ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 691 
TERMS USED BY FEMALE, 
o'ké, sister. 
; father’s A. f father’s é 
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8i'84,4 V other's i brother. to'ma, { mothera,, sister. 
AFFINITY. 
1. Husband, viz., wife living. 
sqa'qgod, father-in-law and his tltsitsa'k, mother-in-law and her 
brothers. sisters. 
snektl, son-in-law. sd'pen, daughter-in-law. 
sts'agt, wife’s brother, sister’s ska’i%i, husband's sister. 
husband. 
3’a/tstem, wife’s sister, husband’s brother. 
2. Husband, viz., nife dead. 
sk’a'lp, used for all relations by marriage after death of husband or wife. 
The most important feature of this system, besides those which are similar to 
the Stla’tlemH, is the use of separate terms for ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’ by boy and girl. 
' From a comparison with other dialects it appears, that boys call their uncles fathers, 
their aunts aunts, while girls call their aunts mothers (derived from tom, to suck), 
their uncles uncles. 
Okand'kén. 
Great-grandfather, tat’d’pa, great-grandchild, 
sqa'qpa, father’s father. h’i‘koa, mother’s father. 
k:a'k-ana, father’s mother. stemté'ma, mother’s mother, 
sen’é'mat, grandchild. 
sk's@, son. st’ehié'lxlt, daughter. 
sqgé'lui, husband. na'gnug, wife. 
nEgEnuqué'us, married couple. 
tlk:a'ktsa, elder brother. tlkt'kqa, elder sister. 
st'/sentsa, younger brother. stcetcrd'ps, younger sister. 
sm’é'elt, father’s brother. sist', mother’s brother. 
sk’d'koi, father’s sister. swawa'sa, mother’s sister, step-mother. 
stluni'l, brother’s, sister’s child. 
: TERMS USED BY MALE. 
lzé'u, father. sk’o'i, mother. 
TERMS USED BY FEMALE. 
mistm, father. tom, mother. 
TERMS OF AFFINITY. 
1. Husband, viz., wife alive. 
sq@ ga, father-in-law. tltcttck, mother-in-law. 
nté'mtEn, { ee as} family calls aa or family. 
stsiet, wife’s brother, sister’s husband. 
séasta'm, wife’s sister, brother’s wife, husband’s brother. 
2. Husband, viz., wife dead. 
Relationship ceases, except the one corresponding to séasta'm, which is called 
ee, deceased wife’s sister, deceased brother’s wife, deceased husband’s 
rother. ' 
_ This brings out very clearly the peculiar form in which the levirate prevails among 
this tribe. 
