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waa'- to speak 7.1 wa'aHsin ta'Mn wa'as speak to me 



(with) this my lang-uagel 36.10 

 hln- to take along 23.2 hl'mtsin take me along! 



hlwan- to tell 7.3 hlwa'nttmi tell me! 



Llwa'nltsanxcm tell us (excl.)! 

 yoff- to look 23.9 yal quhltsats Ie na look ye at me! 



a^g- to leave 56.5 a^' qa^tsatci you leave me! 



The prohibitive form is expressed by combining the durative -Is 

 with the objective form -uts and by placing the particle of negation 

 te', 'kunn'ntc^ before the verbal expression (see §§ 69, 29, 60). The 

 pronominal suffixes are those used to express the second person as the 

 subject, and the first person as the object, of an action (see § 24 and 

 table, pp. 473, 474). 



hln- to take along 23.2 Tcvnnx hl'nlsuts don't take me 



along! 

 Tcwi'nxan hl'nlsuts don't take us 



(excl.) along! 

 qn^"- to find 34.12 Tcvnnx qnu'^wlsuts don't find me! 



§ 4,3. Imperative Suffix Indicating the Indirect Object of the Third 



Person -yux 



This suffix is etymologically related to the suffix -ux discussed in 

 § 30. It is added to verbs requiring the presence of a direct and in- 

 direct object, and it expresses a command that involves the third person 

 (singular, dual and plural) as the recipient of the action. 



wax- to give 18.2 wa'xyux give it to him! 



wa'xyuxanx g\\Q, it to them! 

 qun- to pour 29.2 qwa''^nyux Laaya'tc pour it down 



into his mouth! 29.2 

 hits- to put on 11.8 Uya'tsyux put it on him! 



hamx- to tie 8.6 hoJtnxyux tie it on him! 



The prohibitive mode is obtained by combining the durative -is (see 

 § 69) with the suffix -ux (see § 30) and by placing the particle hu} or 

 kumt'ntc (see § 131), before the verbal expression. 



ivax- to give 18.2 Jcwlnx wa'xa^sux don't give it to 



him! 

 hits- to -^xxt on 11.8 Jcwlnx Mya'tslsux don't put it on 



him! 

 qun- to pour 29.2 kumt' ntc^nx qwa^nlsux don't pour 



it (into his mouth) ! 

 § 43 



