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G. M. DAWSON ON THE KWAKIOOL 



A cloud un'-a-waë. 



Hoi-izon k'i-a-tUla. 



Sun n<i-la. 



Moon muh-wila. 



Full moon na-kum. 



Stars tô-tâw. 



Eainbow wâ-ka-loos. 



Fog ul'-hula. 



Hoar-frost ki-w'i-snt-sum-is, 



(also now applied to epsom 

 salts.) 



Snow 7W-ê. 



Hail tso'-kwa-kul. 



Ice 'kloh. 



Icicle tsû'-ma-'kë. 



Water wâp. 



Foam a-a-ivi. 



Wave kul-n-e. 



Current tsi'i'-la. 



Eddy kut-ô'-suh. 



Tide (rising) iu'-nakwila. 



(18) The Firmament, etc. 



Tide (falling) hî-âts'-a-hula. 



Tide (high) guh-wal-Cdis . 



Tide (low) hi-ats-a-is' . 



Eain m'-kwa. 



Thunder kwin'-wha. 



Lightning 'tlin-ë'-akwa. 



Wind \-âw'-la. 



Whirlwind hyil-ô-pê-a-kwila. 



The ground a-iv'i-na-kwis' . 



Dust tu-kla. 



Mud tsuk-wd'. 



Sand ai'-kis. 



Salt tum-is-ki', 



(same with salt water.) 



Eock , tëi'-sum. 



Cliff along shore ha-yim'-is-ta'. 



Eclipse of sun nuk-uhkh- 



Earthquake n'l-nl-ne. 



Shower kwa-silâ. 



Storm ts'j -kwa-kula. 



(19) Kinship, 



My son whun'-ookw. 



My father hun-ômp. 



My son's son ) .„_, ,„ ^,„ 



-m > J I, i T^S'J -la-ma. 



My son 8 daughter j 



My mother -hun-opump. 



My father's father ôn-pas-in-ômp' 



My wife hin'-ka-num. 



My husband hun'-tla-wuna. 



Male orphan hfi'-ma-la. 



Female orphan ha-ma-la-kus. 



Family kai-a-'kap. 



Name of tribe. 



(20) Social Organisation, etc 



f Kôm-o- 

 ■\ of th 



n-0-yawë a sept 

 ■ the Kwakiool 



Indian .pâ-'komi. 



White man mà-matl-a. 



Negro tsoo-tlum. 



Half breed nuh-saw'-e. 



Indians to the north kw'i-tula. 



West coast tribes and those 



to the south kw'i-kwa-tula. 



Indians of Comox kô-mook-e. 



Inland tribes interior of] 



British Columbia 



I ta'- 



whul-is. 



Chief , ki'-a-kvmrâ-e, 



*' our chief." 



Young man becoming a Chief kia'-k'i-âkâ. 



Leading man. oio'-'i-la. 



Man of knowledge nâw'-ka-te. 



Friend ni-mokw. 



Warrior how'-tla-toai-nooh. 



Enemy kd'-kis. 



A coward kl-kelpis. 



Battle hô'-a-tloo. 



War-whoop wë-kia-hints. 



(21) Eeligion, Mortuary Customs, Medicine. 



God M-i. 



The ancients, fabulous bemgsi'J/t-isMS. 



The future woild O-tla-kowa. 



The sun (as worshipped) kl-akun-à-e, 



" our chief." 



Dead body 'tla-lc or o'-tsi-hit. 



Soul or spirit puh-ivhun-â-e. 



Grave, in the ground tik-'i-as'. 



Grave, in tree tuh-pê'-kh. 



Coffin-box tik-l-a-tse. 



Health â-aik'-ik-sal. 



