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§§ 60, 62). Transitive verbs add -un or its equivalents (see § 28) to 

 the durative -Is. For the interchange between -Is and -ah see § 2. 



xint- to travel 23. 1 td'wans (d'ntls to the water we two 



(incl.) will keep on traveling 92.9 



stwi ta'ls there he kept on staying 

 70.12 



wa} ya'tsa Hn md'q/ls even for a 

 long time 1 still keep on dan- 

 cing 72.10 



s^a'tsanl xm'^rds thus we (incl.) 

 will do every time 72.14, 15 



atsl'to wa'a}s ants hltc thus kept 

 on saying the man 25.9 



slcwa'ha^s ants hltc continually 

 standing is that man 64.11 



qni'xts^nx xm'^msun you will con- 

 tinually do it 70.11, 12 



at^'tc wa'a^sun thus he kept on 

 saying to him 64.14 



Hns tliwa'mlsun and we two (incl.) 

 still will keep on making dams 

 48.14 



qa'hxlsun ants tsxayv!'^^ (they) 

 keep on counting those days 8.5 



-us is suffixed mostly to stems that have been verbalized by means 

 of the suffix -a^ (see § 75), and expresses a continuative action per- 

 formed in the present tense. It applies to transitive verbs having 

 a third person object. Examples for similar forms with a second 

 person object were not obtained. 



ta^- to live, to stay 16.2 

 ma'q.'l- to dance 28.7 



xnl'^n- to do 10,5 

 waa'- to speak 7. 1 

 slciva- to stand 10.9 

 xni^n- to do 10.5 

 waa'- to speak 7. 1 

 tlcuin- to make a dam 48.8 



qahx- to count 62.8 



Uqa^' he digs 84. 2 



{hlxmay- to kill 16.1 

 p^.^- to eat 13.10 



ileum- to make a dam 48.8 



Li'u (they) come 9.3 

 hxt^wa^rm^' to finish 



a'ntsux ilqa'yus ants L.'a'"'^ those 

 two (who) continually dig that 

 ground 



H s^as hlxraal'yus H lUli'yus and 

 he would kill and devour him 

 15.3, 4 



tcn/lc^ax ikwaml'yus L.'a''^^ where- 

 ever they two were making dams 

 62.24 



Ha^x Ifl'a^ L !%L Iwl'yus to them two 

 salmon continually came 98.16 



ha^^a^nl'yusa^x wan they two fin- 

 ish it finally 84.6, 7 



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