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(For the idiomatic use of the past suffix in conditional clauses see 

 § 136.) 



VERBALIZING SUFFIXES (§§ 75-77) 

 § 75. Verbalizing -«', -li' 

 While the majority of Siuslaw stems do not require the addition 

 of a specific verbal suffix in order to convey a general verbal idea, 

 these two suffixes have been found added to a large number of neutral 

 stems, especially in the present tense. They may therefore be ex- 

 plained as verbalizing a neutral stem and as expressing an intransitive 

 action of present occurrence. They are frequently used to denote an 

 action performed by the third person singular, for which person Sius- 

 law has no distinct suffix (see § 21). There can be no doubt, however, 

 that these suffixes are identical with the Alsea inchoative -al, -ul,^ and 

 that -«* bears some relation to the Coos intransitive -aai.^ While no 

 difference in the use of these two suffixes could be detected, it was 

 observed that -u^ is never added to stems that end in a q, p, or in a. 



pin- to be sick 15.4 plna^' he was sick 40.21 



hutc- to play T.2 hutca^' 72.6, hutayL^' 23.8 he plays 



waa'- to speak, to say 7.1 waa^' he says 8.9 



lit!- to eat 13.10 lH!a^' he eats 46.12 



Ka^q- shore 44.7 ha^qa^' he comes ashore 82.5 



yax- to see, to look 20.10 ylxW-' he looks 66.6 



skwa- to stand 10.9 skwaha^' he stands 14.4 



smut''- to finish, to end 11.1 sniifu'^' it ends 14.6 



«"s- to dream, to sleep, 23.9 asu^' he dreams 68.22 



Lxas- to fly, to jump Lxasu^' he jumps 



tqul- to shout 62.8 tqulu^' he shouted 92.6 



sun- to dive 64.21 sm.u'^' he dives 



That these suffixes are not essentially necessary for the purpose of 

 expressing a verbal idea, but that, like their Alsea equivalents, they 

 may have originally conveyed inchoative ideas, is best shown by the 

 fact that all such verbalized forms are parallel to bare stem-forms. 

 In all such cases the amplified form seems to denote inception aAd 

 (at times) finality of action. 



wan unlwa' now hQa^rms 58.9 wan vnlwa^' he begins to affirm 



17.7 

 H icln and he came back 7.7 tcina^' he came back 68.16 



1 See Coos, p. 332. 



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