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klotla to die gao to lie (plural) 



geal, gil to become qfai'xa to be far away 



sIaI to want I'dji to be 



igoa to fear gagaC^) to be tired 



u'nsAt to know gata{V) to fall into 



gao to be absent, gone gut to think 



When pronominal subject and object accompany the verb, they 

 are placed preceding the whole stem-complex, the object being placed 

 before the subject. Only the third person plural l! always stands 

 immediately before the stem-complex. The indirect object precedes 

 the direct object and is characterized by connectives (see § 31). 



§ 28. Possession 

 1 . -ga (Masset -^€i) . Possession of an object by a person other than 

 the subject of the sentence is expressed by the objective pro- 

 noun preceding the noun, and by the suffix -ga (Masset -^a). 

 In the Masset dialect this suffix is used only rarely. We find 

 the noun either without suffix or with the suffix -gia. 



(a) The possessive forms of terms of relationship are formed by the 

 objective pronoun and the suffix -ga, which is attached to 

 the noun. 



V djd'ga gld'gada'si his wife dried it 288.12 * {dja wife) 



dl go'nga dl gi gihge'idAn my father put paint on me 290.8 {dl 



my; gon father of male; dl me; gi on; giTi- to cause [§ 14.12J) 

 Wd'nAgAn gi'tga hao idjd'gAn that one was the son of Wa'nAgAn 



B 87.17 

 Qd'L-qons gudjd'n^a Fzgas gl'd^a ina^e'lan Qa'L-qons' daughter 



married I'Lgas' son (Masset) 394.10 (gudjdfi daughter ; g-it son; 



i^na to marry; -^el to become) 



(b) In terms expressing transferable possession the noun takes 

 neither the pronominal element nor the suffix, but both are 

 combined and precede or follow the noun. At the same time 

 the noun takes the suffix -/. 



1 References in this section indicate page and line in John R. Swanton, Haida Texts (Publications 

 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, vol. x), except that references preceded by B indicate page and 

 line in John R. Swanton, Haida Texts and Myths (Bulletin 29, Bureau of American Ethnology). 



44877— Bull. 40, pt 1—10—17 § 28 



