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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 



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A number of nouns undergo unexplained phonetic changes when- 

 ever the locative suffix is added, while others employ an abbreviated 

 form of this case-ending. Since no fixed rules can be given that 

 will cover each of these cases, it will be best to tabulate all such nouns, 

 giving their absolutive and locative forms. These nouns are as follows : 



Absolutive case 



mimfa} elder sister 90.23 

 mictcl'^ young'er sister 40.2 

 mita father 54.22 

 mila mother 54.23 

 hla'^^ earth, many 7.1 

 lqa'"tu log 32.21 

 a^'tdisi camas 96.20 

 hltc person 15.2 

 sVmax^ landing-place 

 tsEha^'ya grass 8.6 

 ' ya^'xa fern-root 80.18 

 filtm!^ house 25.2 



Locative case 



misa'yus 40.12, 13 

 mictca'yus 

 mita'yus 

 mila'yus 

 hlatju's 76.10 

 Iqatuwlyu's 88.16 

 aHciyu's 98.11, 12 

 hltu's 66.14 

 svma'xH 48.21 

 tsEha^'ya^s 

 yoP-'xa^s 

 MtsVs 58.8 



In many cases one and the same noun shows in its locative forms 

 both case-endings, as maj^ be seen from the following examples: 



j^fd'ai ground, many 7.1 

 a^'tdisi camas 96.20 

 hltc person 7.1 



hlaya' 13.1 and L.'ayu'sl&.lO 

 a^'tcisya and aHciyu's 98.11, 12 

 JiltViJs 66.14 and Kltu'tc 7.5 



A few nouns appear with locative case-endings that seem to bear no 

 relation to the suffixes -a, -us. The following have been found: 



Absolutive Locative 



sl'xa} boat 56.5 sExa^'^ 48.18 



sExa^'tc qaa'xam into a canoe it 

 was put 34.5 

 Aa//w''^CT whale 82.5 hmnUaW 



ha^'mut hamltcu' Plciva^' all (some) 

 whale got 82.6 

 Uqwa°''tEm alder tree 92.5, 6 ilqutml' 



ilqutvil'a'^x qaa^' an alder tree they 

 two entered 92.6 

 xwa'lca head 29.5 xwakl' 



la^'qat slcwaha^'tx xwakV feathers 

 (they) placed on their heads 10.9 

 ixau' spear 64.7 Lxa^' hi Q4:.ll 



1 The locative form sExaH' may be explained as a noun with the local suffix of rest used as the 

 object of an action (see § 91). 



§ 86 



