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Lol- to hit Lolna'^Huxts you two will hit each 



other 

 Lolna'^'^Tnats you two hit each other I 

 tqul- to shout 52.8 tqulna'^Hunxan we (excl.) will 



shout at one another 

 ya^"'- to look 23.9 yaq^hlna'^^inatd look you at one 



another! 

 waa'- to speak 7.1 waana'^Hxanx waJas they speak 



one another's language 

 In two instances this suffix is followed by the verbalizing -«*' imply- 

 ing the commencement of a reciprocal action. For an explanation of 

 this inchoative idea see § 75. 



waa'- to speak 7.1 atsl'tc^ax waanawa^' thus they two 



(begin to) talk to each other 

 78.13 



M'n- to beat 72.17 H^nx wan huna'wa^ now they 



(begin to) beat one another 80.1. 



In a few instances this suffix is used to express distribution of 

 action. 



tlE'tnxni^- to cut 18.12 H t!Emx^na''^W'n he cut it into 



pieces (literally, he cut it here 

 and there) 52.23, 21 



Iqu'nwt knot Iqunwtna'^Hun yaP''xa^ he made 



lots of knots (literally, he made 

 many knots here and there) 



su'qu- to join 80.9 suq'^na'^Hun he joined it together 



Lapq- (?) 80.15 Lapqana'^Hun he put them side by 



side 



dq- to take off 13.1 dqna'^Hun. he took it apart. 



-fnux"- has the same function as the preceding -naw{a)^ but is 

 employed less often, and seems to be confined to a limited number of 

 stems. This suffix is frequently affected by the shifting of the accent 

 (see § 12). 



waa^' he says 8.9 waa'' muxwa'^x they two talk to 



each other 10.6 

 s^atsl' tca^x waa^'mux^ thus they 



two talk to each other 10.6, 7 

 atsVtc^ax waa'yEmxust thus they 

 began to talk to each other 56.4 

 waa' y Em x'^sta'^x they two began to 

 talk to each other 18.13 



§ 50 



