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80. pBlEtn- to act as though one was perforniing- an action (Tsim- 



shian: bEnEni-). 



jpElEm-go' to act as though taking 38.8 

 pElEirt-ie' to go and turn back again at once 

 pElEm-g'a'j[) to act as though eating something 



Tsimshian : 



hEnEin-xsi'Hh to act as though vomiting 

 IjEUEm-tlu'^s to act as though about to strike 



81. hElxsEm- in front of body, forward; similar in meaning to 



xLna- no. 127 (Tsimshian: xhEsEm-). 

 t lo-hElxsETn-qaq^ of q' ant he opened it in front of his body 26.14 

 Tsimshian: 



I xhESEin-sgET to lie prone ZE 789*^^ 



82. hagait- just in the right place or manner (Tsimshian: lEha- 



gait-). Compare hwagait- (no. 71), sagait- (no. 99), spa- 

 gait- (no. 103), q'amgait- (no. 119). 



hagait-kvM' st it is cracked right in the middle 



hagait-go' to hit just in the right place 



(f am-hagait-hEbEsha' tskf^ only to be lifted just in the right way 

 62.13" 

 Like the other prefixes ending in -gait^ this prefix is also nominal: 



SEm-hagait-se'luk just right in the middle 73.4. 

 Tsimshian: 



lEbagait-sga-ha' tsg to stand across just there ZE 793^'*' 



lEbagait-dEt!o!° sitting alone 



lEbagait-ha'° to be lost 



83. fnEsEni- separate. 



mESEm-hwahi to sit separately 

 mESEm-Lo' to walk separately 



84. ma- like (Tsimshian: niE-). 



ma-iva'tsx crazy (literally, like a land-otter) 

 ma-o'l having epileptic fits (literally, like a bear) 



Tsimshian: 



I mE-wa'ts!a crazy (literally, like a land-otter) 



85. umxli- like (Tsimshian). 

 wadi-hats!ia'°n innumerable (literally, like fly-blows) 

 wadi-ksE-le' atx like fluid slime 

 wadi-wa'lb like a house 



86. max- only, entirely, all. 



max-hdna' q (they are) all women 184.5 



max-e'tixt a woman having onl}" sons; (they are) all men 



max-he'x' it is only fat 42.3 



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