BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 203 



AdA'xawe yaCi'tlkade ''^ hAs wuqo'x. Ya'ani^^ gaj^a'qde ^"^ 



And then here to Sitka they came by This town ashore iu front of 



canoe. 



ya'sgaqo'xayu' ^''^ tcla'guayi' ^"^ ducA't^"' gant aga'x. Tclaye' su 



when they were coming the old one his wife outside wept. At that very 



in by canoe time 



gaxe'ayu'^"* aositl'n yii'yak" an egaj^a'de ^"^ yanaqo'x.^"® Aositi'n 



when she was she saw the canoe town to in front of was coming. She saw 



crying 



awu'Age'io^ xat-s!ax".io« Wudiha'D^"^ nelde' "•^ wugu't."^ Hat"^ 



she had the root-hat. She started up into the to go Here 



woven house • (she went). 



hAs uwaqo'x. Dutuwu'"^ sigu' yuca'wAt-can."* Duxo'x duxA'nq! "^ 



they came. Her mind was happy the old woman's. Her husband to her 



daq gu'dayu MakA't At qadjide'"" ye aosi'ni^^^ tan-q!Adadza'yi, 



up came when all things to the men these he gave sea-lion bristles, ' 



yA'x"tc dugu', qlun dugu'. An qadji'u"^ aoliLe'k"."^ Duka'ni- 



sea-otter skins, fur-seal skins. With hands he shook. His brothera- 



these 



yen^^"' j^e'dayaduqa/^^ "Detc!a'k"i22 iiti'qiizs ^^^ yu-At-ka'wati."* 



in-law they said thus to him, " Long since in your there the feast has been 



place given. 



Yuyl's-qai^^ de^^^ udu'waca." i" ALe'n^^^ tuwimu'k"!^^ awatle'.^^o 



The young is already married." It was trouble she felt, 



woman much 



98 ya THIS, employed because ne story was told in Sitka; de toward. 



99 ya this; an town; -I possessive suffix. The reason for the use of this suffix is not clear. 

 ooga'ya post-position, in front of; -g probably indicates motion shoreward; -de toward. 



ya- § 15.3; s- for hAS they (?); ya- subordinating prefix § 17.4; qoi to go by canoe; -ayu demonstrative. 

 02 tcfdk'i OLD, OLD TIMES, OLD THINGS; -{a)yi possessive suffix referring to diicA't. 



<» du- HIS. 



<M gai TO cry; -e participle § 20.2; -ayu demonstrative. 



<» e- occurs a few times before post-positions beginning with g, such as ga and pe; ga'ya IN front of; 



de TOWARD. 



o* ya- § 15.3; na- action done at the same time as another § 17.5. 



0' a indefinite pronoun; wu- § 15.4; Ak TO weave, with terminal sound voiced before vowel; -e participle 

 § 20.2. 

 ^xat root; «.'di« hat. 



1)9 wu- § 15.4; d'l- inchoative § 18.3; Mn to move. (?) 

 w nei into the house; de toward. 



wu- § 15.4; gu to go; -t purposive suffix § 20.1. 

 12 he demonstrative; -t post-positiou. 

 1' du her; tu mind; wu possessive suffix after u § 10. 

 !■• yu demonstrative; ca'wAt woman; can old. 

 15 du he; -xAn to the neighborhood of a person; -q! at. 

 i« qa man; -tc voiced before vowel; emphatic suffix ^1; di toward. 

 1' See note 46; ni to give. 



18 go man; djjn hand. 



19 Leku to shake. 



-0 du his; yen plural for terms of relationship (see note 3). 

 21 ye demonstrative; da sign of indirect object § 14.4; ya- § 15.3; du- § 17.3; qa to say. 



122 de now; tdakv- a long time ago. 



i- thy; -}.' post-position. 

 ^ yu demonstrative; At something; fca- causative § 15.2; wa- § 1S.2; ti to be. 

 ■25 j/M demonstrative; yis young person; qa human being. 

 2« de NOW. 



2' u- § 17.2; du- § 17.3; wa- § 18.2; ca to marry (=woman). 

 '28 a indefinite pronoun; len big. 

 29 tu mind; wu- § 15.4; nuku to become. 

 1^ indefinite pronoun; wa- § 18.2; t!e to feel. 



