BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 339 



Tsimshian: 



at ga!^ wul hsE-gwa'ntgE g'a'mgst he went to where out comes 

 (touches) the sun 



lat nl'EstgE ts.'a'hdE wul k' ! A-SA-gidi-t!d'° g'a'mgEm dzi'ust when 

 the people saw the sun standing still suddenly for a while 

 ZE 788.13 {n.l to see; ts.'ah people; k' !a- for a while; ha- sud- 

 denly; t!aP to sit; g'amg heat, heavenly body; dzlust day- 

 light) 



-a wul vM-d%-aya'°wuU on account of his being without clever- 

 ness ZE 789.1-1 {wa- without; dl on his part; aya'°wul clever) 



172. ict past (Tsimshian : la). 



nhJc'Ie La hux he' Luk it had been morning again 204.2(Ai<a; again; 



he'Luk morning) 

 La de'Ipk'^L dEvi niEsafx' it was shortly going to be da3"light 



143.7 {d'elpk'^ short; mEsd'x' daylight) 

 La hux hwl'lt he had done this also 145.4 

 k'!e Lat hwild'x'L hwtl no' at he had known that he was dead 57.7 



{huitld'x' to know; no' 6 dead) 

 Tsimshian: 



nlinV lat ni'EstgE tsla'h that was when the people saw 



ada la al di tsH'^nsgE wak't but then his brother had gone in {al 



but; dl on his part; ts!i°n. to enter; vxik' brother) 

 nl vjd'ldE la ha'udEt it happened, what he had said 



173. La while (Tsimshian: la). 



Ld wl-fe'sL Lgo-tk'^e'Lk'^g'e aL lo-d'd't aL ts'sin-xpe'tst while the 

 child was large, it was in the box 9.9 {un-fe's large; Lgo- 

 tk'^e'Lk^ child; Id- in; d''d to sit; ts'sm- inside; xplts box) 

 Tsimshian: 



Id 7i!lnl' nE-sEla-tod'ldEt while that one did it with them 

 Id q!a'ldEk-id'°tga° while he was walking about in the woods 



174. iagai- alreadj^, however, rather (Tsimshian: ylftgai-), 



lagai-g'tn-he'tkH however, he stood behind 141.1 

 iagai-ne't however, it was so 26.7, 157.9 

 iagai-SEvi-k' la-vn-helt however, exceedingly many 158.11 

 k'''et iagai'le-ia' qt then, however, it hung on it 46.1 

 k'!e iagait-g'e' eU then, he had picked it up already 26.3 

 iagait-lo-dd'yU he had put it on alread}'^ 50.4 



Tsimshian: 



ylagai Id'-wula tgi-nl'HsgEt however, he looked always down 

 adat y !agai-dzaga-gd'°dEt then, however, he went across it 

 n dEin y.'agal-na'ksEn I shall marry thee 

 ylagai-sEin-hd's very much afraid, however 



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