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ha'nimt!- to believe 78.1, 2 H wan ha'n^nl'tHstun and finally 



she began to believe him 46.3 



In a few instances this suffix will be found added to a stem after the 

 same has been verbalized by means of the suffix -«*' (see § 75). 



xintm- to travel about 12.10 Icleayuftc L.'aya'tc H^nx sd'ntina^st 



everywhere they began to travel 



about 72.20 

 s^aHu'ni 2)Ell'tc sn'ntmahtun the 



big one first he began to take 



along 92.18 

 wusl- to be sleepy wusya'aht ants ml'Ua Kite began 



to feel sleepy that bad man 26. 



1,2 ^ 

 wusya'a^stin I begin to feel sleepy 



26.8 

 lit!- to eat 13.10 wd'nwits It H' stun already he (had) 



commenced to devour him 94.19 



(^ = «^see § 2) 



It sometimes follows the other true temporal suffixes, lending to the 

 inchoative action a definite tense. 



jplanyaH- to be sorry (present planya^' tistutsmE JiaHc he began 



tense) to feel sorry for his (boy) 40.21 



maltc- to burn 25. 2 H mcHtdl'ust he will begin to build a 



fire 90.6 



In a number of cases this suffix expresses an adjectival idea. 



jpin- to be sick 40.21 ants plnast he (who) begins to get 



sick, he (who) is sick: hence the 

 sick (man) 86.15 



yi'gla^- to split yi'qla^st qia'll pitch (that) begins 



to split, split pitch 



haw- to finish 14.6 ha^wa^'st finished 



tmna'st any kind of a place {sic) 

 66.6 



§ 67. Temiinative -ixai (-aixai) 



This suffix expresses termination of an action. The stem to which 

 it is suffixed must be preceded by some form of the verb hau- to end, 

 TO FINISH. For the interchange between -%xa^ and -a^xa^ see § 2. 



§ 67 



