NOMINAL COMPOUNDS. (537 



ko-e welekash the old female frog. 



spu'klish la wish promontorial siveat-lodge. 



stopalsh tama'dsh solitary peeled pine, 74, 16. 



tchashkai laki male of weasel. 



tcha'lisli pawa hu he eats as or like a porcupine, 190; 14. 



tsashash=kiiiks the skunk as a conjurer, 134, 8. 



unaka m'na Aishisliash his son Aishish, 94, 8. 



wekvvak wewanuish the female butterflies, 95, 14. 



(c). Compounds formed of two or more substantives. 



Under this heading are gathered compound terms which are dependent 

 on and governed by each other. Both portions are substantives, but one of 

 the two is sometimes a compound by itself, thus forming no longer a binary 

 but a ternary combination. The combination may consist of a substantive 

 of verbal origin with its direct object, or with its indirect object, or with an 

 object accompanied by a postposition or with adverbs ; therefore, compounds 

 of this sort often contain nouns standing in the objective, locative, and other 

 cases. Here, as well as in the majority of other languages, the qualifying 

 noun precedes the noun qualified. 



Instances of the objective case : 



kaila=shushatish miner and mole, lit. "earth-worker." 

 Vva' mA\xG\6\k\s\\ fish-trap, lit. "fish-killing instrument." 

 k'lektipkash iwi;^6tkish cojfin, lit. "corpse-receiving tool." 

 lgu'm=ldaklish ftwcngii'm^lolic^gish motli, lit. "coal-lifter." 

 h'duks=skutchaltko one wrapped up in fire. 

 maklaksh=papish (for mjiklakshash=papish) man-eater, lion. 

 nu'sh=tilansne'ash turn-head. 



pe'nsh lukashluelotkish pntfall to kill grizzly hears. Mod. 

 p'tish=, p'gish=lulatko one tvho has lost his father, mother. 

 tchikass=kshi'kshnish sparroiv-hawk, lit. "ravisher of little birds." 

 tchikemen=mpamptish blacksmith, lit. "iron-beater." 

 tchoke ne-utko field with pumice-stone. 

 watchash=n^txish bridle of Indian manufacture. 



