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of the terms used for one object and for many. This feature is common to 

 many North American languages of the West, especially for the intransitive 

 verb. Cf the Latin verbs ferrc, toUere and the English to he in regard to 

 their tenses. 



kewa to break, smash; pi. ngata, nguldsha. 



kshuya to transfer a long or animate object ; pi. shewdna. 



n^ya, n(i-i to give one thin object; pi. shewAna. 



she;^kanka to take along; pi. imnega or i-amna. 



shiuga to kill ; pi. li'iela, Mod. luela, shuenka (luela "to lay low a crowd"). 



shlin to shoot, ivound; pi. yuta, i-o'ta. 



spuni to transfer one person ; pi. .shewAna. 



t^wa to run one post into the (/round ; two posts, stal^a ; niani/ posts, 



tetal;fa. 

 ukAta to ehop, split; pi. uh'idsha, vul()dsha ; ugultcha. 



4. Change of suffix, to indicate the change from one to two or more 

 objects, occurs chiefly in such verbs as adopt the ending -yua to point out 

 that the action of the verb extends over a few objects only. 



ktuka to strike hij hand; a few, ktuyua. 

 stiika to stab, wound, cut ; a few, stiiyua. 

 shiika to drive out; a few, shuyua. 

 shukanka to run after ; a few, tpuyamna. 



The verb mt'ya to dig roots differs entirely from the above by forming 

 sta-ila " to fill up (the root-basket)" when many subjects, not objects, are 

 referred to. It can be considered as an intransitive verb. 



II. THE CATEGORY OF NUMBER IN THE INTRANSITIVE VERB. 



The four modes observed in forming this category in transitive verbs 

 also occur in the intransitive verb when there is a change from one to mang 

 subjects, though with some restrictions. A large number of verbs substitute 

 one radical syllable for another, with or without change of the formative 

 suffix. Most of these verbs possess three numbers, instead of two, like a 

 majority of the others. Of these three numbers, 



The singular is used when the verb has one subject ; 



