BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 661 



hatca't long 76.1 tcilntHc ha'tcfu"^ for a long time 



(literally, how much its long 

 period) 48.2 

 Ina^wi rich 86.4 Ina'^vnfu'"'^ wealth 



yilct large 48.8 yiMv/^^ large size 



qa'xHn high 8.7 qax'tlnfu'^^ height 



qa^n- deep qa'^'nfv/^^ depth 



his good 38.21 hlsfu'^^ kindness 



qa^ha'n- far 10.3 qa^lianfu''^ distance 



§ 100. Nouns of Agency in -ya^x, -il (-aH), -tf, -thai 



Nomina actoris are formed by means of the following suffixes: 



-?/a"a? This suffix seems to have been used frequently. 



laJc"'- to fetch, to catch 7.5 la'Tc^Tcya^x sheriff (literally, a 



catcher [of people]) 

 xu^n- to snore 27.9 xu'nya^x a snorer 



la'wat!- to gamble la'watlya^x a gambler 



In- to call ( ? ) Ina'lya^x an interpreter 



tEmu'- to gather 7.3 tEma^'ya^x a person who assem- 



bles (people) 30.2 



'tl (-aH). This suffix is easily confounded with the verbal negative 

 suffix of similar phonetic structure (see § 53); but this similarity is 

 purely accidental. 



zfn'nlci- to work s^a tm/Tdya wVnkll he (is a) very 



(good) worker 50.5, 6 

 xU'X(yl'- to work 48.10 xi'l'xcU a workingman 



xintm- to travel 12.10 xi'ntmll a traveler 



waa'- to speak 7.1 wa'aH a speaker 



PeTcu'- to play shinny 9.4 pa'lcwil a shinny player 



-t! It is quite possible that this suffix may have some connection 



with the initial element of the suffix for nouns of quality, -fu^ (see 



§99). 



hlwin to tell 8.2 hlwant! an informant 



tslh!- to shoot 8.6 tsiLit! a marksman 



yuw- to pick, to dig 96.18 yvJyaH! a person who picks (ber- 



ries [reduplicated stem]) 

 paLii- to hunt 82.17 paL'nt! a hunter 



t/dniG child, infant 40.20 tUmct! one who raises children 



30.23 



§ 100 



3045°— Bull. 40, pt 2—12 36 



