678 REPORT—1890. 
to become useless —huitcitl inikkuitcitl, to be burnt. 
to make useless —huiap inikkuiap, to burn. 
usitative —iik hani'k, always eating. 
voice —(hk')ée'iutl pick é'iutl, bad, croaking voice. 
woman —ak'sup Heheshnia'k:sup, Heskwiath woman. 
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE KWAKIUTL AND NOOTKA LANGUAGES. 
From what has been said regarding the formation of words in these languages it 
is clear that a mere comparison of words cannot bring out the similarity or dissimi- 
larity between the two languages. Their similarity is most clearly brought out in 
comparing the methods of formation of words. 
1. In both languages only suffixes are used for forming words. Among these the 
following are found to have similar phonetic elements : 
Kwakiutl Nootka 
in boat —aqs(a) —ahs. 
out of boat —oltla —otlta. 
beach —is —is. 
having —nak —nuk. 
inside of house —itl —itl. 
head, top —h ta —ke. 
point, end pe —pé. 
people —itg, -énog —ath. 
stone —a ——e 
underneath —apoa —é'poa. 
receptacle —atsé —sets. 
round things —hkam —ham. 
long things —ts'ak: —ts'ak. 
female —ak:sup —ak'srm, -ah's, -h-as. 
drifting on surface —tlé —matiné, -matlé. 
to partake of —es —Zis. 
through —sioa — sué. 
hind part —alk tlé —aktlé. 
inside —tsoa —tsd. 
rim —iésta —its. 
smell —pa'la —puk:s. 
taste —pa —pratl. 
upward —usta —husta. 
liquid —sta —sit. 
outside of house —as, -ils --as. 
side of —us —as. 
In Nootka these suffixes may be made independent words by being appended to 
the stems 6-, a certain (definite), dc- some (indefinite), Ait- and hitl-, that ; ap-, pro- 
bably side. In Kwakiutl the suffixes may be made independent nouns by being 
affixed to d-, dk-, ds-, hi-, anz-, the separate meanings of which have not become clear 
tome. They are, however, used in exactly the same way as the corresponding stems 
in Nootka. 
2. The following words, other than pronouns, are alike: 
Kwakiutl Nootka 
hair hap- hap-* 
to fly maté(la) ma'maté (reduplicated) bird. 
chief hé'was, hé'mas haw'ia. 
ear p usp eyo puye. 
eye ka'yak's ha'sé. 
star to't'oa tat’a's. 
wind Yyti- yu'é. 
moon nO' si 5 sun, vas. 
earth tsgans ts'ak’u'mts. 
salt temp to(p). 
stone ni' hye nu'ksi, mu' ksi. 
to drink nak; - nak 
to eat han- ha-un- 
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