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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES COOS 



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Iklvrl tE xaP'p runs down the 



water 16.9 

 x'pi Ie yixafwEx it burned 



down, the house 58.12, 13 

 imt'txe he came back 28.9 



k/'^^wl' Ie hu^' mis the woman 



was lost 51. 19 

 nsq he ran away 100.16 



Iklwa'k^ tE xa/^p is continually run- 

 ning down the water 17.4 



x'pa'ap Ie yixafiaEx burning 

 (down) is the house 



wutxa'xa te'is hV'' me came back 

 (one by one) our (dual) children 

 41.7 



heQ,pLpd'vnsk!u' wajf" my hat got 

 lost (impersonal) 



U nEqa'qa they ran awav (sever- 

 ally) 



There are a number of stems expressing verbal, nominal, and adjec- 

 tival ideas, that appear invariably in reduplicated or doubled form. 

 Some of these expressions are onomatopoetic in character; others 

 may have been borrowed from the neighboring languages; while still 

 others may be new formations, necessitated by the introduction of 

 new ideas and concepts through the contact of the Coos with the 

 white people. (See also § 116.) 



The following is a partial list of such stems: 



e'qeq killing spot 80. 14 

 (compare e'qe- to die) 



yi'myim eyelash (compare 

 yim- to twinkle) 



wa'lwal knife 78. 11 



ha'x'hax' wagon (compare 



ha?x'- to drag) 

 hethe'te rich 26.2 

 he'^'he^ knot 92.8 

 pvifspus^ cat 



jpu^xpux a spout 30.25 

 mus'mus^ cow 



ia'^'ta'' basket 112.4 

 tsEtse'kwin cane 28.18 

 tsEli' TRtsElvm button 



IVpiip white man's paint (com- 

 pare le}p- to paint) 

 tco'xtcox rabbit 60.23 



g'iTng'Vims rain (compare g'l'mlt 



it rains) 

 k'i'nk'in stick 



k'isk'a'siL fish-hawk 



ku'kum raven 



qatqai'h belt 28.7 (compare tqa^L- 



to put a belt on) 

 qa'lqal digging-stick 26.17 

 x'Vnx'in saddle (compare 



x'ne'et it is on top) 

 xa'hxat ax (compare Lxat- to chop) 

 xwa'lxwal eye 40.1 

 xwi'tsxut deer 64.19 



ta'ntan to come ashore (whale) 128.28 



pl'^'pi to go home 28.3 



yH'yu to stop (while traveling) 5.2 



1 Chinook jargon. 



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