship. 



heni'k^ndtc elder sister wdndj Lidts hE hemhuntce' y%7n 



(out of two) 50.8 that way spoke the eldest sister 



126.16 



§ 72. DISTRIBUTIVE -%m 

 -tnl is suffixed to nouns of relationship only, and expresses a degree 

 of mutual kinship. It is etymologically related to the verbal dis- 

 tributives -?ie% -ami (see § § 25, 37). 



sla'atc cousin 42.21 {Ix sla'tcinl they two were mutual 



cousins 42.15 

 hd'Ldtc elder brother 72.27 lin hdhtcfi'nl we are brothers mu- 

 tually 

 m/iLkwi'ydtc younger brother hat' e' mis U miLkwi'tdm five they 

 72.1 (are) brothers (mutually) 90.8 



§ §71-72 



