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(b) Subordinate clauses: 



k'''et g'a' ciL wund' ,r' ha ax-g'e'hEtg'e then he saw the food which he 

 liad not eaten 41.3,4 {k-''e then; -t he; g'a' a to see; -l connective 

 [§ 23]; wund'x' food; La past, nominal form; a^c- not; g'e'p to 

 eat something-; -z^ his; -(/"d absent [§ 20]) 



nd fan ax-lnnUd' gtn% who does not know thee {nd who; fan he 

 who; a,/'- not; hwtld'x' to know; -n thee) 



ntg'tn dEiii de go' at hvnl ax-lvHa!ye 1, on my part, shall not take 

 it, not })eing hungry {nig'i not; -n I; dE)n future; de on the 

 other hand, on (my) part; gou to take; -t it; Jiavl being; ax- 

 not-^ I'Ha' I hungry; -e 1) 

 There is a second form, aqh^ the relation of which to ax is difficult 

 to understand. Apparently this form is «</ with connective 

 -L (see § 23). It does not occur in subordinate clauses, and 

 may perhaps be considered as a verb meaning it is nothing. 



nLlr''e a(iL hwilt then he did nothing 68.(5 (then nothing was his 

 doing) 



nLh'''e aqL g'e'l>En then nothing is your food 157.11 



nLk'''e aqL-yo'xJiH Ts\(l" then Ts'ak" was without (place to) go 

 126.7 



HLk'-e aqL-hivi'lt then he was without doing anything 68.6 

 It is doubtful, however, whether this explanation is really satisfac- 

 toiy. Difficulties arc presented particularly Iw forms like — 



aq dEp'hwtld'gut what can we do? 103.7 {dEp we) 



aq n hwtla dsd'hst I do not know how to make it 

 Only a few Tsimshian forms may be given here: 



wa-di-lgu-xd!°' on their part without even a little foam 

 {(Ti on their part; Igu- little; xd'^ foam) 



%ca-dzaga-ld'°'p ! eI without twinkling across 



138. hivtii- innermost part (Tsimshian: wiin-). 



hwm-ge's brain 

 hwtn-haiou'l point of arrow 

 /nom-ts/d'umL heart of tree 148.8 

 Tsimshian: 



I wun-ga'us brain 



139. (IE- extreme, plural; see ^-'.s- singular (no. 143) (Tsimshian: frt-) 



dE-lax'o't the highest ones 

 dE'Ld'^vit the lowest ones 

 dE-galgald'nt the last ones 



Tsimshian: 



man-ta-gd! ga the first ones to come up (see no. 3) 

 tOrSl'Hg'U the eldest ones 



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