332 BUKEAU OP AMEKICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



Tsimshian: 



g'i-tsld'eg bow of canoe 



g'i-la'n stern of canoe 



g'i-g'd'ni up river 



g'ilhau'Ii in the woods (with euphonic / [?]) 



150. qaldETti- receptacle (Tsimshian: ^aldEni-). 



qaldEni-halda' u-g'U box of a sorcerer 217.3 

 Tsimshian : 



I galdEm-a'hsh bucket (literally, clrinking-receptacle) 



151. lax- surface of, top; corresponding to the adverbial predx le- 



(Tsimshian: lax-). 



lax-Id' op surface of stone 109.4 



lax-a'iis surface of sand 122.1 



lax''!)' top 55.1 



lax-ha' sky (literally, upper side of air) 

 The names of some clans contain this element. 



lax-ski' yek eagle clan (literally, on the eagle) 108.3 



lax-k'ebo' wolf clan (literally, on the wolf) 108.2 

 Names of islands and of the ocean are compounded with this prefix: 



Lax-umqL Dundas island 



lax-se'lda ocean 101.7 



Tsim.shian: 



lax-t ! Em-ga! us crown of head 

 lax-la'mgEm lEplfj'^l) top of hot stones 

 lax-ha' sky ZE im^^ 



152. ts'Em- inside; corresponding to the verbal prefixes Zo-, ts'ElEm-, 



IsgEm- (Tsimshian: ts.'Em-). 



ts'Em-hwt'lp inside of house 131.2 



ts^ Eni-dz^d' dz'ik's inside of ground 201.9 



ts'Eni-lo'op inside of stone 20.2 



A considerable number of words require this prefix: 

 ts'Em.-d'q inside of mouth 118.15 

 ts'Ein-qald's stomach 118.11 



ts'Em-avbo'n palm (literall}^, inside) of hand 110.10 

 ts' Ern-fe' n valley 77.3 



Tsimshian: 



ts.'Em-lax-ha' in the sky ZE 7822« 

 ts!Em-xsd'° inside of canoe 

 ts/Em-a'ks inside of water 

 ts.'Em-wd'lh inside of house 

 ts/Em-ts/d'ns armpit 

 ts.'Em-nE-u'° oven 



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