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xawa^' hUc H 'kumi'ntc tci'nll xivI'lHI (when) a person dies, (he 

 will) not come back (by way of) return(-ing) (literally, not 

 he comes back [and] returns) 42.11 



mita'tc^ax ants tqulu' waa' their (dual) father, that one, shout- 

 ed, saying (literally, shouted [and] said) 52.8 



§ 135. Particles as Verbs 



The frequent use of particles as verbs constitutes a characteristic 

 feature of Siuslaw that is chiefly due to the fact that the majority of 

 stems are neutral, deriving their nominal or verbal significance from 

 the nature of the suffix that is added to them (see § 22). Conse- 

 quently any particle (or adverb) may serve as a verb when occurring 

 with the proper verbalizing suffixes, mostly the pronominal and tem- 

 poral elements. 



lia^q^ shore (§ 119) 

 a^a'tsa thus (§121) 

 yaP'xa^ many (§ 124) 

 a'l'du likewise (§ 125) 



wa , waha' again (§ 126) 



ll'yax- a while (§ 126) 



ni'ctca (§ 131) 



ha^'qiqyax it was (coming) ashore 



56.13 

 yoftsa s^a'ts^yax for a long time 



thus they (did) 11.3, 4 

 stlmts ya'xtux there j'ou two will 



multiply 32.6 

 al'twa'wanx also you (come) 16.4 

 a'l'tutunx Jmtcu'^'stG also you will 



(have) fun 22.8 

 Ha^x al'tioa^' hltu'stc they two 



again were among people 98.17, 



18 

 H wail waha' ha^n qa'nxsk^tc finally 



again (said to him) his younger 



brother 56.20, 21 

 wa'Hmix m^qwa' LEmtc wa'as you 



will again (talk with) Crow's 



language 38.8, 9 



llyaxa'waxan a^sa'wax a little 



while I intend (doing it), (namely 



to) sleep 27.5, 6 

 t(yi!nta^ nictca^' ants hltc whatever 



does a man 70.22 

 Icwni'ntcxiln ni'ctcls not we two 



(excl.) will keep on (going) 56.2 



§ 136. The Conditional Clause 



The rendering of the conditional clause in Siuslaw is accomplished 

 in so many different ways, that it was thought best, for the sake of 

 §§ 135-136 



