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§ 13, Particles Transfoi'tning Nouns into Verbs 



ICA. sE- to make something (Tsimshian: sE'). 



SE-hm' to call (literall}-, to make name) 97.13 

 SE-le't to make wedges 148.4 

 SE-M'n to catch salmon 

 SE-le')i'ix' to make a song 77.9 



lEp-sE-nE.cruj'x to make one's self supernatural 152.6 

 SE-hsla' to make abalone shell 45.14 

 Tsimshian : 



IH-SE-gu'lg to make lire on 

 su-SE-n-dzog to make a new village 

 SE-ma'xs to cause to grow ZE 791^"^ 



165. X- to eat, consume (Tsimshian: x-). 



x-ha'n to eat salmon 205.1 

 x-ama'lgwax eating scabs 41.14 

 Jia-x-sma! X' fork (literally, meat-eating instrument) 

 ha-x-miyaf n pipe (literally, smoke-eating instrument) 

 Tsimshian: 



x-stsld'la to eat beaver 



x-gioa' tksEuu I feel cold (literally, I consume cold) 

 lu-x-dzi' usg until morning (literally, in consume morning) 

 x-sgane'ts to kill mountain goats (literally, to eat mountain) 

 x-gd'ep!akem we enjo}' the light ZE 786^" 



166. x.s- to say, to appear like (Tsimshian: xs-). 



xs-nsgud'tJc to say father 

 xs-rae'iiiExk to say hm 

 xs-ia'nsks it sounds like leaves 

 xs-ma'k's/c^ white (literally, it appears like snow) 

 xs-gusgua! dsky-s light blue (literally, it appears like a bluejay) 

 Tsimshian: 



tvi-xs-nd' 61 it sounds loud like a drum 

 wi-xs-suwa' nsg it sounds loud like curing disease 

 g'' ap-xs-ts ! a' 2^8 to be called a tribe ZE 783" 



§ 14i. Transitive JPrononiinal Subject 



The transitive subjective pronouns are in both dialects: 

 71 I 7)1 SEm ye 



djEp we ^fhe, 



m thou [they 



These are placed before the verb and the particles treated in § § 8-13. 

 They will be discussed more fully in § 52. 

 §§13.14 



