554 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



§ 94. Adverbial Sufllxes Indicating Modality -lie {-aHc), -na 



-%tc. This suffix has both a nominal and a verbal function. As a 

 nominal suffix it signifies like. It is found suffixed to a number of 

 modal adverbs (see § 121), and it invariably requires the accent. The 

 interchange between the long I and the diphthong a^ has been dis- 

 cussed in § 2. 



ckotc hill 46.10 



txaHi^ tracks, road 56.10 



al'^q one 18.7 



s^a'tsa thus 11.10 



ni'ctca something, how 16.2 



qa'xuntc qa't&nt ckoHel'tc he went 



up a hill (literally, upwards he 



goes, hill-like) 12.9 

 t(yik ants Iqa^'Hu iPioa^' txahil'tc 



wherever that tree falls across 



the road (literally, road-like) 



84.2, 3 

 a'lqa^tc%)i l Ixu'yun qnahdXi I know 



it (literally, one [halfj like I 



know it) 92.12 

 waa'xaTTi s^atsl'tc he was told thus 



8.1 

 Icwl'nx Tiictci'tG Lhoa'msun don't 



you tell him anything IT.I, 2 



My informant frequently rendered this suffix by the phrase what 

 YOU WOULD CALL A . . . , SOME KIND OF ... , especially in cases 

 where the noun emploj^ed did not convey the exact idea that was 

 wanted. 



m'^a'tl chief 10.2 

 matl'yW"^ chief, general 



Ina'^'wi i-ich man 86.4 

 tEqyu''^ frame 80.7 

 Ik.'l'a^ mouth (of river) 



mP^a'tUc tE qwo'txa} beaver (was) 



(what you would call a) chief 



50.6, 7 

 s^atsl'tc waa' ants matl'wltc ants 



sl'xa} thus said that (what you 



would call) captain (of) that 



boat 64.26; 66.1 

 Ina^'vntc ants hltc (what you would 



call a) chief (was) that man 76.3 

 tEqyu'ioitc (what you would call a) 



frame 

 Jk!l'a}wltc ants 2^Ti''i't% (something 



like the) mouth (of) that lake 



When added to adverbs that convey local ideas, it must be preceded 

 by the local suffix of motion -to (see § 90). 

 § 94 



