KATHLAMET TEXT 



Exa't^ ne'qatcxEm^ nai'ka^ tg-E'q!eyuqtikc.^ Tqe/qLax^ qatciuxoa'- 



Oiie he sang conjurer's I my ancestors. One hundred he owned 



song 



watcguix." Laxanakco'ngut^ iLu'lxam.^ Noxufi'koax^ ta-itci^*' te/lxam^ 



songs. ' Laxanakco'ngut his town. They assembled those people 



ta'xi" tE'LaqLpa^^ ya'xi^^ iqe'qtcxam.^ Lakt" Lpo'lEinax^^ 



that his house at that the one who sang Four nights 



conjurer's songs. 



noxuiwl'yutckuax^'^ ta-itci^" te'lxam.^ A'qa^^ nige'mx^^ 3^a'xi^^ 



they danced those people. Then said that 



iqe/qtcxam:^ "A'qa^^ Lxato'guala^^ La'xi^^ Lqleyo'qt,* aLxetElo'tc- 



one who sang '-Then he will come to hear that old man, he will go to see 



conjurer's .song: 



xama/'-'' IgoxuiLo'xoa-it^^ te'lxam:^ "Qii'mta^^ Lq^^ aLte'mama^* 



the dance.s." They thought the people: "Whence maybe he will arrive 



1 Stem -ext one; feminine ae'xt; neuter lext; plural text; forms indicating human beings e'xat, ae'xat, 

 Le'xat, te'zat. 



2 Stem -tcxavi; the preceding -k- (heard here generally -j-) probably on; ne- transitional masculine (§ 17). 



3 naika I, independent personal pronoun; used here to intensify the possessive pronoun in the following 

 noun . 



■> -q.'eyot OLD person; /- plural; gE- my; -ike plural, human beings. 



5 This form is not otherwise known. 



6 qa- a very frequent verbal prefix in Kathlamet, either transitional, or a slurred fonn of aqa then con- 

 tracted with transitional i-: tc- he, transitive subject; -i- him; this verb may correspond to Chinook 

 tcid'xuwaltck he helped her .slng (Chinook Texts 144.3). 



' Laxanakco'ngut is a Nehelim town, called in that language Neso'ka; perhaps derived from ongut a 

 small bay with steep banks, and m'xanc outside. 



8 i- masculine; -lq- indefinite possessive; -Ixam town, from stem-Zx. The neuter or indefinite possessive 

 pronoun refers here to the indefinite ancestor whose name is not stated. From the same stem is formed 

 tc'lxam, with ^ plural prefix. 



9 Stem probably -kna (Lower Chinook -ko); no- transitional, third person plural; -xua- reflexive after o 

 vowel; -fcoostem; -r usitative. 



w Demonstrative, indicating human beings (see J 44). 



n Demonstrative plural, referring to tquL house. 



1= Without possessive pronoun this noun has the stem -qu l: with possessive pronoun the vowel is dropped. 

 It has always the plural prefix /-,• -la- refers to the same person as the possessive in iiCi'lmm (see note 8); 

 -pa at (§ 55). 



" ya'xi, wu'ti. La xi demonstratives (§ 44). 



i< Numeral ;'for human beings the form la'ktikc is used. 



15 wa'pol night; l- indefinite pronoun; -pol night, dark; -max distributive plural. 



16 mo-, igo- transitional third person plural (§ 17) ; -lui- reflexive, used apparently in this verb only in the 

 plural; the u is introduced after preceding 6; stem -we to d.\nce; always ending with -I expressing repe- 

 tition, or -tck expressing probably an inchoative (§ 31); -x usitative. 



1' This is the most common connective and then (see note 6). 



18 nj- masculine transitional; -kxim, accented, -gem to say; -x usitative. 



19 L- indefinite; -xa- reflexive; the stem does not occur in any other place in the available material. 



M a- future; -l- indefinite; -x- reflexive; -e- him; -t- coming; -lotcx to look on; -am to go to ; -a future. 



2ii(?o- transitional third person plural (§ 17); -i- reflexive changed to -xui- after preceding -o-; -loxo to 

 think; -a-it suffix expressing rest. 



22 qd where; -mta suffix, not free; whence, whither. 



23 Lq enclitic particle, m.4y be. 



2-' c- future; -l- indefinite; -te to come; -mam. for -am after vowel to arrive (§ 29); -a future. 



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