472 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



dq- to run away 88.3 dqa'wa'^xiln we two (excl.) intend 



to run away 

 ii'it- to approach 8.3 Li'utunxan we (excl.) will come 



30.11 

 Ll'uyanxan we (excl. ) have come 



(4) Amplification of stem: 



Uq- to dig 80.6 ycHq (they two) dig 84. T 



cltx- to flop &yatx (they) flop (around) 36.23 



ha^'- to be ready 8.10 ha'wa it is ready 23.10 



L!dn- to tell 16.9 hlwa'^n he relates 16.6 



(5) Verbs that end in -a: 



hau'- to quit 11.4 ha'wa it is ready 23.10 



wa- to speak 7.1 waa' he said 12.10 



qa't&n- to go 12.1 qa'tc^na he goes 36.1 



vfll'^- to affirm 17.7 vnlwa' he afiirms 58.9 



§ 25. The Objective Pronouns 



The same forms as those discussed in § 24 are used to express the 

 pronominal objects. In these terms the verbal stem is followed by 

 an objective element, which in most cases is followed first by the 

 pronominal object, then by the pronominal subject. In all cases 

 where this composition would bring two consonants into contact they 

 are separated by a weak vowel {a or ^). 



The objective elements here referred to are -un, which expresses the 

 relation to the third person object, and -uts, which indicates the rela- 

 tion to the first and second persons. These will be treated more fully 

 in §§ 27-29. 



In all forms that express a relation of a second person subject or of 

 an exclusive subject to a singular pronominal object, the latter is 

 omitted, and the pronominal subject follows directly the objective 

 element before referred to. Perfect clearness is attained here, since 

 the objective element defines the person of the object. Thus the 

 forms THOU, ye two, ye, acting upon either first or second person, 

 can refer only to the first person; I and he, and I and they, only to 

 the second, for otherwise they would be reflexives. In the combi- 

 nation I-thee the subject is omitted. In the combinations I-him, 

 I-THEM TWO, I-them, the subject pronoun -n seems to have been con- 

 tracted with the 11 of the objective element (see § 15); while in 

 they-me the order of subject and object is reversed. 



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