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l!xu- to know 19.9 hfx'^wa'x^yutsa'tci you shall know 



me 30.17 

 lak'^- to take, to get 7.5 wan lakwa'lcu^n now (they two) 



were taking them 52.16 

 hits- to put on 11.8 h^yatsi' tsun he is putting it on 11.8 



cltx- to flop c^yatx it is flopping 36.23 



llqa^' he digs 84.2 ya'lqa^n (they two) are digging 



(holes) 84.5 

 tslL.'- to shoot 8.6 ts^yah!- to shoot 



Intensity and duration of action of verbal stems whose root-vowels 

 are vowels of quantities and qualities other than % and u are ex- 

 pressed by means of amplification of the root by the insertion of a 

 weak vowel between its two final consonants. This process occurs 

 in a few rare instances. 



anx- to give up 60.11 Tcumi' ntcinl ana'xyun not we shall 



give it up 16.8 

 hamx- to tie 8.6 Ic/^'luti haraa'xyun tomorrow I 



will tie it up 

 xnVn- to do 10.5 s^a'tsa^xHn xniyum?"' yun thus to 



them two I will do it 88.14, 15 

 s^a' tsay-xHn xnlyuna'^un thus to 



them two I intend doing it 



Another example of stem-amplification for the purpose of express- 

 ing duration of action is furnished by the stem a^q- to leave, which 

 is changed into ayaq-. 



ta^'Tc^7is aya'qyun here we two (incl.) will leave it 56.16, 17 



Stem-amplification may have also caused the change of the root 

 hlxina}- TO KILL into LlxmlycC'-. 



ya^'xa^ hltc hlxmjiya'yun ants Sival many people he is killing, that 



Grizzly Bear 94.9 

 Llxmlya'yunanl we (incl.) are going to kill him 28.3 



Siuslaw possesses a number of stems that occur in such double forms, 

 and I give here a few of the most important. 



Lion- 16.9 Llwa^n- to tell 16.6 



Tcun- Icioa^^n- to lower one's head 11.9 



ikum- 48.8 tJcwam- to close, to shut 48. 14 



^uVc-62.2 f°watc- to spesiT 56.15 



qun- 29.2 qwan- to pour 29.2 



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