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29. k! Am- small (cf. no. 15a, p. 231). 



Lu l-.'A'mdAla small canoes (lu canoe; dAla plural with adjectives) 

 tla'gas IcWmdala small flakes of snow 31.28 



30. gam-^ 



ga qld'laga gd'mgodies a large open space in the woods (ga some 

 [indef. pi.]; qld'laga open place or swamp; go to lie; -di deter- 

 minate; -es participle) 



31. L! Ap- 

 ia LlApdji'lAxadas he let a small part (of the surface of the moon) 



be seen {djilaxa [?]; -da causative; -s paiticiple) 



32. sLam- 



qld'djai V xe'lA ge'istA sget SLd'mdjigold' nddlasi the gum hung 

 out from his mouth red (g.'a^7= 5. 'as gum; ai the; x^'Ia mouth; 

 ^eiinto; s<^ from; sgetveiX; dj^ probably =(^:/^t it is of that sort; 

 gold' Tidal analysis uncertain; -asi participle) 



33. tc!l- the insides of such objects as sea-eggs. 



34. St! a- dumb-bell shaped objects, such as the liver of a dog-fish. 



35. sJ^Ap- applied to such an object as the curled tail of a dog. 



skA'pdala crooked wedges 33.13 



36. sktet- small and very slender objects, such as certain small, 



slender teapots. 



Third Group: Principal Predicative Terms (§§ 16-21) 



§ 16, Characterization of Predicative Terms 



Most elements of this group must be considered as independent 

 verbs. It has been pointed out before that they may also enter into 

 combinations. Among some of them this tendency is strongly devel- 

 oped. Here belong the verbs forming terms of the first group (see 

 § 14). A number of others are so intimately related with other ideas 

 in their significance that they occur only rarely alone, if at all, and 

 appear, therefore, in part rather as auxiliary verbs, or even as affixes. 



§ 17, Stems in Initial Position 



Some of these stems take initial positions. 

 1. gai- (Masset gl-) refers to any object floating upon the water, 

 gai being the stem of the verb to float. 



Na-giu' ga I a gd'isLgeilgu/AS he stopped at House-fishing-ground 

 (floating there upon the water) 29.8 {Na house; gill fishing- 

 ground; ga in; sl stem; -gil to come to be [§18.10]; gi com- 

 pletion of action; a a to be; -s participle) 



§§16,17 



