236 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY tBOL;, '?; 



gA7n V lana'ga da'osqual ga'isLga'ogAhganga driftwood never 

 floated ashore in his town {gAm not; laifia town; -ga possessive; 

 da'osqual driftwood; sl stem; goo [?]; -gAn negation; -gafi 

 continuative ; -ga to be) 



V xe'tgu V ga'isLgils it floated ashore in front of him {xet down in 

 front of; gu there; sl stem; -gil shoreward; -s participle) 



V gd'ingwanAS it was floating about (ga =^ai- floating; -ifi on sea; 

 -gwan about; -as participle) 



[This stem might be considered as an instrumental, like 

 those discussed in § 14. It takes the same position before 

 classifiers as other instrumentals do: gd'-it!aoga'ogadie's a 

 featherfloated ashore 37.24 {t!ao- feather-shaped object). — Ed.] 



2. gAn- applied when a number of people are doing a thing en masse. 



I A stA l! gA'ndaxitdjilasi they all started away from her {sIa from ; 



da=dal to go [pi.]; -xit inchoative [§18.6]; -djil truly) 

 I A stA l! gA'nlgalAnas they went home from him (stA from; Igal 



to go indirectly; -An continuative; -as participle) 

 la gA'nstA gAndd'lL.'xagilsi they came to him together (ga'nstA to 



[=gAn FOR and stA from = coming for a purpose]; ddl to go 



[pi.]; -L.'xa toward; -gil landward; -si participle) 

 Igu'nul gAndax'l'dAn three came along 107.20 



V gAud'lgd qa'odihao after they had gone along 37.2 



[It would seem that this element must be considered as a 

 classifier, analogous to those discussed in § 15 and meaning 

 GROUP of people. The following example illustrates its use 

 following an instrumental: Ia l! gAlgA'ndaxitgd'wan wansu'ga 

 it is said, they led him home 81.39 {gAl- by leading). — Ed.] 



3. xao- (Masset xo-) to do a thing quickly. 



la at gut I a da'oxaostas they seized each other quickly {at with; gut 

 each other; dao- to go and get [prefixed]; sta stem) 



la ga ga nd'iixaoLgAnasi it quickly ground off his skin {ga to; ga 

 something; ndh=nan to grind [§ 14.8]; l stem [?]; -gAfi con- 

 tinuative; -asi participle) 



V dd'^alAn stAn V doxo' stAS^aian her two brothers ran down to 

 take her (Masset) {dd'^a younger brother; -I Ah plural; stAh 

 two ; do to go and get ; stA stem ; -s^a seaward ; -i perfect ; -an 

 past inexperienced) 



4. tci" expresses the use of a transitive verb without object. 



taga'ogAnAn WAnsu'ga they say few were left 11.8 



taqld'dAS she cut up 49.1 



taqo'ldjuulas he spread out in morning 53.4 



taskidd' nagAni they plundered 105.4 



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