BOAsj HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 270 



qa'odihao^^ gfi'yawai gei 1a gti'tgigAni.^^ Gien V qa'dji^^ dA'fiat^^ 1' 



after a while the sea into he jumped. And his hair with his 



a'xinai ^^ 1a' stA Ja glLgi'lgAni." Gien qlfi'da 1' L'tcIiLlxagA'n^* 



yellow cedar him from I took. And toward he came up 



bark blanket the sea 



gien dl xAmi'ga^^ 1a Lqlagilda'ngAn."" Gie'nhao dl ga 1a 



and my face he held up his hands at. And then me to he 



Lglgi'lgAn.*'^ Dl gAn l' a'xAnagea'lgai "^^ lu"' I'siii 1' ga'iglAgAn ^^ 



swam shoreward. Me for he came to be near when again he dove 



gien qia'da 1' LdjiLlxagA'n®* gien 1a gi"^ 1 tcIidjuxI'dAn.^^ Gien 1' 



and seaward he came to the surface and him at I began to shoot. And he 



Lglgi'lgAn gien nAii stalA' xA'ngi" agA'ii 1a gldjigl'MaL.skrdAn.'^^ 



swam landward and a cliff on the face himself he held tight against. 



Ga'iga I'siii 1a 1a tcirgastifi'iigai"'' Lii "" Lan 1a \\ ge'ildagAiii.^" 



There too him I shdt twice when ended him I caused to become. 



Gie'nhao sta'lai xA'ngi qait'^ giaga'nagAni^^ gut 1a qaxia'lgAni." 



And then the cliff on the face tree was standing upon he climbed up. 



Gien r qa'dji stala'i stA dji'nagAni.^* Sklia'xAn^^ wA'gui^** 1a 



And its top the cliff from was some distance. But still toward it he 



tIaskitgaogA'ndi" qa'odi stala'i xA'ngi agA'n 1a gldjigl'ldalgaskl'dAni.^* 



bent it after the cliff on the himself he got hold of. 



a while face 



Gien gu ga xe'lgAni^** gei 1a qa'tcIigAn.^" Gadi stA L'gut^^ xe'tgi^^ 



And therein was a hole into he went in. Not from eitlier downward 



^^xU = stem above referred to (50); -gin probably the continuative -gAfi; -dal the auxiliary. 



^gdt TO MOVE rapidly; gl motion down into the water; -gAn temporal suffix. 



'^^ qa'dji is used both for hair and for head. 



^^dA'hat contains the connective at. It means very much the same thing as at, but is a stronger form. 



36 aj is the contracted form of gai. 



"jz- classifier indicating shape of blanket; -jn^iOTiON landward. 



^L- shape of human being; -l.'jo motion toward. 



59 dl objective personal pronoun of the first person, used as the possessive; xAfi face; -ga possessive suffix. 



^ l!- action with hands; -g'll toward the land; -da auxiliary to cause; -ah continuative suffix. 



61 L- shape of man; gl swimming on water; -gil motion landward. 



^^a'xAua NEAR, is also used independently as a connective; -geal the auxiliary meaning to become or 

 TO come to be; gai the infinitive-forming connective. 



^gai- FLOATING ON the water; -glA motion down into the water. 



Ml- human shape; -L.'za motion toward. 



^Ia personal pronoun of the third person singular; gi the connective to. 



^tcHt TO shoot; -lit to begin to do. 



^''xAh face; gi to or at. 



^gidji TO GRASP, seize; -gil to become; -do the auxiliary to cause; l- human shape; skit contact, 

 -An temporal suffix. 



^tc!i= tc.'it TO shoot; -ga the auxiliary to be; -stid'il = stiii two; gai the connective. 



'">Ia objective pronoim of the third person singular; la subjective pronoun of the first person singular 

 getl TO BECOME; -da to cause. 



" Also the word for spruce. 



''^gia TO stand; -gaii the continuative suffix. 



"ga TO GO (one person); -lia quickly; -I motion upward. 



"dji'/ia also an adjective meaning a long distance, far. 



'5x471 = the adverb still, yet. 



''^wa the demonstrative pronoun that; gui toward (with motion). 



"<.'a- shape of curving tree; skit to put; -gAn = -gAii the continuative suffix. 



'•^gl'dji TO seize; -gil to become; -da to cause; Iga- shape assumed by a branching object, referring here, 

 either to the top of the tree or to the shape assumed by the man as he climbs off from it. 



"9 gu connective there, referring to the cliff which is understood; ga connective in; xel hole; -gAn past- 

 experienced-temporal suffix. 



Mga TO GO (singular); -tc.'i motion inside of something. 



81 L an indefinite pronoun or adverb; gut the connective with or together. 



^-xH down; gi to. 



