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ma'qH- to dance 28.7 

 2/«'^"'- to see 23.9 

 j?e]cu'- to play shinny 9.4 



nlctcat!- to fight 

 tuhatc'- to try to buy 

 Lxat- to run 12.3 



mEkya^mu a dapce-hall 

 yEkya^mu a vantage point 

 pElcya^wm a place where shinny is 



played, ball-grounds 

 nlctcat !a^mu battlefield 

 tuhatc'' a^mu a store 

 Lxata^mu track (literally, a place 



where people run) 

 nictcima^mu custom, fashion 29.9 



§ 104. Adjectives in -t 



Siuslaw has no true adjectives. All stems denoting adjectival ideas 

 are intransitive verbs, and may be used as such, as may be seen from 

 the following examples: 



ml'lda AtiJcthatbad man 23.2,3 



hatca't hl'q/a long (strings of) 

 dentalia shells 76. 1 



imfklya ml'TcIa very bad it was 



14.7 

 hatca't ants Iqa^'Hu there was a 



tall tree 92.21 



Owing to this verbal significance, the Siuslaw adjective shows no 

 special suffixes. A few stems denoting adjectival concepts appear in 

 duplicated form, mostly those expressing color (see § 109). There will 

 be found, however, a number of words expressing attributive ideas 

 that end in -t.^ Whether this consonant is related to the auxiliary -t 

 (see § 76) or whether it may be looked upon as a true adjectival suffix, 

 is a question open to discussion. The following is a list of such ad- 

 jectives: 



y%kt big, large 48.8 

 hawa'tsit new 

 hatca't long, tall 76.1 

 hlxt wild 

 pdHa'st 2 spotted 

 pini'lt sharp 

 rriElct fat 90.16 

 timsqayo/t bitter, sour 

 tint ripe 

 tqatlya't dear, expensive 



fxull't straight 

 sHHhig, old 92.18 

 tsinqlt poor 16.10 

 tsiLt thick 

 Tci'Vit heavy 11.9 

 TcIwVact proud 

 (f-cl'ct thin 

 Lqut red 

 L!aqt wet 56.13 

 Linuwa'tit deep 



§ 105. Irregular Suffixes -Mm, -1st, -wl, -yawt, -Iwt 



These suffixes occur very seldom, and, while their function is to all 

 appearances nominal, it can not be explained accurately. 



1 See also § 124. 



2 Dorsey: p'al-lO,st gray . 



§§ 104 -105 



