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BUREAU OF AMERlCAlsr ETHNOLOGY 



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•En causative (Tsimshian: -En). In both dialects this suffix gen- 

 erally modifies the terminal consonant of the stem. 



hetl'^ to stand, singular 



metk'' full 



yd'oxk'^ to eat, singular 



txa!dxk^ to eat, plural 



ha' SIX to divide, v. n. 



he-La' q it breaks 



iax to run 



maqsl'^ to stand, plural 



qolk'sk^ covered 

 Id-la' qsl'H she washes in 197.10 

 AoM^to be with 91.8 

 guksl'^ to awake 121.9 

 le'lbik-sk^ whirlpool 104.12 

 Tsimshian: 

 sa'tpk hard 

 mdU' to be uneas}' 

 m-oxk to be aboard, singular 

 haPxk annoyed 



led" bent < 



hd^ to run 



gaksk to wake up, singular 

 ll'daksk to wake up, plural 

 hoksk to be with 



ld-t<l al-he' f En to place a thing 

 upright against something and 

 inside of something 131.3 

 Tne'tlEn to fill 

 yd'dg'a'ii to feed one person 

 txd!dg'an to feed several persons 

 hd'sig'an to separate (v. a.) 

 he-Ld'gan to break (v. a.) 

 ha' an to cause to run 

 m.a'qsaan to place several things 



upright 8.1 

 qo'lk'saan to cover (v. a.) 

 la'qsaan to wash (v. a.) 198.8 

 hu'ksaan to place with 36.8 

 gu!ksaan to awaken 121.8 

 WW En to roll 



sa'iplEn to harden 



md'lklEn to force 



md'g''an to put aboard one object 



ha'g\m to annoy 



la'k'Hn to bend (v. a.) 



ho! hart to cause to run 



ga'ksEn to awaken one person 



WdEksEn to awaken several 



ho'ksEn to place with 



2. -sj£^ expresses primarily the elimination of the object of the tran- 

 sitive verb (Tsimshian -sk). 

 fa'a to clap (v. a.) 34.10 fa'ask"" to clap (no object) 203.3 



suwa'n to h\ow {v .&.) 123.1 suwa'ansk'^ to blow (no object) 



124.8 

 ma'Laask'^ to tell news 161.15 

 g'a'ask'^ to look 137.6 

 dd'mgansk^ to be in the act of 

 pulling 51.8 

 go to take (v. a.) gosk^ to extend 126.7 



Verbs with this ending often form verbal nouns: 

 d'd'pxan to nail d''d'pxansk nail 



sHep'En to love si'ep'Ensk love 



ayo'q to conmiand ayo'g'ask commander 



WW En to roll WlUk'sk'' whirlpool 104.12 



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mah to tell (v. a.) 

 g'a!a to see (v. a.) 

 dd'mgan to pull (v. a.) 



