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iqea'ma kelp ; also tall rough gu'dA h mind and throat 



grass along shore Jci'lga language 



ItA'nga feathers Ic.'d'hAl color 



I'nagwa one side or half Jc.'id'lu cormorant 



I' Lgas chief TcIoua'Ti a crazy person 



i'L.'xagidas chief gcb'yao the sea 



I'lin male go^'yu smoke 



tdd'ano fire go'dAh a white variety of 

 dd'gal to-morrow rock 



dadji'n hat qd'woda bag 



td'TiAl tongue qe'gu water basket or bucket 



stAgu'n branch-tips q'.and's comrade (in address) 



gia'at blanket q.Wndal a mass of trees 

 glnl't smoke-hole fallen in one place 



gl'gao salmon-trap Id'lAga house-screens 



Some of these last are undoubtedly compound. Thus gu'dAn, 

 h! on a' 11, and go^dAU seem, to have the continuative ending (ati) ; Id'na 

 is probably compounded from na house, and perhaps la he or his; 

 dd'gal probably contains gal night; I'Llxagidas is very likely from 

 I' Lgas and gl'da chief's son (a gi'da being so high that he was prac- 

 tically certain to be a chief himself) ; while Ici'lga probably has the 

 possessive suiiix. Other nouns which are certainly compound are: 

 si'nxi evening (sin day or daylight-sky) ; ku'iigida corner (perhaps 

 from hun point); q.'a'ixida woman's cloak; gA'ndjUga'gi dancing- 

 blanket; xd'tgi dancing-leggings; ga'ixdt ashes; gagwd'nqe cradle; 

 tA'ngoan ocean. The two last probably contain the verbal sufhx 

 goan about, around, and the last seems to be compounded of this 

 and td'ha sea-water. The word for salt, tdh qld'ga, means simply 

 DRIED sea-water. The word for beans and peas is xo'ya-Lu'ga 

 raven's canoe, and refers to one of Raven's adventures. Rice is 

 called i'nlfi-tcHn English teeth. Gdxa child seems to be derived 

 from the stem of the verb meaning weak. 



A study of animal names is usually interesting; but in Haida most 

 of the names of land and sea animals, along with those of the most 

 common birds and fishes, are simple, and yield nothing to investi- 

 gation. Such are the following: 



tcln salmon (general term) tdL loon 



tdin beaver tUn robin 



tdi silver-salmon sl'ga snake 



tan black-bear st'.ao screech-owl 

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