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72. waLEn- former, 



waLEn-ga'n an old (rotten) tree 25.4 

 waLEn-na'k'st his former wife 135.14 

 waLETi-g'ig'a't the people of former times 191.1 

 waLEn-w1-gesg6! 6t the same size as before 23.4 



73. w1- great, greatly; singular (Tsimshian: wl,-). This prefix is 



commonly used as an attribute, but also as an adverb, 

 expressing, however, rather a ouality of the subject. See 

 also Lgo- no. 135. 

 (a) Adverbial: 

 wl-SE-me'L to make burn much 89.8 

 wi-sa'gat it splits much 148.8 

 It is also found in fixed combinations: 

 wl-ye'tli^ to cry 90.3 



wl-am-he't to shout 89.12. Here it is apparently connected 

 with the adverbial -Em (§ 22) 

 (J)) Adjectival: 

 wi-g'a't big (awkward) man 196.9 

 w1-lig'''e' Ensk great grizzlj?^ bear 118.4 

 Wl-xbd'la Great West-wind (a name) 

 Tsimshian : 

 {a) Adverbial: 



wi-ha'utk to cry 

 {b) Adjectival: , 

 wi-go'ep.'a great light ZE 785^8 

 wl-m.Edl'Ek great grizzly bear 

 g''ap-k!a-iDl-naxno'g really exceedingly great supernatural 



being (see nos. 117, 106) 

 iol-SETn'dgit great chief 



7Sa. wud' ax- gresit, plural (Tsimshian: ivutia-). 



wudC ax-qa-we' n large teeth 84.3 



wiifC ax-ax-qa-ga! odEt great fools 33.10 



74. hasha- upside down (Tsimshian: Jiasba-). This prefix is re- 



lated to q^asba- no. 121. 

 haspa-he's to tear out so that it is upside down 127.13 

 SEm-hasba-sg'l' to lay exactly face up 214.11 

 hasba'-sg'i to lay upside down (a hat) 17.2 

 Peculiar is — 



hasba-lo-yo' xk'^ to go in the same trail 202.15 

 Tsimshian: 



I hasba-p!e'Egal to tear out so that it is upside down 



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