60AS] HANDBOOK OP INDIAN LANGUAGES — COOS 377 



Mini there 6.2 Mnif yiya md dlH la^ 'rai'tsts from 



there the people something 

 know 128.19, 20 

 tiA he'%1 tama'lis hinl'yiya md just 

 their fashion (of the) people from 

 there 130.8, 9 



The function of this suffix may best be compared to that of 

 the German suffix -ige in phrases like — 



der heutige Tag this day 



die dortigen £!mv)ohnei' the inhabitants from there 



-I has been found suffixed to the article only. It seems to express 

 the idea of instrumentality, although this idea may be due to 

 the prefixed instrumental n-. 



Ie it, he, the 5.1 nl(fhl la with it he went 42:8 



nle'Jii um'txe with it she returned 

 70.23 



The infixed h is due to hiatus (§ 10). 



Reduplication (§§ 81-83) 



% SI.-. Introductory 



Reduplication as a means of forming grammatical processes is 

 resorted to frequently in Coos. The reduplication may be either 

 initial or final. Initial reduplication affects the consonant, vowel, or 

 whole syllable. It consists in the repetition of the weakened vowel 

 or consonant of the stem, or in the duplication of the first stem- 

 syllable. The connecting vowel between two reduplicated consonants 

 is the obscure £-vowel; but, owing to the great tendency of Coos 

 towards euphony, this obscure vowel is frequently affected by the 

 stem-vowel (see § 7). Final duplication is always consonantic, and 

 consists in the repetition of the final consonant by means of a con- 

 necting obscure vowel, which very often changes its quality in accord- 

 ance with the stem- vowel preceding it, or with the vowel of the suffix 

 that follows it (see § 7). 



The grammatical use of reduplication is confined chiefly to the verb. 



§ 82. Initial Heduplication 



Initial reduplication expresses, in connection with the proper verbal 

 suffixes, intensity of action, repetition, duration, and customary 

 action. It is employed, furthermore, in the formation of the passive 



§§ 81-82 



