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•dyt^ns occurs in three instances, and seems to have a nominalizing 

 character. 



tdhats he put it out (the light) 

 128.16 



ice^ titc! you two come in! 



82.14 

 hethe'te rich 26.2 



h'!(ltc!hnfy%ms la^ tcIUefet it (the 

 fire) is burning continually (lit- 

 erally, without [being] put out 

 it is- caused to burn) 40.25, 26 



titcafyims ndowa'ya to come in I 

 (should) like 



hatafyims money 20.15 



•lyaLf -ayaLf are suffixed to a few verbal stems, and seem to 

 denote the performer of an action. 



hi- to hunt 24.26 

 aVh'canx he plays 

 L(>*^- to eat 



Inl'yaL md a hunter 

 olicanl'yaL a player 

 LowifyaL a person that eats 

 qacqayd'yaL a shadow (?) 104.9 



•%ye, -dye. This suffix is added to a number of stems expressing 

 adjectival ideas. It is idiomatically employed in the formation 

 of comparison (see p. 417), and in some instances it is used to 

 indicate plurality of adjectival concepts. When used for the 

 purpose of expressing comparison, it seems to have a nominal- 

 izing function. 



phUs heavy 



x'i'luns deep 



xu'us liofht 



Singular 



yu kwQ, pdLld'ye xkvn'naHc they 

 (pi.) look very heavy (literall}-, 

 much as if weight [according toj 

 appearance) 64.8 



cmlh la u x'iluwi'ye Iex ya'has the 

 maggots go halfway deep (liter- 

 ally, middle, goes its depth [of] 

 the maggots) 40.12 



his xd ta he'ux xwd'wlye Ie e^ne 

 they two are as light as you 

 (literally, also he and their two 

 light weight [as] yours) 



Plural 



•ytya is suffixed in one or two instances to local adverbs, giving them 

 an adjectival coloring, as it were. 

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