boas] handbook of AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 409 



Tsimshian: 



1. ftda then. 

 add iiia'lEdE dsp gua'° then these told 

 adat g'ih sga-l)af°t he assisted him (literallj^, then he stood by 



him) 



2. da when. 



UE la dEiri gwd'ntgE da n dsm su lyiEa'wulgEt when I shall have 



touched it, then I shall swing the rope {gwdntg to touch; su 



to swing; iiiEa'wulg rope) 

 daAlts!ElEr)i-ha'pdA')i!af°,dEt^ada . . . when the killer-whales 



rushed in, then . . . {tslElEm- into; hap to rush [plural]; 



1} !aPxl killer-whale) 



3. dzE weakens statements. 

 adat gE'vEdaxtgE a go! dzE gan ha'ut then they asked why he 



might have said so 

 edp.'Exdl a n dzE txal-wd'sdE IgvIHgida*^ I may remember when 

 I may have met my child {dp! ex to remember; txal-wd'° 

 to meet; IgvPlg child; -I I, my [see § 51]) 



4. tlzE da when, if. 

 )i dEi/i wa'li7it dzE da hd'°SEn I will carry you if you are afraid 



{toa'li to carry on back; hd°s to be afraid) 

 dzE da Id ts"i'°)n dA n dEvi sa-dA-ga' inat when I enter, I shall 

 fall with it {tsIlPn to enter; na- suddenly; dA- with some- 

 thing; ga'ina to fall) 



5. Oi> dzE else, lest. 

 hd'°SEnut 6'p dzE dza'gi I fear (lest) I fall 



6. ts!ii although. 

 ts!u nl'yEdA tgi-o'ksut^ da g'' ap-a'lg A-di-sga' yihsgt although I 



(literally, this one) fell down, he (I) really did not hurt himself 

 (myself) (/;7y£(/^ he, this; tg i- ^oyfx\\ o^**" to drop; -\i\; g\(p- 

 really; a'lgA not; di- on [my] part; sga'yiksg to be hurt) 

 ts!u vmgait rCa g'idsgane'Hsga^ even though far to the Tlingit 



7. asl while. 

 ada a.<i hid'°Jcsga li'°7nitga° then while he began his song 



8. aniT if (event assumed as not likely to happen) 

 ami dzE la WE g'a'lksE dzE dEm lu-da'Mxan if you should feel 



that 3^ou may drown (g'alks to feel, lu- in; da'klxan to be 

 drowned) 

 ami dzE la k'fe'°xgE7i when you have made your escape 



9. yuH if (event expected to happen). 

 yu°l HE ye'dzEn if I hit you 



