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Another set of names appears to be onomatopoetic either in fact 

 or in idea: 



Jil'xoddda or la'xodada grebe dl'dA h bUie-fly 



wU sahnon-berry bird swl'lawU small bird 



md'matdegi dragon-fly ska'skas small owl 



djldja't small hawk gu'tgunis (Masset gu'tgunist) 



djidjiga'ga small bird horned owl 



tc.'a'tc.'a song-sparrow Llai' L'.ai bluejay 



da'tc.'i wren 



I know of but two story-names of animals, I: !u' xuginagits marten 

 (instead of klu'xu) and sqo'lginagUs porpoise (instead of sqoT) ; but 

 it is possible that the same suffixes may have occurred after other 

 animal-names as well, gi'iia means something, and git son; but 

 whether those are the words included in the suflix is uncertain. 



Several animal-names are almost identical with those found in 

 Tlingit: 



tdl'tga skate godj wolf 



tdisg^ moose q.'d'xada dog-fish 



tco'lgi ground-squirrel q'.o' An fur-seal 



na'gadje fox xu'adji grizzly-bear 



nusg wolverene lAgud'dji sea-bird 

 k.'u'xii marten 



Igo HERON, and klAgA'n (Keene's) mouse, also resemble the Tlingit 

 terms; and the Tlingit word for raven, ijel, is the same as that used 

 by the Masset Ilaida. This similarity between the two vocabularies 

 extends to a few words other than names of animals, of which th'^ 

 following are the principal : 



yage't or ya^e't chief's son gaodja'o drum 



Mgaye'dji iron fjWlga abalone 



Na'gadje fox is also found in Tsimshian, and the following names 

 are also from that language: 



a'od"' porcupine skid'msm blue-hawk 



iriAt mountain-goat gu'tgunis horned owl 



Names of implements and various utensils are formed from verbs 

 by means of a noun-forming suffix o (u) : 



sgunxola'o perfume (from sgun, skun to smell) 

 Shland'hu soap (from SLla hand; nan to play) 

 nidjd'nu mask (from nidjd'h to imitate) 

 hi'tao spear handle (from kit to spear) 



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