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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 



449 



laku'kun he takes it 

 tutca'ymi he spears it 64.12 



Ha^x tkumaJyun the\' two 

 made a dam 48.8 



vlltl snow 76.10 



jjEku'ya xahfa^' hla'"-^ people 

 make shinny-sticks 78.5 



lakwa'lcu^n he took it 64.10 

 Vwatct'tcuna^x they two are 



spearing it 56.15, 16 

 Hns tkvM' misu7i we two (incl.) 



will keep on making dams 



48.14 

 wait it snows 

 a'ntsux pdkioa'wax those two 



(who) are about to play . . . 



shinny 78.10, 11 



Owing to the interchange between i and a* and u and a" (see § 2), 

 these diphthongs are subject to the same amplification. 



hi'qlaH he started 22.6 

 mEqtaHx they dance 72.13 



qa'tkin Ie a^ga'qaHs (from) 

 here he left me 60.4 



ka^si's he keeps on following 

 92.7 



hlqlya'ci^ it will be started 32. 1 

 viEq.'ya'ivax (I) intend to dance 



72.12 

 ta^'k^ns aya'qyun here we two 



(incl.) will leave it 56.16, 17 

 khvas^yu'tsana^ you will follow 



me 92.3 



The change of l into ya often takes place in the third person sin- 

 gular, which ends in -I (see p. 468). 



Ll'wat.'in 1 come frequently 



cUnxyatUn I am thinking 



ha'kwatUn 1 fall frequently 



xi'l'xcm, I work 



pEll'tcyin I (am) ahead 

 yoJq^lnn I look 

 st'nx%7h I want 



Ll'wat.'l 68.5, {Ll'irat.'ya) he 



came frequently 

 {^ci'n^xyojtll)^ (A'nf-xyaHya 17.6 



he is thinking 

 {ha'kwatll)^ ha'kwatfya 90.12 it 



falls continually 

 id'l'xai 50.9, (^xi'l'xcya) he was 



working 

 pEll'tcya he was first 48.11 

 ya'q^'ya he looked 70.16 

 n'n^xya he desires 



§ H. Consonantization of i- and u- 



The i- and u- elements of the diphthongs are changed into the semi- 

 vocalic consonants y and w whenever they are followed b}^ vowels of 

 different qualities. This law affects also the simple short or long i- 

 and U' vowels. 



§ 8 



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