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GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[of adverbs.] 



Wuski, a little while ago (this day) 



Wusken, latterly 



Gintsch, gentsch, gintsch linitti, a little while 



ago* 

 Pecho, soon 



Pecho linitti, in a little time 

 Loamoe, long ago 

 Wtenk, afterwards 

 Wtenkuntschi, thereupon 

 Elemokunak, one of these days 

 Elemi gendcwoacan, this week 

 Elemi kechocunak, in a few days 

 Metochimi, soon 

 Schawi, immediately, directly 

 Tschinge, when 

 Esquo, esquota, nelema, nelemago, nelemala, 



not yet 



Aschite, then 



Yahtschi, quayaqui, yet 



Haschi, ever, at any time 



Atta haschi, ikaschi, never 



Tschigantschi, likhiqui, as soon as 



Tamse keechen, sometimes, now and then 



Tatamse, ametschimi, often 



Elgiqui ametschimi, so often 



Hilleu, commonly 



N'dauwat, rarely, seldom 



Amiga, long, a long time 



Petschi, until 



Yucke petschi, 'til now 



Anena, anenawi, by little and little, by degrees. 



III. — Of Number. 



Mawat, only one 

 Nekti, the only one 



Whence nukti, once more 

 Mamayauchsid, each one. 



IV.— 0/ quantity. 



Mecheeli, mecheltol, much 



Mecheelok, many 



Mechelgik, a great many 



Mechelit, much (applied to inanimate things) 



Husca, very 



Husca mecheli, very much 



Allowiwi, more 



Wsami, too much 



Tepi, enough 



Tatchittu, tatchen, little 



Kcechitti, a little 



Alende, some 



Ta keechc, some, a little 



Wiacki, in abundance 



Gunalachkat deep, (speaking of a hole, canoe, 



&c.) 

 Chitqueu, deep water 

 M'chaquiechen, high water (when it is swelled 



with rains) 

 Guneu, long 

 Achganeu, broad 

 Cobachean, thick 

 laquetto, short 

 Sangettu, tangitti, small, little 

 Wschappan, waskeyek, thin 

 Mayauchsu, maurhstf, a person, one 

 Happi, with it, in the bargain. 



V.— Of quality. 



Linaquot, elinaquot, elgiqui, so, so as 

 N'delgiqui, so as 1 

 R'delgiqui, so as thou 

 W'delgiqui, so as he 



2;ood 



Pallilinaquot, otherwise. 



Wulit, wulinaqtiot, well, 



Mlowivvi wulit, better 



Elewiwulik mayawi wulit, best, the best 



* JVotc by the Translator. — There are undoubtedly shades of difference between these various 

 expressions, bul the Author has not explained them, except in the instance of wuski, which is con- 

 fined to i lir space of a day, 



