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This suffix may be added to pronouns and particles, as may be seen 

 from the following examples: 



na I 21.8 n%' ctciin^nx na'viH tE^q because 



thou (art) of me (a) relative 21. 5 

 ha^'mut all 10.9 ha^mutu'mV- m°'a't% of all (the)chief 



This suffix is also employed in the formation of the independent 

 possessive pronouns (see § 114). 



-Em differs from the preceding -ewH in so far as it can be added 

 only to the locative form of the noun, and that in the few examples 

 that were obtained it denotes the subject of an action. 



Absolutive 



ma'q^L crow 34.23 



Objective Relative 



m^qwa'L rn^qwa' LEm wa'as Crow's 



Janguage 34.21. 



umll'yus umll'yusEin wa'as Thun- 



der's language 36.8 



hltu'tcl.^ hltvJtcEm Llxrm'tl (an) In- 



dian's bow 



hltsi's 58.8 hltsi'sEin tsq-yv/^^ of house 



(the) frame 



"When followed by other suffixes, the obscure e of -Em drops out, 

 and the consonants are combined into a cluster. 



u'mll thunder 

 hUc a person 7.1 

 hlts^'* house 25.2 



Absolutive Objective 



mUa mother 54. 23 Tnila'yus 



mat! I' elder brother matH'yus 

 58.11 



Relative 



mila'yusmUin 7nUa of my 

 mother (her) father; my 

 grandfather 



mat'i'yusmltm tlarac my 

 elder brother's boy 



§ 88. THE POSSESSIVE SUFFIXES 



Possessive relations of the noun are expressed in Siuslaw by means 

 of the suffix -I that is followed by the subjective pronouns (see § 24). 

 Posssession for the third person singular is expressed by the suffix -tc 

 added to the noun without the aid of the sign of possession, -%. Pos- 

 session for the third persons dual and plural is indicated by adding 

 the subjective pronouns -a^x and -nx to the suffix -tc. Thus it would 

 seem that Siuslaw employs two distinct suffixes for the purpose of 

 expressing possession: -I used for the first and second persons, and 

 -to for the third persons. 



1 See § 11. 



§ 88 



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