240 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



d% Ia qlolgi'nda don't let any one know of me (dl me; Ia impera- 

 tive particle; gin [?]; -da to cause) 



§ 20. Steins in Terminal l^osition, Third Group 



It is probably due to their significance that the following groups 

 take ordinarily their position following the last series : 



1. -go (Masset -^o) plurality. Originally this probably marked dis- 



tributive plurality. It always follows la, the personal pronoun 

 of the third person singular. 



QAii Ia la djila'dagoas they had her as bait for it {gAU for; la they 

 [with -go]\ djild bait; -da, to cause; -as participle) 



stA l!a Luqd'itgoasi they went away (stA from; l.'a they; lu- by 

 canoe [§ 14.27]; qd to go; -i^ inchoative [§ 18.6]; -asi participle) 



V nd'xagAngogA'hga they fly about {V they [with -go]; nd'xa to fly 

 [pi.]; -gAh continuative; -gAii probably continuative also, the 

 suffix being doubled; -ga auxiliary) 



Ia qla'osLogagawan . . . they came and sat down by the fire 

 (Ja they [with gaw=-gd\; q.'a to sit; -o probably auxiliary; 

 SLO stem [ ?] ; -ga auxihary [ ?] ; -an past inexperienced) 



Ia stA Ia Luqd'-itgoas they left him by canoe 59.3 



V ge'tgatgawa'-i lu when they had gone 59.4 

 Ia lanadageilgd'wagAn they had a town 103.11 



2. -Lga (Skidegate dialect) indicates that all of the objects or persons 



just mentioned are included in the action. 



V ga'oluLgagawas they all got up {V they [with -gaw=-go]) 

 la'giaga gl'nagai qa'ilLgagas all his property was lost (gia prop- 

 erty; -ga possessive; gi'na things; gai the; qa'il stem; -ga 

 auxiliary; -s participle) 



3. -^odjil IMasset equivalent of the above. 



^alA'nsL^odjawaniit was all cooked {^alAn to cook; sl appears to be 



the principal stem; ^odjaw = ^odju all; -an past inexperienced; 



-i perfect) 

 ^a l! %' sdals^odjawan all went down to it (^a to; ^s [?]; dal to go; s 



[?]; ^odjaw^^odju &\\; -an past inexperienced) 

 l! I' hlada^odjawan all went down to it {I'Llada [?]: ^odjaw = ^odju 



all; -an past inexperienced) 

 Lvfgue A'na V %'sda^odjawan he took all into the canoe {lu canoe; 



gu there; e=^e into; A'na his own; isda stem; -^odjaw= -^odju 



all; -an past inexperienced) 



4. -ski applied to an action that fails of accomplishment, or per- 



haps to one that nearly succeeds. 

 §20 



