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HANDBOOK 01^ AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



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Tsimshian: 



dzak to kill dzaks killed 



inEdi'Ek grizzl}^ bear nE-mEdl'°ksa my grizzly bear 



Here the -s suffix is also used after jp, although not regularly: 

 wdlh house he wd'lpsu my house 



-Es appears in Tsimshian a few times after terminal p in place 

 of -si'. 



la'lplEs to plane 

 lu'°p!ES to sew 



lalh to plane 'down something 

 lvf°l) to sew somethino- 



8. 



-X seems to mean in behalf of. 

 qe' Eiit to chew 

 hap cover 8.15 



qe'EndEx to chew for 36.5 

 le-ha'haxt it is on as a cover for it 

 67.7 

 le'lg'it a feast le'lg'itx a feast for somebody 83.1 



•71, This suffix designates the indicative, and appears only pre- 

 ceding the suffixes of the first person singular and plural, and 

 the second person plural of the intransitive verb and the same 

 objects of the transitive verb. 



at gill-net 



a'lg'al to examine 138.8 



desV^ to call 



wiik^ to come from 



dafuL to leave 



ie'E to go 

 Tsimshian: 



tlvPsg to sweep 

 laP to run 

 ll'°mi to sing 

 waP to find 



d'tneE I fish 



d'lg^alneE 1 look at something 



desJc^neE I call 



wt'tk^nsE I come from 



dEm dd'uLneE Le'sEins I shall leave 



for Nass river 

 ie'sneE I go 



10. 



t!u'°8gEnxb I sweep 

 ha'^nu I run 

 ll'°'minu I sing 

 t lod'yinu he finds me 

 t wd'yinEvn he finds us 

 d. The corresponding suffix -d appears in the indicative of 

 many transitive verbs, both in Nass and in Tsimshian. 



id'sE what I roast 121.9 

 hdbd'l to take care of 143.1 

 hats to hitQ 65.9, 127.8 

 ligi ago'h dEm he'yilst what- 

 ever you say 59.3 

 qag to open 



sax to shake something 

 o/nd'El to allow 122.1 



id'dEt he roasts it 121.7, 154.3 

 hd' EldeE I take care of it 

 ha'tsdeE I bite 

 dsp he'idEndm we say 42.11 



qa'qdeE I open something 

 safxdes I shake it 

 andl^ldeE I lend 



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