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U-ia'tsEt lax-a'k's ah waqht he struck the water with his tail 75.15 



{J^e- on; iaits to strike; Jax- surface; ak'^ water; vkujl beaver's 



tail) 

 guxL lak^ OjL let qariL daqL he took fire-wood with wedge and 



hammer 90.8 {gm to take; lak}^ tire-wood; Ut wedg-e; qan and; 



daqL hammer) 



8. Siguitying on account of: 



^Epk'^L qa'ots Wl-g'a't ah xdax't sick was Giant's mind on account 



of his hunger 69.4 

 SEm-2)La'k'8k^t ul kwi'ltg'e he was very tired on account of what 



he had done 62.15 



9. Expressing time: 



aL wl-sa' all day long 138.9 (literally, at great day) 



aL hao'ng'e mEsd'.fg'e before daylight 151.6 (at not yet daylight) 



aL sint in summer 20.14 



10. Used with various verbs: 



le-mEtm'e'tkH aL fe'hEti they were full of sea-lions 108.8 {le- on; 



metk'^ full; fe'hEn sea-lion) 

 mMk'^L mat aL Jan the canoe was full of spawn 29.10 

 ansgiaa'tgut as ne'tg'e they made fun of him 113.3 

 nLk'''et g'enL g'a'tg'e aL kwindo'd the man fed him with tobacco 



90.10 {g'en to give to eat; g'at man; hvnndd'6 tobacco) 

 g'ek'^L Lid'n aL hiiya'Uk^ he bought elk for coppers 194.11 {g'ek^ 



to buy; Lid'ti elk; haya'isk^ copper) 

 sa-hioa'dEt aL X-ama'lgwaxdEL Wd'sE they called him Eating- 



Scabs-of-Wa'sE 41.14 {sa- to make; hwa name; x- to eat; 



ama'lh^ scab) 

 q'atskH aL liana' <i he was tired of the woman 126.1 

 vMi-g'a'tkH as UEgud'odEt he longed for his father 203.13 



The preposition « is used very often with livftl and dEin to express 

 causal and final subordination, the subordinate clause being thus trans- 

 formed into a nominal phrase. 



11. aL Jiwtl because (literally, at [its] being): 



laxb'ets'e'x'det . . . aL hwtli g' a' adet they vf ere siirii\dheca.use they 



saw it 207.10 

 aL hwU ntg'idi halai'ts Ts'ak' ; jitLne't qant-hwtla' k^detg'e because 

 Ts'ak' was no shaman, therefore they did so 123.12 {mg'i not; 

 di on his part; halai't shaman; lULntlt that; qan reason; Kwil 

 to do) 



lo-hwa'ntk^L qd'odEt aL hvAl xftamkH its heart was annoyed 

 because of the noise 95.15 (lo- in; hioantk'^ annoyed; qddt 

 heart; xstamk^ noise) 



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