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Ia l! gA'lqatdas they led her in {qa to go [sing.]; -tc!a inside; -s 

 participle) 49.18 



21. qea- by looking. It is the stem of the verb to look. 



gAm il! qease'lgan don't tickle us by looking at us {gAra not; il! 

 us; set to tickle [stem]; -gah negative suffix [§ 25.3]) 



tc!l'goya-i la qea'qla'-idd'ldi qa'odi after he had looked at the ris- 

 ing sun B 29.9 {qla'-i- rounded objects [§ 15.18]; ddl to move; 

 di [§ 20] ; qa'odi after) 



22. qfett- with a knife. It is the stem of the verb to cut. 



I' XAh lafga qleidd'gAS its bow was carved {xaTi bow or face; Id'ga 

 its; qleida to be carved [stem] [?]; gA to be[§ 18.5]; -s participle) 



V dAl Id'ga Ia q.'eitginga'was they cut his belly open (cZ^Z belly; 

 Id'gahis; Ia they [with-^aw § 20.1]; gin stem [?]; -as participle) 



V qd'dji la qle'iLLgawan WAnsu'ga they cut his head off and put 

 it into the canoe, they say {qd'dji head; la they [with -gaw]; 

 q!ei{t\ with a knife; l to remove part from whole; -zinto canoe: 

 -an past inexperienced; WAnsu'ga quotative) 



la la q.'e'itxidah ... he started cutting it up, they say {q.'eit 

 to cut u|5 [stem]; -xid inchoative; -an past inexperienced) 



V a'oga Ia gi qleitLai'yagAn his mother cut off for him 7.2 



V q!eitq!d'-iLxidia'-i lu when he began to cut off (the round thing) 



12.14 



23. q!0- BY MEANS OF THE TEETH. 



Ia ga qfoL'dAsis something held him tight in its mouth (ga some- 

 thing; i- shape [§ 15.20]; df^s stem [?]; 4s participle) 



xd'gaihao qle'nAh qlogand'ngAni the dog was playing with [a 

 stick] (xd'gai the dog; Tiao that; qle'nAn in company with; ga 

 shape [§ 15.17]; nan to play [stem]; -arjAn [§ 23.2]; -t [§ 25.6]) 



xd' gu q!ok!u'gatxiasi they had halibut in their mouths (xd'gu 

 halibut; Tc.'u short obj. [§15.15]; gatsteTo.; xim; -asi participle) 



Icu'ngia q'.oqle' Lai the piece of whale bitten off (Masset) (kun 

 whale; gria piece of ; ^'^ shape [§ 15.18]; l to remove; ai the) 



xd V q!olc!otu'lgaga'wan WAUsu'ga they say the dogs killed them 

 with their teeth 81.42 ^ 



24. Xa- BY GRASPING WITH THE HANDS. 



au'n gi Ia xagaL.'xagi'lgAnasi he brought it to his mother (au 

 mother; -[u]n his own [§ 28.3]; gi to; ga stem [?]; -L.'xa to- 

 ward; -gil shoreward; -gAU, continuative; -asi participle) 



Jciu'gaidjao xd'ginas sledge-hammers held in their hands Qciu'- 

 gaidjao sledge-hammers [gaidjao ])eTh'(i\ys = q!ai-dju roundish]; 

 gin stem [?]; -as participle) 



'[Compare § 15.26, p. 234. Perhaps all these forms belong to the classiflec la,— Ed.] 

 44877— Bull. 40, pt 1—10—15 § 14 



