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The days of the week are nowadays designated Iw the same prefixes: 

 Jia-le-qamd' otJi'^ da}' of dressing up (Sunda}') 

 Jiale-ye'Eq day of paying- out (Saturday) 



161. ^an- means of, cause of (Tsimshian: gaU'). 



gan-mO!tk^ means of saving 



gan-dEde'Is cause of life 



gan-Le'ntx' cause of anger 



gan-ld-go'ihax window (literally, cause of light inside) 



gan-hwd'Ux' carrying-strap, (literally, means of carrying) 

 Tsimshian: 



gan-ha' axg difficulty 



gaii-p.'a'Jg'ixsg ballast (literally, means of being heavy) 

 This prefix is identical with the particle gan therefoke. 



162. f/t^'lac;*- nomen actoris (Tsimshian: link-). 



gicix'-d'd fisherman 

 wl-gwlx'-su-g'a't great murderer 23.5 

 gwix'-v'o'd hunter 108.4 

 gvnx' -id' iiuf ((sl:'^ cheater 62.12 

 Tsimshian: 



huk-ga'ts.'E one who pours out, an auctioneer 

 hnl'-ye'lsk one who drills 



163. an' the one who ; preceding transitive verb (Tsimshian: 



%n-). This prefix is used ver}'^ frequently in phrases cor- 

 responding to our relative clauses. It is always preceded 

 by the subjective pronoun of the third person, 



rie'En f an-dEdo' qh lax 3'ou are the one who caught the trout 

 157.4 



J{'''e I'saxL Lgo-g'V inx'dlt^ dsmt an-t>i ElEm-iro' ol nnh'st then his 

 little sister went out, she who was to call in his wife 204.6 

 (^*"6*(/x to go out; g'Vinx'de ii\'stQ,\'\ t-s^E/E///- into; ^ro'o to invite; 

 nak'^ wife) 



nzk'^e dd'uLL k'^tlL g'at faii-go ul Lgo-tk'''eLk'^ then one man 

 left, who took the child 205.6 {dd'uL to leave; l-'W one person; 

 g'at \)QViyon\ ^0(<^ to take; i:,(/6>-?'/''^'i7t" child) 



k'''e hvM sagait-hd' p' aah f an-k^he-idsya' tst then they I'ushed to- 

 gether who beat him all over 62.12 (.sv/^r^//- together; hd'p'a 

 to rush; k^Le- all over; yats to strike"* 



Tsimshian: 



nd°l dEUit ln-na!ksgA Igu'HgES Gaud' who is it who will marry 



the daughter of Gauo? 

 t nlE'ryu dsmt in-na'ksgA IgvfHgEnt it is I who will marry 



your daughter 

 n.'mi's dsp gioai fin-SE-tld'^sga these are the ones who began 

 ada nltnl' fiii-lsbd'HsEtga^ he was the one who paid it back 



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