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The possessive suffixes are verbalized by adding the auxiliary suffix 

 ~t (see § 76) to the sign of possession; so that Siuslaw may be said to 

 possess two sets of possessive suffixes, — one pureh^ nominal set and 

 one with a verbal significance. In the latter set the suffixes for the 

 third persons are missing. 



All possessive suffixes stand in terminal position following even the 

 case-endings and the adverbial suffixes. 



The following table will serve to illustrate the formation of the pos- 

 sessive suffixes: 



The pronominal suffix for the exclusive dual -a^xiln, -axijtn, has been 

 abbreviated here to -xHn. This abbreviation may be the result of 

 contraction. The ^ of the possessive suffixes appears frequently as a 

 diphthong «* (see § 2). The possessive suffixes follow all other nomi- 

 nal suffixes. 



ts'il'mv/t friend 23.4 

 mita father 54.22 



hltsl'^ house 25.2 



lin name 13.10 



txa^n^ track, path 66.10 



misl'a} elder sister 90.23 

 wa'as language 34.21 



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tdxl'mu'tlyi my friend 36.15 



mita'aHin . . . inUa'a}t%n my fa- 

 ther . . . my mother (literally, 



' I have a father ... a mother) 

 100.1 



tca'xumans hltsi'stffin let us two 

 go back to my house! 58.5 



ll'tc^t ll'nmx cougar (will be) thy 

 name 13.5, 6 



maHc txa^nl' tcinx it lies in thy 

 path 48.22 



mi&i'dHc her elder sister 40. 11 



s^at^'tc xoa'astc thus he said (lit- 

 erally, thus his language) 40.26 



