USE OF DISTRIBUTIVE FORM. 613 



absolute form, and this would agree with the real function of the distribu- 

 tive form, as developed on previous pages of this Grammar. 



Sometimes the distributive form, in the noun or in the verb, is a pho- 

 netic impossibility, and then some analytic means have to be employed. 

 Personal and some other pronouns do not possess the distributive form. 



Thus we obtain three possibilities for the use of the distributive form 

 in the sentence: 



1. The verb alone assumes it. 



2. The subject or object alone assumes it. 



3. Both verb and noun assume it. 



While the two first modes of construction are frequently met with, the 

 third one is decidedly the most unfrequent of all. Syntactic instances for 

 all three are as follows: 



1. Distributive reduplication applied to the object or subject alone: 



wiwalag vii'la shashashapkash the young antelopes ashed the hear cubs, 



119, 23. 

 kd-i hunk viisa tum4 mdklaks kakakn61atk giug each being armed with 



parflesheSy they were not afraid of many men (attacking them), 17, 4. 

 tatala hemkank i! tell the truth in every instance! 

 tdnna i wew^ash gitk? hoiv many children have youf 

 ngii'-isa sha w^walaks pila tliey shot the old women only, 28, 3. 

 lelahowitko w4tch wu^oyi he traded slow horses, 189; 8. 



2. Distributive reduplication applied only to the verb: 



tumi shtina'sh nenal^a many houses tvere burnt, Mod. 



kakfi'gi a n'sh tcho'ks I am lame in both legs. 



tsxii ni shlfn hu'nk, kat huk yu'ta then I wounded the one who ivas shoot- 

 ing continually, 23, 1. 



suashudla Sa't hunk kt4-i the Snake Indians piled up stones, 30, 9. 



wakaitch giug nii'g tii'm haktch shtlpesh shushatal ivhy did the absent 

 (mother) make so many moons? 105, 7. 



Ka'kakilsh yAmatala geniita shusht^dshna he created the bearded men at 

 different times (or places) when he had gone north, 103, 2. 



