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BUREAU OP A.MEEICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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jpitc- to go over 88.15 



hau'un 'p%tca}'xa^ I quit going over 

 (logs) 



hau'un qatxa}'xa^ I quit crying 



hau'tx wcdtl'xa^ it stopped snow- 

 ing 



hau'txan hala^'xa^ I stopped shout- 

 ing 



hau'hi hmnxl'xa^ I quit tying 

 Tiis . . . 



hau'ln Ina^'xa^ lintc 1 quit calling 

 his name 



hau'ln waa}'xa^ I quit talking to 

 him 



It seems that the terminative suffix is frequently subject to the law 

 of vocalic harmony, in spite of the fact that Siuslaw makes but little 

 attempt at the harmonization of its vowels (see § 11). I have found 

 a few examples showing that the initial vowel of the suffix has been 

 assimilated to the quality of the vowel of the stem. Whether this rule 

 applies to all cases could not be determined with any degree of cer- 

 tainty. 



qatx- to cry 58.15 

 wait- to snow 



hal- to shout 13.11 



hamx- to tie 8.6 



hi- to call 



waxi'- to talk 7.1 



xun- to snore 27.9 

 hun- it gets dark 34.8 

 tErrm'- to assemble 7.3 



hau'txan xunu^'xa^ (and not xuna^'- 

 xa^) I quit snoring 



hau'tx hunu^'xa^ i .''a'''* (and not hu- 

 na^'xa^) it stopped getting dark 



hau'tx tEina^ya^' xa^ hltu'tc (and 

 not tEma^ya^'xa^) he quit as- 

 sembling (the) people 



§ 08. Frequentatives -at!i, -itx (-a^tx) 



~at!% denotes frequency of action, and ma}" best be rendered by 

 FREQUENTLY, ALWAYS. \\\ the first person singular the final long 

 vowel of this suffix is shortened (see § 24). In terminal position the 

 suffix -at!% is often changed into -at.'ya (see §§7, 24). 



ci'nxl- to think 60.21 c%'n^xyat!ya he is always thinking 



12.4 

 ha'lcwat.'ya it always falls down 



90.12 

 qa'td-natlya he frequently goes 



14.5 

 TuikvM' yatyanxan we (excl.) are 



always poor 76.19 



hakw- to fall 8.7 

 qatc^n- to go 8.2 

 naTcwa^- to be poor 

 § 68 



