534 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



-ahjaq!, -a^yaq!^, a'yaq, are sometimes found instead of the forms 

 in -a-. The forms in -aH/a- seem to be preferred in the case of many 

 proper names. 



^ne'x'Hae Qwe'smdlidzE'mgdq said Qwe'smohdzE'mga to him 116.1 

 ne'lasE^we Lla'qwadzds wa'ldEmas iJa'qwadze was told of his 



word 116.21 

 Id'Hae do'x^waLE'le La'qulnyugwdxa g'o'kwe then, it is said,La'qu- 



layugwa saw a house 251. S 

 ^ne'x'Hae Ha'mdziddxes d'mjje it is said Ha''mdzid said to his 



father 55.19 



7. Nouns ending in -e^ take, in the cases enumerated under rule 6% 

 the endings -ah/a, -a^yax, -a^yaq!, -a^yaq!^, ahjaq^. 



g'%' g'lgamahjasa BE'lxula the chiefs of the Bella Coola 223.33 

 {g'l'game^ chief) 



8» Nouns ending in -o take, in the cases enumerated under rule 

 6f the endings -a, -dx, -dq!, -dq!^, -dq^. 



laE'mLa qo'tH ^yd'^yatslds K'.wa' qaxsdndxa qd'g'ikwe Klwa'qax- 

 sano's canoe was full of heads 153.33 {-La but; qo't.'a full; 

 ^yd'hjatsle canoe; qd'g'ik^ head cut off) 



9. Nouns ending in -a and -d, when followed by the demonstrative 

 second person visible, take the ending -x instead of -ex. 



laE'mx'dEn le^ stall' ssla. Id'xEUS ^nd'lax I have been around this 

 our world 12.7 {-Em and; -x'd past; -eu 1; la to go; -e^sta 

 around ; -la continuative ; -is world ; -la continuative ; Id to go 

 [here prepositional]; -xeus our; ^nd'la world) 



we'g'a ^we'x'Hdxwa ^me^mE'lxLox go on, carry these mountain 

 goats 41.5 {we'g'a go on!; ^we'x'Hd to carry; ^ms'lxLd moun- 

 tain goat) 



LE^wo'xda liald'yux and this death-bringer 50.36 {lo^ and; hald'yu 

 death-bringer, means of killing) 



10. Nouns ending in -a do not take the postnominal -e of the third 

 person (see § 56). 



11. Ld AND never takes the form in -eda, except in the Dza'- 

 wadEenox" dialect, but forms LE^wa even before common nouns 

 (see § 49,11). 



LE^wa a^yi'lkwasa g'l'game^ and the attendants of the chief 



159.22 

 LE^wa Id'Ti'lEude LleLld'sgEm and one hundred bear-skin blankets 



223.37 

 LE^wa ^nd'xwa tsJe'lts! Ek!wa and all the birds 295.2 



§50 • 



