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§ 52. Tentative -tc' 



This suffix indicates an attempt on the part of the subject to perform 

 a certain action, and may best be rendered by to attempt, to try . . . 

 The native Siuslaw, unable to express its exact meaning, rendered it 

 by various phrases, chiefly by sentences like to do something slowly, 

 to "kind of" . . ., etc. Verbal stems ending in a consonant insert a 

 weak vowel between its final sound and the suffix (see § 4). In ter- 

 minal position this suffix appears as -tc'ya (see § 24). 



yax- to see 34.4 stl'm^nx yaxatc'a'wax there they 



intend to try to look 60.7 

 yd'xatc'ist^nx lit fay a' you (will) 

 try to begin to look for food 13.7 

 yaxatc'a^'wUi'n tJamc I intend try- 

 ing to look for my boy 60.1, 2 



Lxat- to run 12.3 Lxa'tatc'ist Jclexu'tc Llaya'tc he 



begins to attempt to run every- 

 where 13.8, 9 



hu^n- to beat 72.17 H s^a tsl'k/ya kunu'tswa that one 



very (hard) tries to beat (them) 

 78.18 



tluha!- to sell, to buy 74.5 tluhatc'i'ntxa^x (they two) try to 



sell their (dual) many (hides) 



lit!- to eat 13.10 ll'tlatc'in I eat slowly 



Trdx- to swim mVxatc'ya he is ''kind of" swim- 



ming 



§ 53. Negative -il {-aU) 



This suffix expresses negation of action, and is used with intransitive 

 verbs onl3\ Negation of transitive verbs by means of a special suffix 

 is not exhibited. The verbal stem to which this suffix is added must 

 be preceded by the negative particles M% Tcumi'ntc not (see § 131). 

 An explanation of the parallel occurrence of -%l and -aH is given in § 2. 



«"«- to sleep 23.9 lcum.%' 7itc^nxan a'^'sll not we (excl.) 



sleep 70.19 

 sdntm- to travel 12.10 liumi'jitc nl'lcla xi'ntm/il not alone 



he traveled 94.11 

 (yi'nxl- to think Tcimn'ntc nictei'tc ci'mnl not (of) 



anything he was thinking 60. 



20, 21 

 c^'l'X' to move, to shake 27.2 Tcv} ci'l'xll not he moved 27.2, 3 

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