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Peculiar is the mythical name of the mink hle'sElag'iHa, which 

 retains the glottal stop of the passive forms, although it lacks 

 the passive suffix -k^ (no. 172), with which it would mean 



BORN TO BE THE SUN. 



137. -X'Slla TO TAKE CARE OF [STEM-S. also W"ORD-S. Uscd wlth 



reduplicationl ; loses initial x'. 



ts.'eq- winter-dance ts.'e'xts.'exsila to take care of 



winter dance 16.12 

 Tidq- mind nand'qex'sila to resolve 184.2 



hslc^- man (?) M'hax^sila to use 36.7 



g'ig- chief g'd'g-ixsUa to treat like a chief 



360.42 

 pand'yu hook pd'panayux"^slHats!eTecept'dQle 



(i. e., canoe) for fishing with 

 hooks V 484.14 (see no. 184) 



138. -lal TO BE OCCUPIED WITH [woRD-s., generally udth redupli- 



cation or lengthened vowel]. 

 md salmon 



o'ma^ chieftainess 



vnlk^ cedar 



PES- to give a potlatch 



139. -eXSt TO DESIRE [STEM-S., HJ. 



ndq- to drink 

 ax- to do 



140. -6L TO OBTAIN [ STEM-S., IND.]. 



q.'e- many 

 la to go 

 q.'dlc^- slave 



wi- nothing 

 g'i- to be 



me'gwat seal 



gwo^yo' the thing referred to 



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hame'yalal to be occupied with 

 salmon (i. e., to dance the 

 salmon dance) 84.5 



a'd^malal chieftainess dance 

 84.8 



Tiawi'lkulal cedar dance 



pd'salal potlatch dance 



na'qexst to desire to drink 

 ax^e'xst to desire to do 17.3 



qleyd'L to obtain many 139.36 



loL to obtain 59.34 



q.'d'Jc'oLdnEm obtained by get- 

 ting a slave 136.25 (see § 4, 

 p. 436, no. 179) 



wio'l not to obtain 459.34 



g'd'yoLas place where one ob- 

 tains something 26.22 (see 

 no. 182) 



me'gwatoL to obtain seals 



gwohjo'Las place where one 

 obtains the thing referred t® 

 45.31 (see no, 182) 



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