A KWAGIUTL GEAMMAE. 



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lO.—OIATL AND ALA, Sound Nouns. 



Thus we have kwe-giàtl or Jcwâyâla, hunkli-yiôtl or hun-hlfila. The former is employed when the 

 sound is heard once, the latter when it is continuous. The word for " Indian language " is literally the 

 sound that the Indian makes. Kwâ-Jewâla means the Ivwagiutl language, Mfimâtl-û-Jeiûla, the white 

 man's language and Tsin-JtMa the Chinese language. 



n.—DUM AND UND, Time Nouns. 



iri/.ulah-duni, working time. 



hawâi'ulâh-dum, time of prayer. 



hfimrij>duni, dinner hour. 



zawunA-, teinter. 



în/tulri-un/.', 

 uml-un/.', 

 kwilunA-, 

 liiunA-, 



iijorkiiig season, 

 playing season, 

 feasting season, 

 summer. 



II. -ADJECTIVE. 



Adjectives are words added to uouns, in order to distinguish them more accurately 

 or to limit the extent of their significance. They may be divided into three kinds:— 



(1) Adjectives of Quality, as vjOlas, large. 



(2) Adjectives of Quantity, as nukokw, ten (men). 



(3) Distinguishing Adjectives, as k'7, the ; g'iada, this. 



The Kwagiutl adjective is modified by number, but does not vary in respect to gender 

 or case. 



Bad, 



Black {man), 



Short {man), 



Great, 



Small, 



A good man, 



Good men, 



A good boy, 



A good girl, 



Instances. 



Singular. 



yâksum, 



zûtla, 



zukwuA'sdi, 



wâlas, 



umâyî, 



ek bagwrmum. 



esuk bî bagwânum. 



ek bâbâgwum. 



ek zfizadfikum. 



Plural 



yalksum. 



zûzatlum. 



zutlzakwuAsd 



awo. 



um-umfiyl. 



Note. — Ekî hagwânum. means " he is a good man," and e&ukl bi-bagâwnum, " they are good men." 

 Here the letter i, which is part of the verb " to be," is joined to the adjective. Again, there are cer- 

 tain letters affixed to nouns, adjectives and verbs, in this language, by which you can understand the 

 local position of the subject of the sentence. 



7, the person spoken of is not present. 



ig, (this g is from the distinguishing adjective giada, this) the person spoken of is present and 

 nearer the speaker than the person spoken to. 



Sec. II, 1888. 9. 



