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lo-hwa'ntk^L qdfddEt ah hwtl xstcmilH he was annoyed on account 

 of the noise 95.15 {Jo-hwaf ntl^ annoyed; qd'ot mind) 



aba' g'askH ah hwtl st-h'\i-wi-ye' tl'^^st he was troubled because he 

 cried anew very much 21.12 {aha'g\isl^ to be troubled; st- anew; 

 h'\i- exceedingly; loi-ye'tk^ to cry) 



12. ah dEin in order to, that: 



tsagam-wo' ot ah dEin dEdaflEqt he called it ashore to talk with it 

 38.1 {tsagam- ashore: wo'6 to call; dEda'lEq to talk with) 



k'''et hoxt ah dEin nodrn-a'k'st h.e waited for her to be thirsty 21.7 

 {J)dx to wait; noom- to desire; ak's to drink) 



lo-ya'ltTiH ah dEin yc/oxkH he returned to eat 55.9 



k'si-ha'x ah dEin gim-lu'kt he ran out to make move 



13. Sometimes the connection expressed by a is so weak that it may 



be translated by the conjunction and. Evidently the verb fol- 

 lowing a is nominalized. 

 yo'oxkH aL ivl-fe'sEui yo'oxkH he ate, and ate much 36.10 

 d'^at ah wl-ye'tkH he sat and wept 39. T (he sat down, weeping) 

 iaga-ia! L na'k'stg'e . . . aL La gwa'otkH his wife went down, and 

 he was lost 166.7, 8 



Tsimshian : 



The variety of forms which the preposition a takes in Tsimshian 

 has been discussed in § 28. Here examples will be given illus- 

 trating its application. 



1. Signif3nng at: 

 ada k!a-t!afH gEsgA g'ilhau'li then he sat at the inland-side for 



a while 

 al di nd°kl g'ad a awa' naksE uE-wai'g'uf does a person lie near 

 my brother's wife? {al not; di- on his part; naPk to lie; g'ad 

 a person; awa' proximity; naks wife; waig' brother) 



2. Signifying in: 

 dEint u'°dE7i a ts! Em-la' gEt he will bake thee in the fire (^°d to 



bake; ts.'Em- interior of; lag fire) 



3. Signifying on: 

 adat Ul-nE-gu'lgE la' gE dA lax'o'tya^ then he lighted a fire on 



top of him {Hi- on; se- to make; gtdg to light; lag fire; 

 lax'6 top) 

 rnE dEm tla'^nt gEsgs stu'°])!Elga° make him sit in the rear of 

 the house 



4. Signifying toward: 

 ada hagvl-id'°t gEsgA awa' nE-ivd'lht then he went slowly toward 



his house 

 gun-id'°t gEsgE wul ndPkt he went to where he lay 

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