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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES COOS 



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Examples of monosyllabic stems: 



a^«'- to kill (many) 58.8 

 a}"- to quit 14.4 

 e'^'- to be among 46.13 

 Ux- to look 14.2 

 IH- to tell 7.8 

 n^n- to set up 34.23 

 ha^- to gamble 38.23 

 Tm- to be ready 19.3 

 ■paf'- to fill 15.7 

 sqa- to seize 10.4 

 Lq^a- to believe 28.13 

 t8xa^- to kill (one) 14.7 

 yEq- to run away 36.19 

 yoq- to split in two 7.3 

 win- to wade 58.2 



Examples of polysyllabic stems: 



^Tie to be gone 38.15 

 yi'amx'^- to have, to carry 54.12 

 wu'txe to come back 28.4 

 ha'kH- to leave 30.8 

 sitsl'^n- to go and see 9.7 

 k-i'ld""- to see 6.5 



hak- to crawl 32.10 

 ha'^p- to tear off 58.14 

 pin- to shake 58.24 

 7n,il- to swim 24.27 

 te^t- to enter 22.29 

 tdl- to be ashamed 

 k/al- to shout 24.22 

 wi7iq- to weave, to pile 18.1 

 mfintc- to ask 62.15 

 tsimx'- to fasten 46.7 

 h'imst- to pick 17.1 

 thwlL- to follow 9.9 

 tqanL- to strike 28.1 

 tqa^L- to put a belt on 28.22 



hwUna- to look 6.4 

 ak'a'nak' to stick out 42.1 

 UisU- to recognize 30.28 

 yixu'me to travel 10.3 

 ti'k'ine to stand 62.22 



With the exception of the terms of relationship, the nouns indicat- 

 ing parts of the body, and all other words of a denominative character, 

 the Coos stems are neutral and receive their nominal or verbal 

 character through the suffixes. 



stowa'qwis wall 90.18 

 Lle'yis language 14. 5 

 l! aha! was clothes 110.3 

 lo'kwU it lightens 18. 8 



sto^q- to stand 20.4 

 L.'d- to speak 9.3 

 Liha- to put on 28.22 

 lo'wak^ ligrhtning- 18. 5 



In a few instances nouns have been formed by reduplication or 

 duplication of a neutral stem. 



tqaih- to put around 28. 2! 



100!*^- to jump 



Lxat- to chop wood 26.16 



pwx^- to spout 



W-p- to paint 



x'%n- to be on top 



yvm- to twinkle 



qa'tqaih belt 28. 22 

 tco'xtcox rabbit 60. 23 

 xa' Lxat ax 



pu^'xpux^ a spout 30. 25 

 li'plip paint 

 x'i'nx'in saddle 

 yVmyim eyelash 



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