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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 



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q/Exa^yu'wi salmon season 



qm'nEin winter 80.18, 19 

 hi'n^TcH- to rain 76.18 

 qa'^x night 38.21 

 nictdinwa^' spring comes 



q! Exa^yu'witlta' H tqa^'imtc taya^' 

 when salmon-time comes (they) 

 up-stream live 82.12, 13 

 qlu' nEintlta' towards winter 

 hin^hllta' in the rainy season 

 qa^xlta' towards night-time 

 mctcinawlta' Ha^x s^a'tsa xnl'^nE 

 towards spring-time they two 

 thus do it 98.6 



§ 96. Modal Adverbs in -a 



This suffix may be called the suffix of modality par excellence. By 

 its means all stems expressing adjectival ideas, and all particles, are 

 transformed into adverbs. Many of these stems (amplified by means 

 of the modal suffix -a) do not occur in their original form, being 

 used adverbially only. All such stems are denoted here by an 

 asterisk (*). Whether this suffix may not be ultimately related to 

 the locative -a (see § 86) is a debatable question. 



his good 38.21 

 Ll'u near 40.12 



yaP-'xa^ much, many 8.5 

 y%kt big, large 48. 8 



*L%mq- quick 



*hahi- 

 *n%k!- 



*s^ats- 



different 



alone 



thus 



HsiTc/- much, very 



Icumi'ntc Wsa natc not well (it is) 

 on me 12.2 



Liu'ioa Ic'^na inqla'Uc Ie ta^ near, 

 perhaps, the creek, these live 

 66.7, 8 



hu'tctuns yoP-'xa we shall play a 

 great deal 10.6 



qanistdi'tc llqa'yusnE yi'Tcta very 

 deep it would be dug (liter- 

 ally, down-like it is dug largely) 

 84.3, 4 



L%'mqan tdVntux right away I shall 

 return 56.22 



A«»'7ia differently 58.9 



nl'Tc.'a alone 94.11 



s^a'tsa thus, in that manner 18.4 



tsn^'TcIya very, very much 13.9 



GENERAL NOMINALIZING SUFFIXES (§§ 97-105) 

 § 97. Nominal -m" (-a**), -W"^ 



This suffix conveys a general nominal idea, changing any neutral 

 stem into a noun, and is employed extensively in the formation of 

 verbal abstract nouns. It is also used to express collectivity of action, 



§§ 96-97 



