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Independent nouns may, however, be juxtaposed without change of 

 form to make up a descriptive term, the quaUfying noun preceding: 



7i<7^xi-f /T"f 'a" child male-person ( = boy) 14.1,6; 17.3,6; 156.10 



Mpxi-wa-iiul'^ child female-person ( = gu'l) 29.7; 30.1; 71.3 



Jiapxi-fd^ga'^s child crier ( = cry-baby) 



da'n mologol rock old-woman 170,10, 15, 20; 172.1 



dan liapxi-t!l''t'd" rock boy 17.8 



dan vnHi'* liis rock knife 142.20 



gica's' irili brush house (for summer use) 176.14 



ydx wili graveyard house 14.8, 9; 15.5, 6 



will^ he'la^m house boards 176.5 



xamV wa-iu'T'*' grizzly-bear girl 124.10; 130.6, 7, 26 



mena dap!d'la-ut'an bear youths 130.11 



yapfa goyo" Indian doctor 188.12 



Examples of compounds in which the first element is modified by a 

 numeral or adjective are: 



will liaHgo' yap!a^ house nine people ( = people of nine houses) 



150.16 

 yap!a ^aKgu'^^s' goyo'' person white doctor ( = white doctor) 188. 1 1 



A certain number of objects are described, not by a single word, 

 but by a descriptive phrase consistmg of a noun followed by an 

 adjective, participle, or another noun provided ^^'ith. a tliird personal 

 possessive suffix. In the latter case the suffix does not properly indi- 

 cate a possessive relation, but generally a part of the whole or the 

 fabric made of the material referred to by the first noun. Such are : 

 lasgu'tn-iuxgwaH' snake handed ( = lizard) 196.4 

 fgwilts'H'^Vdahsbze] its-meat ( = hazel-nut) 

 fgwa lieHamd'^ thunder its-board ( = lumber) 55.8, 10 

 pHyin sge'^^xahd^ deer its-hat (not deer's hat, but hat of deerskin) 

 pHyin ts'Iu'nts'lP deer its-cap-embroidered-with w^oodpecker- 



scalps 

 Fai mologold'p'axdd"' what its- woman ( = what kind of woman?) 



122.3 

 wi'li givala^ houses many ( = village) 

 ts'.'i'xi mahaH dog big ( = horse) 



p'im s'inlxda salmon its-nose ( = swallow) (perhaps so cafied 

 because the spring run of salmon is heralded by the coming of 

 swallows) 

 mena" ^aW guna^px bear +? ( = dormouse [?]) 

 xilam seheY dead-people roasting ( = bug [sp.?])^ 98.13, 15 

 p'un-yiHf rotten copulating- with ( = Oregon pheasant) 



1 See Appendix B, note 2 of first text, 



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