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131. lEg^til- for g-ood (Tsimshian: lEk/ul- for good; see gane- 



always, perinanentl}' [no. 120]). 

 lEg\d-st'ns to be entirelj'^ blind 

 Ieq'' ul-da! UL to leave for good 

 lEg^ul-ts!e'7i to have entered to stay 

 Tsimshian: 



I lEkful-h'^da'xs to leave for good 



132. ? if/' 'ex- partly, half. 



Ug '"^ ex-ma' gaL to put away half 



lig'''ex-g'at nobility (literally, halfway [chief J people) 



133. lEks- strange, different, by itself (Tsimshian: lEks-). 



lEhs-g'a't a strange person 

 sa-txa-lEkti-g' a' t to make quite different 

 lEks-d'a' island (literally, .sitting by itself) 

 Tsimshian: 



lEks-t!a'° island 

 lEhs-g'ig-a'd kinds ZE T912«^ 



134. i-Ei»^i- stopping a motion (Tsimshian: lEni-). 



LEin-ha'x to stop by running 

 LEm-go'c to offend 



LEm-e'tl''^e to interfere (literall}', to stop by calling) 

 In Tsimshian this prefix does not seem to be free. 

 I lEiii-g'ipa."ig to fl}' against the wind 

 lEia-hafasg head- wind 



135. I^ffo- little (Tsimshian: l(fii-). This is commonly used as an 



attributive prefix, but for the singular only. The adverbial 

 idea is expressed by k^dj)E- (Tsimshian: h!cil)E- [no. 113]), 

 wMch, in an attributive sense, is used only for the plural. 



Lgu-a'lg'txt he said with a low voice (perhaps better, the little 

 one said) 54.12 

 The use of hgo- as attributive is very common: 



h'sax-Lgo-tii'Epts'a'p only the little wren 126.5 (see no. 112) 

 Lgo-ts^Ewt'ng'lt the little youngest one 185.14 

 8till more frequent is its use with adjectives: 



Lgo-gwd' E7n Lgo-tk'''e'Ik'^ the little poor little boy 139.7 



hgo-ff ai'ts^Tj sg' im. wi-fe's only a little large {(fed- just; ts'osk' 



small; ivl- great; fes large) 

 Lgo-dax-g'a't a little strong 

 Tsimshian: 



I Igu-xa'o little slave ZE 789"^ 



I lgu-(/'am-k/wa's a bad little broken one 



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