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REPORT — 1889. 



Transitive Verb. 

 Indicative, Present Tense. 



The third persons plural and singular are identical. 

 For instance, from nu-k-O, to conquer: 



Tiunult-uni'sene, I conquer thee. 

 liunnnlfonWis, I conquer him. 

 nnJfund'pene, he conquers me. 

 nulfuni'sene, he conquers thee. 

 oMnuk'dnaund'senc, we conquer thee ; &;c. 



Passive. 



Ini Ifantla'tltitl, I am struck. 



George mi-Tfo-a'thie, George has been beaten. 



ku-k'O-atl, I am beaten. 



FOEMATION OF WOKDS. 



I have not succeeded in analysing many words, but a number of prefixes and 

 suffixes have resulted from my comparisons. Among the words of the vocabulary 

 I collected, 164 begin with the prefix aq above referred to. Besides this I found a 

 number of other prefixes. 



ffia-, animal : 



ffia'kqv, fish. 

 giah'anu'lioat, eagle. 

 gia'lf'Etla, duck. 

 gianu'liqu, mountain-goat. 



HU-, another prefix of animal names : 



nuhtm'lrtli;, humming-bird. 

 nulftlu'lroen, loon. 

 nutlalietH'tlilf, hawk. 



gianiiqtlu'niena, rabbit. 

 giantli'liqu, ground hog. 

 giau'ats, fool hen. 



nutlqamiu'at, snail. 

 imtlu'hat, the white tail deer. 

 mctltu'liuj), antelope. 



giantliliqu, ground hog. 



gii-wanahand' nam, war. 

 gu-watldlfulfu' k-id, rain. 



Here may also belong : 



gia-nu'hqu, mountain-goat. 

 gia-nuqtlfi'mena, rabbit. 



//U-, separable prefix. Meaning unknown 



gu-)vi'tlk-a,\arge. 

 gu-atla'sli'iti, to break off. 



-k'a; opening of : 



aqli'asatld'gak, opening of nose = nostril. 

 aqk'atle'ma, opening of oesophagus = mouth. 

 aqlt'atlaqau'Eit, opening of house = door. 



-halt-, central part, dividing line : 



aqka'nekak, notch of arrow. 

 aqkinkahsa'tla, septum. 



