490 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



qwa'^n- to pour 29.2 H wan qwa'^nul Laaya'tcHc (they 



two) now pour it into his 

 mouth 96.7 



hate'- to ask 66.16 Htcfi hatc'a'yul ha^ you ask her 



(literally, and you ask about 

 her mind [opinion]) 74.8 



§ S6. Suffix Expressing an Object Possessed by a First or Second 

 Person Object -ults (-aults) 



This suffix has the same function as -ul, but differs from it in so 

 far as the possessor of the object must be either a first or a second per- 

 son. The number of the possessor, when required, is indicated b}^ the 

 possessive suffixes added to the possessed object (see § 88). Owing to 

 the variability of the person of the possessor, this suffix conveys, 

 besides the idea of a possessive relation between two objects, also the 

 connection that exists between subject and object. Hence it assumes 

 a function, limited in scope, but similar in character to the suffix for 

 the combined subject and object pronouns. This functional similarity 

 is indicated even in the phonetic composition of the suffix, -ults is 

 undoubtedly a compound suffix consisting of the previously discussed 

 -ul and of the suffix for the subject and object pronoun -uts (see § 29). 

 It is not inconceivable that the original form may have been -uluts, 

 contracted later on into- ults. A comparison of the Siuslaw transi- 

 tive indicative suffixes shows that the majority of them have the u 

 in common. Hence it may be claimed that the u originally con- 

 veyed the idea of a transitive indicative action (see § 23); and as the 

 u was already present in the first element of this suffix (-ul), it maj'' 

 have been omitted as superfluous in the second part. 



Owing to this additional function of this suffix as a medium of ex- 

 pressing subject and object pronouns, the subjective pronouns are 

 added to it in a method similar to the one employed in the suffixation 

 of the subjective pronouns to the suffix -uts (see § 25). After certaio 

 consonants this suffix is changed into -aHts (see § 2). 



hi?i- to take along 23.2 hlna'yultsanx hlxml'tl I take along 



thy bow 

 yax- to see 34.4 yixa' yvHtsanx qa'niii I look at thy 



face 

 l/x{u)- to know 40.16 L/xu'yutsa?ix mita qna I knov 



thy father 

 § 36 



