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175. Tnd'dzE- almost. 



ma'dzE-sg'it he almost lay 62.8 



<f arri-ma! dzE-no' osE I am onl}^ almost dead 76.13 



mafdsEt-ox't he almost hit it 1-10.7 



176. kwa'ts'tk's- close hj. 



kwa'ts!tk's-trfal-sg't?i you lie close against 75.12 



177. sEm-g-it strongly (derived from sE}n- much [no. 168], and (/'at 



person) (Tsimshian: sEin-g'it). 

 dEm sEin-g'H dax-yu'kdEn you will hold fast strongly 

 SEin-g'it de yo'guL fE))i-la'7ie%st hold on to ni}^ neck ! 80.10 

 Tsimshian: 



I ada SEtn-g'it he'tgE hana'gat then the woman stood fast 



178. sEm-^al very, much (from «e//i-) (Tsimshian: sEni-^al). 



SEin-gal aba'g^askH he was much troubled 36.1:, 40.-1 

 SEm-gal giod'Et he was very poor 38.1 

 Tsimshian : 



SEm-gal xa°! arch-slave! ZE 790^" 



t SEiH-gal lEha'lExst they hate them much ZE 793^^' 



179. q' amis' En secretly. 



(/aT/iis^E/i he't he said secretly 40.5 



q^ amis' En ti'e'nt he entered secretly 25.6 



180. ntff'i not; used in indicative sentences (Tsimshian: a'lgE). 



k'^e ntg'i daa' qLk'^det then they did not succeed 123.6 

 ntg't haxL ak's the water did not run 18.3 

 7itg'U hux dzakH she did not kill him also 203.7 

 ntg'tdt kwax's Logobola' Logobolfi' did not paddle 17.3 

 ntg'in de g'a'at I have not seen it 

 The syllable dt^ de, which is verj' often added to the negative, 



probably signifies on his part, and is the particle no. 167. 

 Tsimshian: 



a'lgE ami dEmtwula'idElg'at it is not good that the people know 



it {dm good; wuld'i to know; g'af people) 

 ada a'hjE U!a'k'asga la'kga° then the fire was not out 

 a'lgE ndEm k' .'tnd'mt al hand'°x 1 will not give it to the woman 



§ Id. Alphabet ical List of Particles 



As a matter of convenience, I give here an alphabetical list of parti- 

 cles, the letters being arranged in the order vowels, semi-vowels, 

 labials, dentals, palatals, laterals. In each series the order of sounds 

 is sonant, surd stop; sonant, surd affricative. Each particle is given its 



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