BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES COOS 389 



§ 89. JParticles Denoting Cofinection tvitli JPreviously 



Expressed Ideas 



16. ytqaXf ytqa. The exact significance of this particle is not clear. 



It was rendered by still, anyway, at any rate, neverthe- 

 less, RIGHT AWAY, JUST. In some cases it denotes a continual 

 action. 



yiqa In to' hits hs to'qmas still not he hit the woodpecker 22.5 



yiqa hariL tsix' e^hakHo'^wat tl'ye %x' at any rate, you will here 

 leave your canoe 54.10, 11 



yiqax hanL nla right away I am going 



ma yOfxwa md ia, ytqa %l tsxau'wat even if two persons go, .never- 

 theless they kill them 90.10 



hats yiqa xqa'wax Hx kioina'e^wat just continually from above they 

 two look at it 6.9 



17. qatS HOWEVER, nevertheless, NOTWITHSTANDING. 



xqa'wax hd'klioUem^ la^ qats hioa d'yu Lowa'hai qalxantc from 

 above, some one pulled him, however, it seemed as if he surely 

 ran upwards (by himself) 92.9, 10 



qats hwiLkwd'yu^ hats lEqa^'we Ie d'la nevertheless it was cut off 

 (and) it just died, the child 76.15, 16 



18. md BUT, EVEN IF, REALLY. 



md yu'xwa md la, yiqa il tsxau'wat even if two persons go, never- 

 theless they kill them 90.10 



ma yanLawe ti'mill dlH e^td'hits, yiqa hanhawe lay- ^tsxau'wat 

 even if strong something you will strike, still you will kill it 

 124.11, 12 



md with the negative particle m is rendered by not at all. 



md In md kwad'niya, Tnd wdndj h/d'xEm, not at all people he 

 saw, nevertheless that way he was talking (making believe that 

 he saw them) 30.27 



19. ndy ndyiin because. 



^alqsitd'mi, ndyim wdndj e^h/d'xEm. you scare me, because that 



way you are talking 110.15, 16 

 nd d'yu qa'lyeq ha'ltsat because surely salmon (will) come into the 



river 36.26 



§ 90. Particles jyenoting Emotional States 



20. c^ expresses slight surprise at a state of affairs that has come into 



existence contrary to one's expectations. 



hu^'mis c^ la d'la a female (was) his child (a boy was expected in 

 this case) 108.6 §§89-90 



