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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 



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ta^- to live 32.21 



wllw- to affirm, to answer 17.7 Icu^ yd/ tsa wl'lwll not (for) a long 



time he answered 74.4 

 sqii'ma H Icumi'ntc ta'll inqfa'Uo 



pelican did not live in the bay 



44.1 

 Hn Icimii'ntc sVnqlaH I (am) not 



hungry 44.15, 16 

 Icwmi'ntc xa'wll he does not die 15.8 



s^nq!- to be hungry 44.11 



xau- to die 40.21 



Modal Elements of the Passive Voice (§§ 54-59) 

 § 54:. Introductory 



Siuslaw employs a great number of suffixes for the purpose of 

 expressing the passive voice. Many of these suffixes express, besides 

 the passive idea, some other grammatical category, and according to 

 this secondary function they may be divided into the following classes: 



(1) Pure passive suffixes. 



(2) Suffixes conveying the passive voice and temporal categories. 



(3) Passive suffixes indicating pronominal and possessive interrela- 

 tions. 



The suffixes of the last categor}' have been fully discussed in §§38 



and 39. 



§ 55. Present Passive -xam 



It expresses the present tense of the passive voice, and may be added 

 directly to the stem or may be preceded by the verbalizing suffix -a* 

 (-^) (see §§ 75, 2). In the latter case it conveys an inchoative passive 

 idea. In narratives this suffix assumes the function of an historic pres- 

 ent. Stems ending in a consonant insert a weak vowel between their 

 final sound and the suffix (see § 4). 



L!°wa'x- to send 7.7 



qaa- to enter 44.4 



waa'- to speak 7.1 



Wllw- to affirm 17. 7 



skwa- to stand 10.9 



tiatc'- to ask 66.16 

 lak^- to get, to take 7. 5 



HwanLfoxa'xam then finally he 



was sent 16.10 

 SExa^'tc qaa'xam into a canoe it 



was put in 34.5 

 waa! xam s^atmJtc he was told thus 



8.1 

 wllwa'xaTn he was answered "yes " 



30.11 

 skwaha'xarn ants xa^tca'a^ placed 



was that roast (in the fire) 90.9 

 H hatc'i' xam he was asked 66.16 

 tcfimtca'mi lokwl'xam an ax was 



seized 27.10 



§§ 54-55 



