492 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



103. -^iii indicates that the subject has been referred to or thought 



of before. 



g'dx^Em he came 



las'in^lae gwal then, it is said, he finished (what has been men- 

 tioned before) 141.34 



le'x'aEm dad'x^s K\ and it was only carried by K*. 403.28 



yu'^mEn — this (what has been mentioned before) is my — 211.20 



104. -^iJ^^es [woRD-s.; compounded of -^m-wis and so, indicating that 



a certain event is the effect of a preceding event]. 



JiexHdaEmHd'wis and so, it is said, it began to be (passim) (Jiex'Hd 



it begins to be, -Ha it is said, -Em-wis) 

 g'l'gam/ie^ETnxaa'wlSEn and so I, on my part, am also a chief 



This suffix evidently contains -^m (no. 103); the intimate con- 

 nection between the expressed idea and the preceding idea 

 being first indicated by -^m, and their causal relation being 

 indicated by -wis. In a few cases, when following -ana per- 

 haps (no. 106), it occurs without -^m. 



§ 28. Su/jixes Denoting Degrees of Certainty (JVos. 105-107) 



105. -lax POTENTIALITY, used in all uncertain conditional sentences 



[word-s.]. 



a^me'lalax it might spoil 131.17 

 yVlkwalaxoL you might be hurt 29.35 



106. -ana perhaps [word-s.]. 



^md' dzdaf nawis what, indeed, may it be? (see no. 119) 11.12 

 Id'g'ilsHaxd'nawis (what) may he perhaps be doing on the 



ground? 95.20 (-g'ils on ground [no. 44]; -lax [no. 105]; -wis 



[no. 104]) 



107. -g-anEjtt perhaps [word-s.]. 

 so' gwanETYi you perhaps 146.28 



§ 29, Su/flxes Denoting Judgments Regarding Size, Intensity, and 

 Quality {Nos. 108-126) 



108. -k'as REALLY [ WORD-S.]. In the dialects of northern Van- 



couver Island, particularly in that of Koskimo, this suffix is 

 used throughout, and has lost its significance entirely. 



gd'lak'as really a long time 7.4 



nE'nwalaTilwinek'asds your real supernatural quality 479.11 (see 



no. 171) 

 g'd'xTcasdEU really I came 478.4 (see no. 89; -En I) 



§§28,29 



