ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 



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Onomatology and Sematology. 



Explanations of some of the names of individuals and places are given below. 

 The following list will serve to indicate the nature of very many of the compound 

 Kootenay names and appellatives : — 



apple 



axe 



bald 



blind 



candy 



chief 



dumb 



horse 



light (levis) 



mallard 



mirror 



moon 



mule 



needle 



peas 



plant (spec. ?) 



priest 



quarter of a dollar 



rabbit 



spring (ver) 



star 



sugar 



thistle 



train 



turkey 



watch 



whisky 



wife 



gv'tlml (i.e., ' rose-hip '). 



dqku'tiltl (i.e., ' flint '). 



giinil' qtlult (cp. lidmnu'qfln, ' white '). 



tli'ttlHl (i.e., 'without eyes '). 



gd'ktletl k'ko'ktcl (i.e., ' variegated sugar '). 



nusfi'kwen (i.e., 'he is good"?). 



tlittld'kwd (i.e., 'unable to speak'). 



k'k'a'tlaQu'EtUsiri (i.e., ' elk dog '). 



tli'ttsKmu'k(J,"ne (i.e., ' not strong '). 



/{d'tik-vskd'iJi-tik (i.e., ' red foot '). 



M'tEWu' stcmo'tl (i.e., ' instrument used when painting the 



face ')• 

 k'tcitlml'yit natd'nik (i.e., 'night siin '). 

 gfi' ivitlku' ivut (i.e., ' it has big ears '). 

 tlu va'na (i.e., ' little awl '). 

 dqk na'iia (i.e., ' little cartridges ; shot'). 

 d'qlulktle'tU-s skinkfits (i.e., ' eyes of coyote '). 

 kd'mk-uku'kutl M'tuwv' intldBt {i.e., ' black shirt '). 

 Qu'nko (i.e., ' muskrat skin '). 

 gi'dnvqtl'wm^na (cp. kdmnu'qtlu, 'white'). 

 tlatli'ttlo (ie., ' no more snow'). 

 d.'qkitlm'hus (cp. hlno'hus, 'red'). 

 klm'Mcl (i.e., ' sweet '). 

 nvtld'kine (i.e., 'strange'). 

 d' qhink-u'k u gdkd'l (i.e., ' fire waggon '). 

 gun-i'tlkd t'd'nkvts (i.e., ' big grouse'). 

 natd'nik na'na (i.e., ' little sun '). 

 wit'% (i.e., ' water '). 

 ni'pihd 7vu'u (i.e., 'spirit water'). 

 niitltV kind wfi'u (i.e., ' strange water '). 

 suya'pi wu'v (i.e., ' white man's water'). 

 titlnd'mu (i.e., ' old woman '). 



KEDUPLICATION AND ONOMATOPCEIA. 



Formations by reduplication and by onomatopceia seem to be very rare in Koote- 

 nay. But a few examples can be given : — 



d'Tidn magpie. 



k'vk-u'tlfl blue-jay. (This imitative word, in various slightly differing forms, is 



found in many Salishan dialects.) 



siiksuk a large black bird (spec. ?). 



teutcC) fish-hawk. 



wi'tcwitc a small river-bird (spec. ?). 



QUQtl crow. 



imiul'ki rook. 



pu'pu hammer of stone. 



put cat. 



It is worthy of note that tlie word for ' cat ' is not reduplicated, as in the 

 Chinook jargon (pUsjnts). 



Personal Names. 



No name-feast appears to have existed amongst the Kootenays. The relatives 

 gathered together, and some old man or old woman bestowed a name (d'qkttlV yam) 

 upon the child ; often, however, the parents named their own child. Frequently tlie 

 child was given the name of his parent, and thus many names are now in existence, 

 the signification of which has been forgotten, but which have been hereditary in the 



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