BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — SIUSLAWAN 



. Kate' - to ask 66.16 hatc'a'yutnE 68.3 



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xni^n- to do 10.5 

 waa^' he says 8.9 



lI'u- to come 8.3 



xn%"^nutnE 62.9 



waa'^'sut7iE2-i:.S 



L.'lL.'wi'sutnE 26.2 



hatcayu'^riE he is 

 asked 66.23 



xnl'^nujiE it is done 



loaa'-'sunE he is con- 

 tinually told 23.10 



Ll'wlsunE he is con- 



gaLx- to count 8.5 qa' LxutiiE 62.8 



Idaho}' he invites 



tutca^' he spears 



62.2 

 hakwa^' he drops 

 tqulv}' he shouts 



92.6 

 hali'tnf they shout 



13.11 

 c^Z•a?- to move 27.3 

 h^yats- to put on 



11.8 



tinually approached 

 26.6 

 qa'LxlsunE (they) are 

 continually counted 



62.11 

 tcmx Ic.'aha' yatnE this one you are invited 



24.3 

 tutca'yutuE it is speared 8.7 



luikwa'yunE it is thrown 8.7 

 tqulu'yu HE he is shouted at 78.3 



IJialVmuE he is continualh^ shouted at 



U.2 

 ci'l'XfisutnE he is continually shaken 27.2 

 Uya!tH%8utnE it is continually put on 11.7 



The verbal suffix -t expressing- periphrasticall}^ the idea to have, to 

 BE WITH SOMETHING (see § 76), is very often dropped when followed 

 b}^ the subjective pronouns that begin with n (see § 24; see also § 88). 



atsl'tcltin lia} thus 1 think s^atsl'tcin Jul^ thus 1 think 21.7 



na'mHltin iva'as my language na'fnHm loa'as my language 



36.13 

 hla'ltanxan our residence na'niHlnxan our , . . 102.5 

 100.3 



Wslnxan hltm!'' good (was) our 

 house 100.13 



The same tendency of dropping a consonant prevails in clusters con- 

 sisting of k\n. 



ta°''k (this here) + -nx 

 ta°'k (this here) + -nxan 



tanx this one thou 20.6 

 ta'nxan these ones we . 



. 25.3 



The dropping of k in these instances may also be explained as 

 having resulted from the abbreviation of ta°'k into tE (see § 115); 

 the more so, as an analogous case is furnished by the local adverb 



§ 16 



