BOAS] HANDBOOK OP INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 487 



si'nxl- to desire 18.5 8%'nxitx ants t/amc xwl'Lltuxtc he 



wanted that his child should 

 come back (literally, he wanted 

 his, that child, return shall his) 

 42.5, 6 



waa'- to say 7.1 s^atsVtc^ax waa^'tx ants mild thus 



their (dual) mother told them 

 (literally, thus their two, told, 

 that mother) 54.23 



hant- to call ha'nCltx mdt!%' he called his elder 



brother 58.16 



Qoau' he died 40.21 tsq^nx xawa^'tx (when) their rela- 



tives died (literally, relatives 

 they, die theirs) 68.13 



waa'- to say 7.1 ^at&h'tc wa' a^tx ants Lxa^'yax thna 



he said to that his friend 42.7, 8 



§ 34:. Suffix Denoting that the Object is Possessed by the Subject, but 

 Separable from it -utsm- (-aQtsm-) 



This suffix seems to be a compound consisting of two separate suf- 

 fixes, -uts- and -jn. While the original function of the second element 

 is unknown, the first component is undoubtedly the suffix expressing 

 the direct object of the first and second persons (see § 29 and also § 23). 



It expresses a transitive action whose recipient is possessed by the 

 subject without forming an integral part of it. Terms of relationship, 

 and all concrete nouns, excepting those nominal stems that denote 

 parts of the body, are thus considered; but, owing to frequent errors 

 on the part of the informant, this suffix will be found used also in con- 

 nection with objects expressing parts of the body.* All subjective pro- 

 nouns are added to this suffix by means of a connecting weak vowel, 

 as a result of the law regulating the use of consonantic clusters (see 

 § 4); and, as the third person singular has no distinct form, this suffix 

 appears in final position as -utsmE. The u of this suffix often inter- 

 changes with the diphthong a" (see § 2). The suffix follows the tense 

 signs, and is frequently added to reduplicated stems. 



la'lc'^- to take, to get 7.5 lakwa'lcutsmin Tc^d'm I take my 



bucket 

 qnu- to find 56.9 qnu'hutsmin qal'tc I found my 



knife 

 hlxma}'- to kill 15.3 l ! xma^' yutsmanx m^u'slc'^ you 



killed your younger brother 



1 See § 33, p. 485. 



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