876 KEPOET— 1889. 



Vekbum Substantivum. 



(its, there, and its derivations frequently stand for the verbum substantivum, as 

 ■will be seen from the following examples. In such cases a terminal -o is generally 

 Added to the subject: 



tlli-a'-o e'tsi, it is a rock, these are rocks. 

 ff'at-o e'tsi, it is a deer. 

 tld-o e'tsi, it is I. 

 dd fftia ets ? is that you ? 

 gya'fjEn tlwai-u e'tsi, it is my canoe. 

 Qd'edes tlgd'ra-u' e'tsi, it is the country of the Haida. 

 wd'nets nd'rau-o e'tsi, it is his house. 

 la ffyd'ror^) e'tsruga, it is theirs. 

 gsm gya'gsn e'tsranga, it is not mine. 

 I gsm gya'gBn nd'gai e'tsranga, it is not my house. 



The Adverb. 



It seems that adverbs are placed either at the beginning or at the end of a sen- 

 tence : 



dd'rgatl de da hingena, I saw you yesterday. 



Z;'o(Z'e Id'ra tlgai ta kingasan, you will see my land later on. 



dd gudB'ng-assn liod'e, you will hear it later on. 



tla I Ivca'ngen sqod' iitswUg^n, I saw him once. 



ddrgatl tsBn etl da IHnrasga, you will see us again to-morrow. 



d'alE'n d'sEn gudrn'rigane, we have heard it again. 



Note. — In a number of instances I found the verbal affixes -ga and -gBn not 

 attached to the verb, but to the adverb, so that the latter would appear to be the in- 

 flected verb, if it were not for the fact that the pronoun precedes the verb. All 

 the examples I collected refer to the adverb yil'an, much, very. 



sqala'ng-an da u'nsSd yu'snga, I know well to sing. 



etl gyitina sliul yu'Euga, we belong to the eagle gens. 



de ran na hoan yil'Enga, I have many houses. 



dEfi Ti-ed'ngaige de stdtl yu'Engsn, I should like much to see you. 



FORMATION OF WORDS. 



It was mentioned above that compound words occur very frequently, and it seems 

 probable that by far the greater number of words are compounds of monosyllabic 

 stems. In many cases I am unable to ascertain the meaning of the elements of words, 

 although the fact that they are compounds cannot be doubted. 



sfa ha ran, plant of foot (perhaps : foot inside above). 



si ta ran, palm of hand. hu'ye ka ran, sky above. 



kulu Tva ran, knee pan. na ha ran, roof = house above. 



Bi (1) kol (2) da'ligu (.3), wrist [(arm (1) joint (2) ? (3)]. 

 gy'atl (1) Uol (2) da'ngu (3), knee joint [(leg (1) joint (2) ? (3)]. 



h-'uts g'a'ngo, post supporting roof. 

 Hi ta g'a'ngb, rattle (Jii probably arm). 



gyd'ran, to stand. h'd'rail, to walk. 



Tduitlta, to fight. k-'v'tlta, to steal. 



qod'tlta, to boil. 



The word Tvd'tse, head, appears in compounds generally in the form has. 



has h e'tsi, head hair. has ku'tse, head bone, skull, 



The words denoting the activity of senses are evidently derived from the names 

 •of the respective organs : 



