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a consonant, they are merged with the imperative suffix by means of 

 a weak a- vowel (see § 4). 



yuP^h!- to break 94.4 yu'L.'ll qal'tc break his knife! 



tsxanu- to comb tsxa'nwll hl'qvJ' comb his hair! 



Mn- to take along 23.2 M'nll L!xrm't% take along his bow! 



Ian- to call 23.7 lafnll li'ntc^ax call their (dual) 



names! 

 Jmmx- to tie 8.6 ha'Tinxll tdV Ltchix tie their hands! 



hamod'lats tclL you two tie his 



hands ! 

 tiE'mxu- to cut 48.12 t/EnixuHatd xwa'Tca j^ou cut (off) 



his head! 



The prohibitive mode is expressed by combining the durative -%s 

 (see § 69) with the suffix -ul (see § 35) and by placing the negation 

 tu', hwm'ntc not before the verb (see § 40). 



yu^'^L!- to break 94.4 Tcvnnx yu'Lltsul qal'tc don't break 



his knife! 

 hamx- to tie 8.6 Tcwni'ntc^nx ha'rnxflsul t(fiL don't 



tie his hands! 

 tsxanu- to comb Icvnnx tsxa'nwlsul hl'q'^^ don't 



comb his hair! 



§ 4:6. Imperative Suffloo Indicating that the Object is Possessed by 

 a First Person -ilts 



It expresses a command to perform an action, whose recipient is 

 either possessed or forms an integral part of the first person. It is 

 related to the imperative -Us (see § 42) and to the suffix -Hits discussed 

 in § 36. The combined pronominal forms that are added to this suffix 

 for the purpose of indicating the number of subject and possessor are 

 identical with those discussed on pp. 472-475. 



xdz/- to make 50.8 xd'L/lltsin qal'tc fix my knife! 



xamL- to wash xa'miUtsin <^a'nmwash my face! 



hl7i- to take along 23. 2 hVnlltsatci sl'xa} you take my canoe 



along! 

 hamx- to tie 8.6 ha' mxiltsanxan tclL tie our (excl.) 



hands! 



The prohibitive form is obtained by combining the durative -is 

 (see § 69) with the suffix -ults (see § 36). The negative particle l;u\ 

 kumi'ntc not must precede the verb, while the pronouns expressing 



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