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BUREAU OF AMEHICAlSr ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 40 



oM'xdl- to work 48.10 



^'nxi- to desire 18.5 



taqn- to be full 60.19 

 yixwm- to watch 

 qatc^n- to go 8.2 



sd'l'xcitxa^x a'^itsitcx^ moJtl they 



two were constantly fixing those 



their (dual) dams 60.3, 4 

 n'nxltx tstc mictci'^ he always 



wants that her younger sister 



92.13, 14 

 taqanl'tx hitu'stc it is always full 



of people 70.3, 4 

 yiximil' txana'^x they two were 



constantly watching him 94.1 

 qat(Anl' txa°"n Inat 1 always make 



him go 



tluhatd'ln- to try to sell sev- 

 erally (?) 



yuLl- to break 



In a few instances, especially when following other suffixes, the 

 frequentative -Ux seems to lose its initial %. 



Kawa^' it ends 14.6 hawa^'stx ants ilya'wa he begins 



to finish (kindling) that fire 

 {hawa^' stx < hawa^'st + -tx, see 

 § 15) 90.7, 8 



yaxa^'txa^x ta'td^ax Iqfd'nu Ha'^x 

 t!uhcUc'l'7itxa^x (when) they 

 begin to multiply (have much) 

 these their (dual) hides, then 

 they two constantly tried to sell 

 them 100.19 



yu^^Lla'tx qa^xilnu' it constantly 

 broke on the top 94.4 



These three examples may also be explained as demonstrating the 

 application of the pronominal suffix -Itx (see § 33). 



§ 69. Duratives -is (-aJs), -us 



Duration of action is expressed in Siuslaw by means of the suffix -s, 

 which, however, never occurs alone. It invariably enters into compo- 

 sition with other suffixes, such as the suffix for the past tense, for the 

 passive voice, etc., or it is preceded by either i: or -iZ. It is not in- 

 conceivable that this durative -s may be related to the auxiliary -s (see 

 § 76). The difference between -Is and -us seems to be of a true tem- 

 poral nature. 



-IS {-a}8) denotes duration, continuation of action of a clearly 

 marked future significance, and, owing to this future character, it is 

 employed extensively in the formation of the imperative mode (see 



§ 69 



