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appear to enter so largely into verbal forms in Tcil'Qe'uk as in Sk-qomic. In the 

 HalkomSlEn dialects it has the function of a definitive or determinative. 



As I have given a large number of phrases and expressions in the kindred 

 Kwa'ntlEn as well as some continuous text, I have limited the number here. Enough 

 is submitted to show the characteristic differences in the two sub-dialects. I have 

 collected vocabularies and phrases from some of the other River tribes of this divi- 

 sion, but the differences between these and those here given, though interesting to 

 myself, are perhaps not of sufficient importance to warrant their publication at this 

 point of my studies. 



GLOSS AEY OF TCIL'QE'UK. 



Terms of Consanguinity and Affinity, 



Consanguineal ties among the Tcil'Qe'uk appear to extend a generation farther 

 back than those of the other tribes examined. The terms pf direct relationship used 

 by them are as follows :— 



great-great-great-great-grandparent, ta'miyuk* 

 great-great-great-grandparent, o'kwiuk- 

 great-great-grandparent, tso'plyuk* 

 great-grandparent, tsa'muk- 



grandparent, = se'la = grand-child. 



When addressing a grandparent or grandchild the forms sis (masc), fsls (fem.) 

 are employed. Grandchildren taken collectively are called mS'niEts. 



parent, tEcswe' ; parents, swca'li. 



child, me'la ; children, ma'mela. 



father (speaker's own), mam ; (other people's), tEl. 



mother „ „ tat ; „ „ mEl. 



(my) son (tEl) me'la ; (my) daughter (sEl) me'la. 



Sex is here indicated by the gender of the article compounded with the possessive 

 pronoun 'I. Children or family, mamelis ; first child, su'ltla (me'la) ; second child, 

 tu'tiss (me'la) ; third child, tistlQa'lEs (mela) ; last child, tsEa'svikt (me'Ja). 



Brothers, sisters, and first cousins are called by the same term, viz., skak-. They 

 distinguish between ' elder ' and ' younger ' in two ways. First and commonly by a 

 lengthening or drawing out of the vowel when an ' elder ' is indicated ; secondly and 

 less commonly, by the addition of the term sisa'sEl or sitla'tEl, thus : sisa'sEl tEl 

 skak-, my elder brother, &c. 



Brothers and sisters taken collectively are termed s'kEla'lr when younger, and 

 Bii'tlEtEl when older, than speaker. Apparently a person's cousins were older or 

 younger than himself, as his father was older or younger than his uncle, the relative 

 ages of the persons spoken of not being taken into consideration. My informant 

 explained it thus : ' If my father is older than my uncle, my cousins are all " younger " 

 to me.' 



On the death of a parent the cousinship is loosened, and cousins are thence- 

 forward called SEl tEl, swilmai'tl ; or, more fully, le kai, sEl (fem.), tEl (masQ.) 

 swilmai'tl ; verbatim, ' he is dead, my swilmai'tl.' 



uncle, cwumEle'k-Q or sQumEle'k-Q ; aunt, t'scwumEle'k'Q, &c. 



When addressing them these terms are shortened to lek'Q. 



aunt's husband "1 ^Q.^tca'pEts or cutca'pEtc. 

 uncle s wife j •« i- r 



aunt? h'Sand's { bather's } ''^^'^' ^^'^^^ (-^^°-)' ^^^'^^^^ (f«°»-)' ''^'''^^' (^^H-)- 

 brother's wife, smatu'ktil ; sister's husband, tsu'tatl. 

 brother's wife's 1 i j.- i ,■,-■ 



sister's tasba»d'> | relations, skwo'luis. 



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