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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 



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wax- to give 18.2 



Lfxmal- to kill 15.3 

 fsxan- to comb 

 lak'^- to take 7.5 

 l/x{u)- to know 40.16 



yax- to see 34.4 



waxa'yultsanx td'Jdn mMn^xfun I 



will give thee my lightning 



38.1, 2 

 L!x7na%'yultsanx vi'"'u'sk'"' qnlx^ts 



you killed my younger brother 

 tsxana'yultsaiix Jil'qv} you combed 



my hair 

 Vkwa' yultsin ants qal'tc he took 



that my knife 

 Lixu'yultsin rrdta he knows my 



father 

 s^as Lixu'yulisanx mfhta he knows 



thy father 

 ^08 y%xa' yultsanx qa'nrn he looks 



at thy face 



§ 57. Suffixes Denoting Possessive Interrelations for Tenses other 

 than the Present -isiti, -a^iti, -yaxa'ti 



When possessive interrelations that occur in tenses other than the 

 present are to be expressed, the Siuslaw language resorts to an inter- 

 esting form of composition of suffixes. Thus the durative suffix -Is 

 (see § 69), the intentional (see § 70), and the past -yax (see § 74), are 

 combined with the possessive suffix -lt% (see § 88), forming new com- 

 pound suffixes -^5^^f^, -a'^lti, and -yaxaHi, that indicate semi-reflexive 

 actions performed constantl}^, or about to be performed, or performed 

 long ago. In these new suffixes no sharp line of demarcation is drawn 

 between objects that are inseparably connected with the subject, and 

 objects that are possessed by the subject. 



ya'^'k!- small 36.23 



yaklls he is constantly (get- 

 ting) small 



haw- to finish 14.6 

 ha^'vns he makes continually 



hm'tiA yofhUsUi ha)' don't ye be 

 downhearted! (literally, not you 

 small always make your mind) 

 66.5 



H^nx TcumVntc atsl'to ha'^'vnsUl 

 ha''' and you don't believe it thus 

 (literallj^, and you, not thus, 

 make continually your mind) 

 46.24 



qa'xantc ha^'wlsltl ha} downward 

 make continually your hearts 

 8.10 



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