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THE TLINOIT INDIANS 



[i:th. ax.n. 2C 



Tlincjit 

 -yi, possessive suffix 

 de or -t, to 

 ge, inside of 

 di- or da-, inclioative verl}al prefix; also 



xun, to start off 

 we-, that distant thing 

 ga, for (a person) 



-X, distributive verbal suffix, and dis- 

 tributive suffix with nouns and con- 

 nectives 



ti, t(i lie 



yit, son 



sa, to name; su, to render help by magic, 



etc. 

 tat, night; tak, year; tadj, cold 

 de, already, right now 

 gen, to look 

 -ki", diminutive suffix 

 klAtsI, small (At klA'tslklu, child) 

 he-, this 



-t!, back -of, behind 



qot, destro3'eil, vanished 



cAt, wife; c."i, cawA't, woman 



vis!, knife 



q!wAn, now! (also sign of imjierative) 



gu, where? at what place? 



k!un, many 



x.Vna, evening 



tai, fat; tu, grease 



taq!, to bite, cr chew 



ta, stone 



ux, to blow (wind) 



Lak", olden times 



kAt, spear; xit. to push with a stick 



hak", now ! 



ta-i, to lie; ta, to sleep 



tak", in the middle of 



ka'ni, brother-in-law 



dut, sand-hil' crane 



sit, to cook 



tlA'ne, bough 



qon, liefore 



gei, bay 



gAn(tc), leaf tobacco 

 i.!a, woman's breast 

 xun, north wind 



Haida 

 -ga, possessive sutfix 

 dA (Masset dialect), to 

 gei or ge, into 

 -xld (JIasset -Td), to begin todo anytlnng 



wa-, that ilistant thing 



SAn, for; ga, to or in; ga (Masset), to (a 

 person) 



-xa, distributive suffix to numerals, con- 

 nectives, etc. 



-di, suffix which seems to indicate that 

 an action was performe(t at a certain 

 special time 



git, son; yage't or ya'e't, chief's son 



su, to say 



tat, cold, and year 



dei, just that way, carefully 



qSn, to look 



k!u-, k!At-, diminutive prefix 



k!A'tdju, something small 



hao, this, that (a very general demon- 

 strative) 



tla, back of 



k!ot, to die, dead body 



djat, wife; dja(ga), his wife 



j'fitc, knife 



k!\vai, now I [iray ! 



gu, there, at 



qoan, many 



si'nxi, evening (sin=day) 



tao, grease; in Masset dialect, "food" 



ta, to eat 



tils, sand, or gravel; t!es, stone 



xut, to blow (wind) 



LAk", forever 



kit, to accomplish by means of a stick, 

 to spear; ki'tao, spear shaft 



ha'ku, now ! 



ta-i, to lie, to be prone on the ground 



yiik", nuddle; tai.dju', half 



qea, brother-in-law 



di'lA, sand-hill crane 



sil, to steam 



t!An, a knot, or the stump of a limlj which 

 has rotted out of a dead tree 



ku'ngAstA, before (ga and stA are prob- 

 ably incorporated jjostpositions) 



gao, bay, harbcu' 



gul, tobacco 



L!in, woman's breast 



xao, north wind (Mas.set dialect) 



