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50. xLEm- around an obstacle, making a curve around something 

 (Tsimshian: xlEm-). 



XLEm ie' to go overland, cutting off a point 



XLEin-ma! gah to put a rope over something 



XLEm-he'tsL to send around something 



XLEiti-da' ga to choke some one, hang some one 

 Here belongs also — 



XLEin-galgai's'et to kneel down 

 This prefix occurs also with nouns. 



XLE}n-(2e'nE,c trail going around in a circle 

 Tsimshian: 



xlEm-ia'°k to embrace 



xlEin-da'hl to tie around 



57. U'^edo- sideways. 



k'''edd-g'a'ask to look sideways 



58. k'^aL- aside. 



q''a7n-Ji"''aL-L6'dt she only pushes aside 191.11 

 h'''dL-he'tguiti qe'sEiiK^ labret standing on one side 191.13 



59. qana- inclined against (Tsimshian) 

 qana-fa'° to sit leaning against something 

 qana-he'Hg to stand leaning against something 

 qana-ha'tsg to stand leaning against something 



60. 7naxlE- through a narrow channel (Tsimshian). 

 maxlE-ha'° to go through a channel 

 maxlE-ha' d' eI's to swim through a channel 

 maxlE-g'dfp a narrow channel 

 MaxlE-qa'la Metlakahtla, narrow channel of sea (compare 



G'it-qd'la people of the sea) 



61. g'iJi'si' out of; undoubtedly a compound of k's< out of (no. 8). 



g'ik'si-hwt'tJc^ to come out of 10.1 



62. luila- near the end; perhaps a compound of Id- in (no. 29), and 



hela- near (no. 45). 

 lu'ila-d'e'Uks cut off smooth at end (name of a dog), from 



d'e'Vik's smooth 

 lu'ila-a'lg'tx to speak close to some one 



§10. 3Iodal Particles 



There is no strict distinction between this group and the preceding 

 one. Many of the particles classed here are used with equal frequency 

 as adverbial and as adnominal elements. Thus we find wl-^ which 

 means at the same time greatly, much, and large; Lgo-^ which sig- 



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