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The most noticeable is the verb at'-Ia or ut'-la ; in i(s intransitive sense meaning 

 to come ; in the ti'ausitive, to bring ; and tbo motlified form, otbnt-cbil, to arriir, 

 to reach. These are but conjugations of the futnre sign. From at-la is tlerived 

 klo'-iiwatl, the sun, the coming or returning, evidently a combination of that verb 

 with the original prefix, and from that name sbil-lo-kwiitl, afternoon, and no-kwutl- 

 da-to, to-niorroiv. Again, from the same verb comes at'-la-bn, signifying times or 

 repetition, e. g., ka-bat-la-bu, maw/ times, kle'-hwat'-la-hu, three rimes, and other 

 numeral adverbs; and what to us would appear singular, to-datl-dfit, i/csfcr(7((?/; 

 to-di-atl-dat, the day before yesterday ; tu-sle'-hwatl-dat, three days ; bos-atl-dat, ./b?tr 

 days ; tslets-atl-dat,,/i('e days, since or henec ; all the words in the series referring 

 alike to the past and future. The subject of this confusion of time will be noticed 

 hereafter. See ^^ Yesterday ^\ ^^To-morrou- ", '■'■Formerly^\ '■^l'rescntly\ 



Returning to the future sign, perhaps, through the verb, from it spring lakh, 

 light, and its opposite, klfikh, darlniess ; o-la'-hel or o-la'-hil-lnkh, to dawn, to become 

 liglit ; sla-bel or shla-hel, day, and sklakh-hel, night, with their derivatives. Among 

 other words are \i\ii'-VA(\, ipresently ; kla-kwu, % and hy ; klalats-a'-ta, ?('a«7, «//er 

 rt little ; ka-lob' or ka-lus', the eye ; and the verbs o-la'bit, to see, and o-la'-had-hu, 

 to recollect. Xot the least remarkable would seem to be the Skagit name of a 

 mythological personage, Do'-kwe-batl or No'-kwe-matl. The meaning of the whole 

 word is not ascertained, but the last syllable points with sufticicnt clearness to his 

 character. He was expected ; the one who was to come; his mission being the 

 destruction of the primeval demons who persecuted man at his first appearance on 

 earth. 



G. 



Gallop, to, klo-wil-alps'. 



Games: — the game of ^'^ hand'''' and that played with disks io//*, la-hal', sla-hal ; to play, 

 o-la-hal', o-la-ha'-lub ; of dice made of bearers'' teeth, me'-ta-la, s'me'-ta-li; the highest 

 or four-point of the dice, kes; the game of rings and arrows, smub-be'; of bandy or 

 hoclcey, kek-li elsk. See " To bet". 



Gape, yawn, to, o-gwa'-lab. 



Gather, jnclc, to {as berries), o-kwil', o-kwel ; to gather nuts, beb-kod, o-kap'-o (kaph po, 

 hazelnuts). Quick, let us go and pick berries, hai-uk'-lo, o-k\vcl'-shid. 



Geographical names: — the earth, country, &c., swa-tekhw-t'u (see ^^ Place"); a mount- 

 ain, sksva'-tutsh; snow-2>eak, skels; hill, klup, spo'-kwab, sma'-del ; slide of rocks 

 from a mountain, shwukhw; point of land, skwetsks; jioint between the forks of a 

 river, sko-al-ko'; island, sti-chi'; forest country, skuk-e-kom, stuk-te-kOb; level 

 country, suk-hw'-dop ; praine, meadow, ba'-kwob, ma'-kwOm; land above freshet, 

 as-pu-kwub; tide lands, o-shut-lukb ; marsh, s'chc'-a-kwil ; sandy ground, se-gwus- 

 tulb; beach, e-bab-zi-chu ; the sea, hwultch; tide, dzo-kwush-dub; bay or harbor, 

 e-hwul-kwab ; lake, tsa'-lal, tsa'-lutl; n'l'cr, sto-lukw ; mouth of a ru'cr, e'-Iot-sid ; 

 leaves, gwa-le'-ukw; sutf, dzol-chu, ote'-a-kus; the east, ka-hol-gwunhu; the west, 

 atl'had ulgwuu-hu ; the horizon, e'-lahad ; the interior, inland, takt, tu-taUt, kaikhw, 

 skaikhw. See the above respectively. 



Get, to, o-hwe'-wi, s'hwe'-wi. Where did you get [it] f chrid kats hwe-wi ! ti"d chad-chu ? 

 literally, from where you ? (hwe'-wi being understood). Come and get, utls ki te' 

 (idiomatic plirase, ulla, come, ki le, this here). 



