BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 555 



"Max'^enoxunu^x"." Ho'x^wldox^^ ale'watsIaxsEnu^x"^^ g'lgAma^ex.''*"' 



" We are killer-whales. It split this this hunting canoe of our chief here." 



La'^lae^° wuLa'sa^we®^ G'e'xdEii lax^^ tlE'm^yasexes®^ xwa'klunaxs®^ 



Then it is was asked G'e'xdEn about his material for his canoe when it 



said sewing 



ho'x^widae."* La'^lae^" ne'lasa**^ dEwe'x,'**' " Ha'g-a"^ ax^e'dEx"^ 



was broken. Then it is he told of cedar- " Go get the 



said the .vithes. 



dEwe'xa,"«^ ^ne'x-so^e^" G'e'xdEn. La'^lae^" qa's^da.'^i KMeVlatla" 



cedar-withes," was told it is G-e'xdEn. Then it is he started. Not it is said, 



said said however, 



gii'iaxs^^ g'a'xae^'' da'laxa^^ dEwe'x''^ qa^.s''^ tslEwe'^s^^ la'xa^ 



long when became carried the cedar- that he gave (with) to the 



withes it 



bEgwa'iiEm. La'^laeda^^ bEgwJi'nEm aa'its!alaxa^° dEwe'x.^® 



man. Then it is said man tried to break to cedar- 



the pieces the withes. 



"^ma'se^^ xa'nLElag'Ila'sik'^^ tE'lqwa?"^^ La'^laeda^^ bEgwa'nEm 



" What is the reason of this weak?" Then It is man 



said the 



^ya'laqasa** ^iiEmo'kwe*^ bEgwa'nEm qa^^ le^s ax^e'dEx^^ sE'lbesa.*^ 



sent (with) the one person man that he go take the twisted-on- 



beach. 



6' max- TO PURSUE secretly; -enom nomen actoris (§ 36, no. 162); md'ifenozu killer-whale; -Enu^x» 

 exclusive. 



'8 hoxu- TO split; -i-Hd inchoative; -6i prenominal consonantie demonstrative 2d person. 



^^aleiu- TO HUNT sea-mammals; -als.'e receptacle (§ 36, no. lS4);ale'wats!e hunting-canoe; -i post- 

 nominal demonstrative 2d person; -sEnu^iu prenominal possessive exclusive. 



sD^t chief; g-igame^ chief, perhaps chief among others (§ 21, no. 7a); -ex postnominal demonstrative 

 2d person. 



«i wuL- TO question; -so^ passive (§ 35, no. 159); -sE^we prenominal indefinite. 



6-t!Em- to sew wood with cedar-withes; t.'E'm^yu (for t.'E'mayu sewing-instrume.nt[§ 4]; -s his; 

 -e (§ 50.12); -xes prenominal possessive 3d person. 



63 See note 33; -xs (§ 64). 



6< See note 58; -ae (§ 64). 



^nel-TO tell; -sa (instrumental, § 60) about. 



^dEwe'x cedar-withes, cedar-twigs. 



6' hd occurs only in imperative forms; -g-a imperative ending (§ 66). 



«8 ax- to do, to take; -zHd inchoative (§ 26, no. 90); -z prenominal consonantie object. 



"9 -a invisible and indefinite (§ 59.2). 



'Ofjjffc- TO say; -s6^ passive (§ 35, no. 159); -^lae (see note 1). 



'1 qds- TO walk; -x-Hd inchoative (§ 26, no. 90); -o terminal (§ 57). 



« See 17; -t.'a, however (§ 27, no. 101). 



" ge- long; gd'la from ge and -dla (§ 26, no. 92); -is (§ 64). 



'< See note 64. 



'5 da TO take; -la (§ 26, no. 91); -xa prenominal vocalic object. 



'6 See note 69; here without indefinite -a, because he carries the material, so that it is now definite. 



" § 63, subject of the subordinate clause agrees with the principal clause, therefore -s after the qa. 



'8<s.'o^ TO give; -e after ga,- -s instrumental. 



'9 See note 30; -eda vocalic pronominal subject. 



8" at- to break, to crack; -x-^s across; -a to endeavor with reduplication and hardened consonant (see 

 p. 498); -xa vocalic prenominal object. 



81 ^ma what; -s possessive; -e demonstrative. 



^^xa'jiL- very; -la (§ 26, no. 91); -g-ll reason (§ 36, no. 176); -a interrogative; -» possessive; -k- post- 

 nominal demonstrative 1st person. 



83 tElqu. WEAK. 



8* ^ya'laq- to send, always with instrumentalis. 

 85 sElp- TO twist; -es ON beach (§ 22, no. 45). 



