boas] handbook of AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 613 



te'lx'Em PEOPLE. From the stem xe we have iqoatE'xexe bullfrog; 

 from the stem Icon, iqto'lconkon woodpecker. 



A few affixes only occur fairly frequently, but even in these cases 

 it is sometimes impossible to classify the words satisfactorily. 



1. -ke-. I presume this prefix is the same as, or at least related to, 



the verbal prefix -ki, -gi, which sio^nifies that a verb usually 

 transitive is used without object. Thus may be explained — 



o'giLqIuj) a cut 



ige' L'.mEnLlmEn somethino; rotten 



tgile'matk store 



ogue'pxate alder ( = wood for dyeing) 



ikle'wulElqL food 



e'li'it payment for a wife 



hkU'wax torch, flower 



tkipald'wul word 



tJcimo'cx'ETn toy 



iklete'nax game 



2. -qe-. This seems to be a nominal prefix corresponding to the 



verbal reflexive -x-. 

 oqogu'nJcLatk club (from -x-gunk to club) 

 Lqe'tcaTYiete comb (from -XEl-tciain, to comb one's self) 

 LqeLe'tcuwa hat (from -XEriLe'tcuvM to hang a round thing on top 



of one's self) 

 iqatsle' LxaJc psmtheTUiTom. -xtse' Lxako to have a notch around 

 dqotsia'yuLxak ants j one's self) 

 Judging from these examples, it would seem plausible that most 



nouns beginning with -gi-, -H-, -h'.e-, -qe-, -q.'e-, contain these 



prefixes, for instance: 

 ige'luxtcutk arrow-head 

 ige'mxatk burial 

 ige'l^ote elk-skin 

 oque'nxak plank 

 ok'.we'lak dried salmon 



and other similar ones. Here ma}'^ also belong 

 oquewi'qe knife 



oq!wela'wulx maturing girl (the one who is moved up, hidden?) 

 iqlego'qxut old 

 The extensive use of these prefixes is also illustrated by — 

 iqek'.E's brass, but 



iklE'sa GALL (both from Tc'.es yellow) 

 iqe'p.'al doorway (probably from -p!a into [ = that into which 



people always enter]) 



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