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haw- to finish 14.6 ... antshitsl'^ ha^wa^' styaxaHns 



(when) that house beg-an to be 

 finished 



§ .59. Diirative Passives in -isutn- (-isu'nE), -usn- 



-tsutn- {-isu'riE), This suffix is composed of the durative -Is (see 

 § 69) and of the passive -utn- i(see § 58). It denotes a passive action 

 of long duration. Owing to its durative character, the verbal stem to 

 which this suffix is added is frequently amplified (see § 112) or dupli- 

 cated (see § 107). -Isutn- interchanges constantly with -a^sutn- (see 

 §§2, 69). The subjective pronouns are added by means of a weak 

 vowel. In final position it occurs as -IsutnE^ because a final cluster of 

 t+n is inadmissible (see § 4). The change of the t io ?i weak aspi- 

 ration in -IsunE has been fully discussed in § 16 (see also § 58). 



Ian- to call by name Id'nisutnE ants kite he is constantly 



called, that man 23.7 



cil'x- to shake 27.3 ci'l'xisutnEhe is constantly shaken 



27.2 



waa'- to speak 7.1 atsl'tc wa'a^sunE thus he is always 



told 24.2 



Tilts- to put on 11.8 ¥ya'ts%sut7iE it is frequently put 



on 11.7 



Ll'u (they) come 9.3 LitLlwl'sutiiE he is being ap- 



proached 26.2 



yaq^'- to look 23.9 ya'q'^hisuns he is continually 



watched 26.1 



qaLx- to count 8.5 qa'LodsunE it is being counted 



62.11 



waa'- to speak 7.1 atsl'tc waa^'sunE thus he is being 



told 23.10 



AaZ- to shout 13.11 Ihall'sunE he is continually 



shouted at 14.2 



i.^2!U- to know 40. 16 hu} Llxu'xu^su'^nE tcaltci'tc ants 



xint not it was known where 

 that one went 64.15, 16 



-usfi" is a combined suffix. Its first element is undoubtedly the du- 

 rative -us (see § 69) ; while the second component seems to represent 

 an abbreviated form of the passive suffix -utji-, discussed in § 58. It 

 indicates a passive action of long duration or frequent occurrence, and 

 may best be rendered by it would . . . 



§ 59 



