394 BUBEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



hPkwain Is'-yl u iluwe'Hds she was awfully glad (literally, what, 



as if not her heart good?) 64.9, 10 

 he^kwaln xhu'vns ma a very poor man (literally, what, as if not 



a poor man?) 42.5 

 li&kwa il In dowa'ya they liked him very much (literally, what, 



as if they not liked him?) 24.29 



32. ItE is used in direct discourse only. It always follows the word 



that is to be emphasized. 



n'ne He Ie e^doiodyExtafis qa^'wa I am (emphatic) the one you 

 wanted (last) night 50.25, 26 



e^hil^'mis He! you will (be) a woman (emphatic) 24.20 



te^ Ue kwa'xaL Wye e'k'^Ldtc this (emphatic) (is) the bow (of) thy 

 father 62.24 



qa'lyeq Ue %n Ue pEULo'wai it is salmon, not whale (literally, sal- 

 mon [emphasis], not [emphasis] whale) 130.12, 13 



§ 94. JRestrictive JParticles 



33. La ONLY. It limits the action to a certain object. It always fol- 



lows the word so limited. 



Za" La in t&itc xalt (to) that only not anything he did 68.13 

 wa'hoal La aftsEm a knife only give me 80.14, 15 

 wdndj La ux kwee'niyem that way only people know them two 

 19.10 



34. tst SIMPLY, MERELY, JUST. It has a slight restrictive character. 



td eFqa'qal you were merely sleeping 68.19 



yixe'n qaliml'ye tsi %n diH one morning, it was simply gone (lit- 

 erally, once, morning it got, simply, not something) 88. 3 



ts% contracts with the following ham,L into tsariL (see § 9). 



tsauL e^taftdnts only then shall you have it 78.15 



§ 95, The Interrogative JParticle i 



35. t. This particle, exercising the function of our sign of interroga- 



tion, is used only in sentences that have no other interrogation. 

 It is usually placed at the end of the sentence. 



d'yu e^Uoxqai'nis I surely (art) thou a doctor? 10.4 

 tdx' Ux la % did they two go (by) here? 96.18, 19 

 eFkwma' e^wat i neQ, ha'Ldtc have you seen my elder brothers? 

 96.18 



When preceded by the particle Kan^ % is rendered by may i ? 



T^qlmUs han i may I eat it? 

 §§ 94-95 



