331 

 I. 



I (personal pronoun, absolute), at-sa, ut-sa, et-sa. I' awV (fhis^) you*, aL'-sa'>uUh^ ti 

 dug'-we^ (Note. — The Indian always puts himself first.) My (op mer) opinion^ 

 [is] so*, gutl' at'-sa^ hutch^ as-is'ta^. [Are] you' angry^ with^ me* f ohet-siF chu-hu 

 twuF at-sa"* I J' comb- [this^] myself*, te^ at-sa^ op-klo-sub--chid'. 



((Copulative prefix.) — In the simple form, the above are never used as nomina- 

 tives to a verb, but in combination with the past or future particles they are .so 

 employed, and are then to be considered copulative prefixes; e. g., with the past, 

 tets, tet-sa, tits, tuts, slats, stits, stiif, stUts. / came, tetsa-hwutl. 1 have often 

 (jone, kad tets-Okh ; kahat-la-hu tQts o-okh. I came from Port Toiciisend, till ad 

 KA'-TM stits atld. Lo7)g ago I came, es'-tu a'-go stfit klutchil. I have done eating, 

 o-ho'-yo tits utid. With the future particle, tlQts, kluts. I shall go tomorrow, da'- 

 da-to ki tliits okh-ho, or kluts Okhho. 



(Independent nominative.) — Kets, kits, kuts, kwGts. These fonsis precede 

 verbs or words used as such, but never become copulatives. They seem to be 

 compounds of the demonstrative i)ronouns (having the force of the definite article), 

 ki and kwi, with at'sa, ul'sa, or et'sa. I can''t find [it], hwe kits aid'hwu. 1 donH 

 /«!o;p, hwe' kits a saidhu. Where shall I hide [it]? al chad kuts chad zil? I did 

 not Icnoic I was drnnk, hwe a kwets a-sai-alt-hu kets as-hwul ku (the i)ronouu here 

 being duplicated). 



(Copulative sufBx.) — Chid, chud, shid, shed, shut. This is by far the most 

 common form in which the pronoun is used. T see, sla-labit'-shid. 1 icork, oyai'- 

 fis-chid. I return, o ta'-shit-si chud. Yesterday I came here, todatldot shids 

 ot'hlet-chi twul tc'. Last night I said, Ac., ash-tu slat-la'-hel-shiit tut-Lothots-bid. 

 It is sometimes duplicated. If I go, hoia'-chid klo-okh-chid. It may also be u.sed 

 accusatively after the imperative, Teach me, o-gwa'-la-chid. In several of the above 

 examples it will be seen that where the verb is preceded by an adverb or other 

 part of speech directly relating to it, the prououn is referred back to the latter. 



Ice, an icicle, skakhw, ska'-ko. See " Water'\ 



Idle, lazy, unwilling, as-che'-litsb, che'-litsh. 



If, bo-la', a-mel, a-bel. Jf Igo, a-bel-chid klo-okh ; ho la'chid klo okh. See also ^'Per- 

 haps ". 



Ignorant, ast-zat'-lab. I do not know /iow, ast-zilt'-labchid. See "■ Mistake, to^\ nd- 

 zat-lab. 



Imitate, to, ot-du-so wBl. 



In, into, wiihin, dekhw, de'ukh, as-dekhw, us-dekhw, asde'-ukh, usdukhw', hud-de' hn, 

 hnd-dekhw'. We are uiiihiH the house, as-dukw'-chil-ki-a'-lal. Come inside, ut-lat li 

 huddekhw' ohud-dekhwchu (imperative adverb). To put into {as loater into a 

 basin), odugwus. 



Indeed, very, is-shi-de'. Very long ago, is-shi-de' ha'-go. 



Indians. See " People ". 



Insects': — beetles, bugs, &c. (generic), st'klit-la-al'-kum, slit-lal-kub ; flies, hwai-o, hai- 

 o'Jiwa ; humble-bee, mau'kwa-lusli ; yellow irrt.yj, [sukh'-suddub; mosquito, kwiid ] 

 ant, mit chi-lo'-la ; spider, topel (Nisk.), ho'-bub-ta'-kwil (Sky.), its thread, kledtid 

 (see "-K(>/;e"); flea, cho'-tub; grassliopper, ke'-lio-wuts; lice, bCskh'-chad ; maggot 

 of blowfly, shod-za ; sting of an insect, te'-sid (see "Arrow''). 



