322 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



Tsimshian : 



g'ina-t!aP to stay behind 



g'ina-{d'° to go slower than (literally, to leave going) 



^•m«-foV°^ left dry 



110. k'lttia- to go to do something; the action to be done is expressed 



by a noun (Tsimshian).^ 

 k'ltna-xsa'n to go to gamble 

 k' !tna-dd'°sta to go across (to see) 

 k' !ina-su-p!a's to go after a young girl 



111. ffVldEp- underneath (?), upside down (?) 



g'lldEp-da'lhtk'sk^ to cling to the under side (of the canoe) 57.6 

 F uL-g'tldEp-qaxa' ik'^ to drift about capsized, upside down 21.3 

 g'UdEp-qalu'ks I turn dishes over upside down 



112. Ars«5C- only, just (Tsimshian: A^srt-, often with ^^'^m- or a?n- only), 



k'sax-d'o'q just to take (i. e. , without implements for taking) 41.7 



k'sax-FuL-daxdo' X they just lay about 162.5 



k'sax-g'ina' iHL tsooHk'L he'x' he only gave a little fat 163.6 

 {tsoosk' little; hex' fat) 

 This may really belong to the particles given in § 15. 

 Tc'sax- is often used with nouns: 



k'sax-ts'e'p only bones 214.12 



k'sax-Lgo-nts'e'ets only the little grandmother 152.10 

 Tsimshian: 



q^ am-lcsa-txdlpx only four 



q^am-ksa-TclE'rEl only one 



am-ksa hanafnga only the women 



k^a-he'HgEt he just stood still 



113. WopE- little, plural; a little (Tsimshian: k.'cthE-). This is 



commonly used as an attributive prefix for the plural only. 

 The idea of a little, slightly, is generall}^ expressed by 

 this prefix; while Lgo-^ which is the singular of the attributive 

 prefix, seems to imply that a small one performs the action 

 expressed in the verb. See no. 135. 

 {a) Adverbial: 



k^opE-aba'g^ask'^ to be troubled a little 74.15 

 k''dpE-ama-g'a' adESEm ^ look out a little well for her 192.1 

 k''dpE-ld-qahu'x to splash in something a little 



{h) Adjectival: 



lUdpE-hmot'lp little houses 185.8 

 FopE-tk'^e' L^ children 102.1 



' This particle is classed more properly with those giv-en in § 13. 

 §10 



