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dl gl'da I I'nah marry my daughter! (Masset) 514.8 



V nan V sudai'an said his grandmother to him (Masset) 670.4 



(b) Words ending in consonants other than n, n, I. 



V Idu'gi ya opposite its heart (Masset) 294.25 

 di 7c!dg' my heart (Masset) 298.24 



dAn qa'dji thy head (Masset) 301.5 



V Tdo'tA its beak (Masset) 498.4 



V Hu'da its beak B 59.25 



V qd'dji his head 12.14 



I' sku'dji its bones B 8.13 



3. -gia means originally property, but in Masset is now sometimes 



used as equivalent of ga. 



V ^on gia gl'iiAga-i M'lawan his father's property was destroyed 



689.18 

 XAnsu'lbt gia Lue' sea-anemone's canoe {xAtisu'lot sea-anemone; 



Lii canoe) 

 dA'hgia Inaga'i xada'i your town-people (Inaga'i the town; 



xada'i people) 

 nAU I'linas gia td'we the man's food {rah I'lihas the man; tao 



food) 



Sometimes it appears instead of di'na, signifying my, mine; as — 



dalA'n Itanogi's lu I gia' g Ah, na-i ^h isdd'lgala^wari dalA'h wa'- 



Luwan a after you have eaten let all go up to my liouse 

 gia' g Ah na-i aI tdd'nu yu'An La'ola make a big fire in my house 

 giagAh ^ado' lIoo l! ^e'sgagA'n but they were unsuccessful with 

 mine 



4. -^Aii or -an (Masset -An) expresses possession of an object by the 



subject of the sentence, 

 (a) The possessive forms of terms expressing relationship and parts 

 of the body are formed by suffixing -gAu or -an, (Masset -Ah) 

 to the noun possessed. 



djd'gA h gi xagwa'-i Ia Lgua'si he carried the lialil^ut toward the 



woods to his wife 288.12 (djd wife; gi to; xagu halibut; l- with 



hands [§14.26]) 

 gl'tgAh i'sin I qihgd'nsga I shall see my son also 291.1 (git child; 



i'siri also ; ^ I ; -sga future) 

 a-u'natlA Jcid'nanas he asked his mother 289.9 (as mother; at 



with; hid'n to question) 

 TcIo'Iau lu Ia dAhgl'stalia'-i she had it even with her knees 291.7 



(lu even; dAh- by pulling [§14.4]; gl- flat thing; sta- to move 



away from ; -I up) 



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