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2. Those used with the verbals -nc, -ine, -Jid'nc : — 



sfi'kine ti'tk'ut, the man is good, 



wi'tllul'm, he is large, tall. 



si'qine, he is fat. 



ni'sine rjud' qldlih, nay foot is sore. 



yv'nuM'nc timl'mv, there is plenty of grease. 



iva'qhic, ii is tliick. 



Ki'tltldiul'mnc, he has many houses. 



3. Those used with the prefix gu- (gu-), and with or without a suffix : — 



gun-i'tllid ndm'liwen, a big chief. 



gumi'tlhl WE'tdk, a big frog. 



guwi'tUfuwdt, mule (lit. ' big-eared '). 



gu/vo'ko/iiiii'tuk, a long river. 



gumi'tlktle, mountain sheep (lit. ' big horn '). 



4. Compound adjectives : — 



team na'na, few (cp. tmmu'ketl, ' very '). 

 k'jm'ktsl na'na, thin. 

 go'lio na'na, short. 



5. Adjectival periphrases : — 



sd'nitlui'ne, angry (lit. ' bad-hearted he is '). 

 »a'nitlqo"ne, sick (lit. ' bad-bodied he is '). 



6. Adjectives of colour. These appear to be mostly compounds, and to contain 

 a separable prefix, kl-, or kdm- (Jidm-). Thus : — 



Mmnu'qtlu, white. A' qkinuqtlv/tldm,, white-headed eagle. Perhaps the radical is 



tlu (snow). 

 Itii'mkoh-o'lwtl, black. 

 hamfi'qtse, yellow. 

 MnO'hus, red. Ndnu'sg-ud'te, it is red ; d'qliitlnu'hds, star ; hitsnu' stik, to paint the 



face. 

 kd' otlu'tyiVkd, green. 



7. Many adjectives are in constant use as nouns : — 



lid' mholvb'Mtl, negro. 



Mmd'hos, species of dragon-fly with reddish body. 



Iie'sIw. boy, horse, dog. 



stOhvd'tl, girl, mare, bitch. 



Diminutives. 



As far as ascertained at present, diminutives proper do not appear to exist in 

 Kootenay. Their place is taken— 



1. By special words : — 



dqldu, a bear one year old. 

 d.'qldnku'mdtl, calf. 

 tlM'mv, little child. 



2. By nouns followed by the adjective na'na, small, young : — 



tla'utld, grizzly ; tld'utld na'na, little (young) grizzly. 



ydktsd' metl, canoe ; yalvtsu'mUl na'na, small model of a canoe. 



tiavi'te, woman ; ndu'te na'na, girl. 



tlo, awl ; tlu na'na, needle. 



gwvi'tltldm na'na, little big-head (bird, spec. ?). 



Kv'mu (personal name) ; Jiu'mu na'na, young Ko'mo. 



gas na'na, the young of the fish called ij)dt ; pus na'na, kitten, ikc. 



Although Qd'Etltsin na'na, and k'd'tlaQd'jstltsin na'na are in use, the ordinary 

 word, both for 'pup' and for ' colt,' appears to be tei'tE 7ia'na, evidently a compound 



