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Ik^una'atsu live-coals mya'a^ fire 25.5 



lqa^"tu tree, log 32.21 Lxau' pole, spear 64.7 



lq!a'nu hide, skin 100.15 Limi'Ticu flounder 100.10 



When added to the numeral particle ya'^'xa^ much, many, it denotes 

 the idea expressed by a noun of quality. This particle is to all 

 appearances a stem amplified by means of the nominal suffix -a} 

 (see § 98); and since two nominal suffixes of a similar function 

 can not be added to one and the same stem, the -a} disappears, and 

 the suffix -a^ is added to the bare stem yax-. 



yaP-'xa^ much, many 8.5 tci'nt^tc ya'xa^ xahia^' how manj^ 



had climbed up (literally, what 

 their number climbed up) 62.11 



tch'nt^tcya'xa^ tE^qtc ants qiutcH'm 

 as many relatives as that woman 

 had (literall}^, how much their 

 number [of] her relatives [of] 

 that woman) 76.1 



LXa^'p'stc yaJxay' five their number 

 100.15 



§ 98. Nominal -I (-«^) 



This suffix is found in a large number of nouns expressing a variety 

 of concepts. It occurs with nouns indicating instrumentality, with' 

 verbal abstract nouns, with nouns of relationship, with terms desig- 

 nating animals, with stems expressing natural objects, etc. It is not 

 altogether inconceivable that this nominal formative element may be 

 identical with the verbalizing suffix -cO- (see § 75), even though its 

 nominalizing function can no longer be explained in a majority of cases. 

 In manj'^ instances the original stem to which this suffix has been 

 added does not occur in its independent form. The substitution of 

 the diphthong -a} for the long % has been discussed in § 2. 



pEku'- to play shinny 9.4 pd'Jcwl shinny stick 



tsiL/- to shoot 8.6 tsi'hH arrow 60.7 



minx^- to lighten 38.5 rmfn^xwl lightning 38.2 



wVnM- to work 50.6 vA'ndkl work 



ta^ he sits 16.2 tl'ta^ chair 



.§ 98 



