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at random, will serve to illustrate the comparison more clearly. The 

 Siuslaw word xU'xcu'^'^ (stem xU'xci- to work) may have two distinct 

 meanings. When used nominally (as a verbal abstract), it may best be 

 rendered by the concept of working, work; when used verbally, 

 it is to be translated by to work in general, all (many) 

 WORK. This psychological connection between such terms as work 

 and TO WORK generally, collectively, may have led to the use of 

 one and the same suffix in a nominal and verbal capacity (see § 22). 

 This suffix is added directly to the verbal stem, and its double form 

 may be due to rapidity of speech rather than to anj^ phonetic causes. 

 It is frequently preceded by the temporal suffixes, especially the pres- 

 ent -t (see § 72), and it was always rendered by they . . . The sub- 

 ject of the action is usually emphasized by the use of the numeral 

 particles ha^'mut all, yaP^'xa} many (see § 124), and of the stem hla'"'''- 

 (see § 133). The particle either precedes or follows the verb. This 

 suffix requires the accent. 



tETTiu'- to assemble T.3 

 hutc- to play T.2 

 psku'- to play shinny 9.4 



K^yats- to live 



hal- to shout 13.11 



ma'qll- to dance 28.7 

 xnV"n- to do 10.5 



mlTc^- to cut 90.5 



qatc^n- to go 8.2 

 ts^h!- to shoot 10.3 



maHc- to lay 32.22 



tEiriu''^ they came together 30.16 

 hutcu"' Lla'''^ they play 8.8 

 pEku'^^ ila'"-^ they play shinny 



70.10 

 yaP-'xa} h^yatsu''^^ lots (of people) 



live 

 halu"^ ants hUc L!a'°'^ shout collec- 

 tively, those people 70.9 

 mEqlyu''^ L!a'°-'^ they dance 28.8 

 s^a'tsa xnl'^nu'^ ants L/a'°'^ thus 



do it collectively, those people 



70.22, 23 

 qiutcu'ni L/a'°'^ H mlku'^ Ifla^a' 



many women cut salmon 82.14 

 qatc^natu"^ they walk about 34.19 

 tm^hlatu'^ ya°-'xa^ L!a'°'^ they are 



shooting 8.6 

 ya'cj^^yun ants l%'t!a} mitcfu!'^^ 



hla''^^ he saw that food lying 



(around in great quantities) 



36.26, 27 



Owing to the frequent interchange between the u-vowel and the 

 diphthong a" (see § 2), this suffix occurs often as -aa^^ -aa^^K 

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