504 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



§ 48. Exhortative Suffix Expressing Possessive Interrelations Be- 

 tween Object and Subject -itsinE (-aitsroE) 



This suffix may be called the imperativized form of the suffix -utsm 

 denoting that the object is separably connected with the subject (see 

 § § 23, 34). It expresses, however, possessive relations between subject 

 and object regardless of the kind of possession, and is used only 

 in connection with the particle qaH (see § 129). By its means Sius- 

 law expresses a desire addressed to the first and third persons that a 

 certain act be performed upon an object that either forms an integral 

 part of or else is separably connected with the third person. All 

 subjective pronouns are added to the particle qaH (see §§ 24, 26). 

 Siuslaw has no distinct suffixes for the purpose of expressing posses- 

 sive relations with the first or second persons as the possessor, or rela- 

 tions between subject and object. For the interchange between -ItsmE 

 and -a^tsniE see § 2. 



pax- to close 36.16 qaH_paxa^'tsmE hopx let him shut 



his eyes! 

 xah!- to build 50.8 qaH^ns xaL Ii'tsmE hitsl''^ let us two 



(incl.) fix his house! 

 xarriL- to wash qa^'lnx xamLl'tsmE qa'nnt let them 



wash their faces! 

 hits- to put on 11.8 qaHa'^x h^yatsi'tsmE Ikwanu'q^ let 



them two put on their (dual) 



hats! 



MODAL SUFFIXES (§§ 49-64) 

 §49. Introductory 



In the succeeding chapters will be discussed, besides the suffixes 

 that indicate the passive voice and the imperative and exhortative 

 modes, also the formative elements expressing such concepts as recip- 

 rocality, distribution, and tentative and negative actions. A separate 

 section might have been devoted here to a discussion of the formative 

 elements -u and -^, the former expressing the indicative and the latter 

 indicating the imperative mode. Since, however, these two elements 

 never occur alone, and since they have been fully discussed in connection 

 with other suffixes (see §§ 23, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 

 48), it has been thought advisable to call attention here to their modal 

 functions, but not to treat them separately. 



§§ 48-49 



