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staga'otdayasi they came in and sat down in circular lines (gao 

 stem; -^c /a- motion into; -y perfect; -si participle) 



qwl'stAl gatsta' sgit! A'lgAiis a rainbow moved up and down {qwe 

 stAl rainbow; gat- with rapidity; sgi=sgU stem; -HaI mo- 

 tion down from above; -gAn = -gAh continuative; -s participle) 



ga stagl'dAhAS something ring-shaped 9.1 



8. sk!a- small cylindrical, and occasionally square objects. 



gl'nask'.a'dAla some cylindrical objects (stones) {gl'nai\mvg; dAla 

 plural with adjectives [§ 39]) 



sqodA'n ge'istA qe'gu sklasda'yas he had pulled a basket out from 

 under his armpit (sqoda armpit; -^rlhis own [§ 28.3]; ^eiinto; 

 stA from; qe'gu basket; sda = sta stem; -y perfect; -s participle) 



sl'wai w Ad a' fiat gu'tgui I a dasklaxund' nasi he was rolling the lake 

 together with it (si;w=su lake; ai demonstrative; wa it; dA'nat 

 together with; gut toward; gui toward [with motion]; da- mo- 

 tion outward; xun stem [?]; -an continuative; -asi participle) 



nAn skla'idjuwagas the one that had a knot-hole (shape) in it 

 {riAh the one; dju it is of that sort; -ga to be; -s participle) 



Igudja'-i la ga sklaxunA'ndalasi mats rolled toward him 89.11 



9. ska- round objects, like marbles, berries, eggs, and potatoes. 



asi djlxl' slcadAlda'nsi the waterdrops falling from this were round 

 (asl this; djixi' [?]; dAl = dAla plural with adjectives; dan 

 stem; -si participle) 



Ia la gasJca' xidas he picked it (cranberry) up with it (spoon) (ga- 

 [?]; xid stem; -as participle) 



10. sga- (JMasset s^a-) strings, ropes, hairs, etc. 



da'gil sgalu'nal three strings (dd'gil strings; lu'nal three) 

 wa' LuxAn ga gAlsga'stala'yan WAnsu'ga something pulled all of 

 them up {wa it; lu when; XAn just so; ga something indefi- 

 nite; ^^Z- by pulling; stostem; -?a suffix meaning up; -■?/ per- 

 fect; -aft past inexperienced; WAnsu' ga c^otaibfo) 

 ^dl s^d'sgu ALL NIGHT, night being spoken of metaphorically (]\[as- 

 set) {^dl night; sgu it is all [?]) 



11. sq!a- long objects, like sticks and paddles. 



sqlagild'nas extending out in lines (from the island) (^iZ seaward 



[?]; -an continuative; -as participle) 

 d'laisq.'aLa'al ten paddles (dl paddle; ai demonstrative; za'al ten) 

 Iqea'ma qd'dji sq.'asti'n two kelp-heads 53.24 (Iqea'nna kelp; qd'dji 



heads; stvfi two) 

 sq.'axiu'sgagai sqlastA'nsinsga'si four lines of people danced 



toward the beach {xiu stem; -sga toward beach; gai the; 



stA'nsifh four; -sga toward beach; -si participle) 



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