538 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



^i:M'"- to play shinny 9.4 pakwa^'tx Mtcu''^ ts x/a'*** these 



people play shinny 78.7 

 hal- to shout hali'tx hUcu"^ people shout 13.11 



§ 81. IRREGULAR SUFFIXES -^% {-In), -my ax (-m) 



Here belong two suffixes whose exact function and et3^mology can 

 no longer be analyzed. It is even impossible to tell whether they 

 represent petrified formative elements, or elements of an exceed- 

 ingly restricted scope, which may be responsible for their sporadic 

 appearance. 



The first of these suffixes to be discussed here is the suffix -n- or 

 -In-. It never occurs independently, being always followed by another 

 verbal suffix, such as the transitive -un (see § 28), the temporal (see 

 §§ 65-74) and the passive suffixes (see §§ 38, 39, 54-59). It seems to 

 be related to the reciprocal -naw {a), and its function may be charac- 

 terized as expressing a transitive action involving reciprocality or 

 mutualit3^ 



tfy/hatc'- to try to sell tluhatcH'nun^ I try to sell it 



Ha^x tluhafdi'ntxa^x^ they two 

 try to sell their (hides) 100.19 

 7na' q!l- to A^ncQ 28.7 maqlena'^un I will cure him (lit- 



erally, dance for him) 

 m.EqU'^na'a'^ a dance will be ar- 

 ranged for him 19.2 

 s^a ata's ants ma' qllnutnE (for) 

 him only this dance is arranged 

 2^.7 

 ndnq!- to buy (in exchange H mi'nqUniiJiE tsxax^ she is 

 for a slave) (?) bought in exchange for a slave 



76.3 

 Ll'u- to come 9.3 Lluna^'^ya^x'^ (when) they two 



come together 46.7 



The other irregular suffix is -m, which, however, occurs by itself in 

 only one instance. It is usually followed by the suffix for the past 

 tense -yax (see § 74), and expresses in such cases an action that almost 

 took place. It was invariably rendered by almost, very near. 



1 The use of this suffix may be justified here by the fact that the idea to sell requires a seller and 

 a buyer. 



2 The -n is used here because the action involves two persons — one that comes, and another that is 

 approached. 



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