372 BUKEAU OF AMEBICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



§ 73. INTEBROGATIVE -U 



It is added only to the particles tcUc^ qantc, mil'latc^ d%% vnt^ Uc^ to 

 the adverb ni'dtc^ and to the stem Itse'ts (see pp. 406, 407, 408, 411). 



tcl'icu xa'lal u men what are they doing? 92.18 



xt(nftcu tEU xa'nxs how is it that I am sick? 



la^ qa'ntcu la that one where did he go? 94.25 



Tni'ldtcu hanL e^wu'txe when will you return? 28.3,4 



dV'lu he tE e^vMo^' wat what usuallj^ are you looking for? 54.3 



dV'ltce'tuu hanL tEis k'Hnt with what shall we two try it? 7.1, 2 



{di}ltce't(yu, = di^l + -tc+-Etc^-,-u (see §§ 108, 25, 70, 11) 

 xiicnJtu tsi^x'tl'yat who did it? 



I'tm ^dowofya e'xkan which one do you want? 50.17 

 U m'ctcu how many are they? (literally, [are] they a few?) 

 Itse'tsu hem/ifstEs fi'ye yixafwEX how big is your house? (literally, 



how [the] largeness [size] of your house?) 



NUMERAL SUFFIXES (§§ 74-77) 

 § 74. Ordinal -is 



The ordinal numerals are formed by adding to the cardinals (see § 101) 

 the suffix -is. The first two numerals are irregular, especially the 

 ordinal for one. The adverbial stem lla ahead, the temporal adverb 

 yuwhit BEFORE, or the same adverb with the adjectival ending -lyEx, 

 are used in lieu of the missing regular ordinal numeral for one. 

 The ordinal for two is formed by adding the suffix 4s to the adverb 



aSO AGAIN. 



I'la, yuwi'nt, yuwi'ntlysx first 

 aso'wis second 

 ytpsE'nts third 

 hecL^'hts foui'th 

 kafE'mJists fifth 



he'' xa Via Lowt'tat she first ran (literally, ahead) 56.9 



lei^ yuioi'nt hu^mis my first wife (literally, my wife [whom I had] 



before) 

 len aso'wts hu^'mts my second wife 

 Compare also helnn'Ms next day {he'hnl to-morrow 162.9) 6.7 



Of an obscure composition is the indefinite ordinal tsi'wts the last. 

 Its first component can not be explained, while the ending is plainly 

 the ordinal suffix -ts. 



tso cku tsl'wts now (this) must (have been) the last one 120.1 

 §§ 73-74 



