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§ S5. Sujjix Indicating that the Object is Possessed hy a Third 

 Person Object -ul (-a^i) 



This suffix expresses an act performed upon an object that forms an 

 integral part of or that is separably connected with another object. 

 Hence it indicates the possessive relation that exists between two 

 objects as seen by the subject of the sentence. The possessor of the 

 object of the action must be the third person, regardless of number. 

 If, however, it is absolutely necessary to indicate the number of the 

 possessor, this is accomplished by means of suffixing to the possessed 

 object the possessive suffixes for the third person singular, dual or 

 plural (see § 88). It is noteworth}^ that the possessed object appears 

 in the absolutive form, and not with the locative case endings, as might 

 be expected. The pronominal suffixes expressing the subject of the 

 action follow the suffix -ul; and as this suffix ends in a consonant, and 

 some of the subjective pronouns begin with a consonant, the pronouns 

 are frequently preceded by a connecting, weak vowel (see § 4). 

 There exists undoubtedly an etymological connection between the u 

 of this suffix and the u of the direct object of the third person -un 

 (see §§ 23, 28). For the u of -ul the diphthong a" is quite frequentl}'- 

 substituted. This interchange has been discussed in § 2. 



st'nxl- to desire 18.5 st'n^xyuln hltsl'^ I like his house 



hmnx- to tie 8.6 ha'nixaHn tclL I tie his hands 



yax- to see 34.4 ylxa'yulanx niUa you see his 



father 

 h%n- to take along 23.2 hina'yulanx hlxinl'tl you took 



his bow along 

 ya'g"^'- to see 23.9 H ya!(f^yul nd'cFlo} and he 



saw her vulva (bad thing) 



90.10 

 yax- to see 34.4 yaxt'xula^x tcu'x^s he saw their 



(dual) vulvas 90.15 

 ya"'k!- small 36.23 ydkH'tcHul xwd'ka she cut his 



head into pieces 96.11 

 haw- to end, to make 14.6 ha^'na hau'ul lia)' different she 



made his mind 68.9 

 lak^- to take 7.5 tH'ya^ lakwa'hul ants matll' 



bear had seized that his older 



brother 58.16 



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