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The conditional clause may also be expressed by the verb in its 

 present tense. 



s%'n}xyanx l%t!aya\ Hnx natc lI'vjIs if you want food, then you will 



always come to me 44.6 

 ts'q xawa^' pi^tsis, H s^as iHIa'yun Tia^'qya'X if something dies in 



the ocean, he eats it (it) having come ashore 44.19, 20 

 wiLa^' L!a'°'^ H ha^'qinas tcl'wa xVntmE when the water is low, 



alongside of the beach he travels 46.16 

 tdin hUsVstc ants qwo'txa}^ atsl'tc waa'yutsmE ql'utc T/hen he gets 



home, that Beaver, thus he says to his wife 48. 17 



§ 137. VOCABULARY 



All Siuslaw words may be divided into two distinct classes, those of 

 a denominating character and neutral stems. To the former belong 

 all nouns of relationship, terms denoting parts of the body, animal 

 names, words expressing natural objects, etc. These nouns never con- 

 sist of more than three syllables. By far the greater part of the 

 vocabulary consists of neutral stems, whose nominal or verbal function 

 depends solely upon the sense in which they are used in a sentence and 

 upon the functional value of the suffix with which they occur (see § 22). 

 These stems are mostly monosyllabic, and consist of a vowel and con- 

 sonant, of a consonant or consonantic cluster followed by a vowel, or 

 (in most cases) of a consonant vowel and consonant. 



a^s- to sleep 24.1 aq- to take off 13.1 



anax- to give up 16.8 a^q- to leave 



dg- to go away 52.10 aHc- to trade 36.4 



II!- to break 94.4 



wa- to speak 7.1 qaa- to enter 34.5 



ta^- to sit, to live 16.2 xau- to die 16.8 



SI'- to grow 98.10 Ik! a- to open (one's mouth) 28.2 



rriEq!- to dance 19.2 xintm- to travel 12.10 



xdz!- to do, to make 50.8 tqul- to shout 52.8 



yax- to see 20.10 cU'x- to shake 27.2 



winx- to be afraid 17.6 z/wdn- to tell 17.1 



qatc^n- to go 8.2 



As examples of bisyllabic stems, the following may be given: 



wasLh- to be angry 36.11, 12 tEmu- to assemble 7.3 

 qaqu^n- to listen Tc.'afla'^- to be tired 36.21 



sinxi- to desire 11.7 xU'xdi- to work 48.10 



ha'n^mtl- to believe 46.3 

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