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Prefixes — continued. 



lil- 



liu- 

 gu- 



m''- 



hja- 



itl- 

 na- 



n- 



yu- 

 yo- 



yund- 



with certain parts of verbs 

 with adjectives and verbs 



two together, junction (?) 



demonstrative 



with certain numerals and verbs 



on, on top of, up 

 many 



kiii]), dead ; Meh, eaten. 

 gumi' tllid, large ; gTiwV tllvtl? ,h\^ horn 

 sheep ; guatla' skin, to break in two 

 with the hand. 

 gyd'Tihamd' Enam, junction of two 

 trails; X'.y«'7ji;?wl7«Z', two branches 

 of a river, round an island. 

 itllid'hah, very far; d'qMtlnu'hvs, star. 

 nd-v'te, woman ; ndsu'hvmi, chief ; 

 ndho'sdn niei/i'tkc,tO'da.j; ndta'Qa, 

 now. 

 no'ltn-e, one ; nVpine, he is dead ; 

 ni'kine, he eats ; nipi'tlnv, he kills ; 

 9id's7ic, there are two. 

 ski'lilt-Enu'liad, there is a lake ; sltW- 

 nv'Ksl, there is a stone ; gldlitle'tsine, 

 he is sleeping. 



tcEmna'na, few; tsamd'hctl, very. 



tldwa'ae, it, returns ; dV irotldEnmi' sa, 



twenty-six. 

 tU'tltEiH, vain, worthless ; tlittldtl, 

 blind ; tlittlu'hrd, dumb, speechless. 

 tlu'tiP- lid'psin, there is nothing ; 



tluk'd'psiii, nothing. 

 Kitlkd'nc, it is large ; guwi'tlkdgid'kqo, 

 whale; ho'tvitlM'ne, I shout; 

 wi'tlii'ttnc-, far ; wi'tltUti'tinc, rich. 

 ,y'u'dkVni<,he rubs on; yuQua'Q(3,h.e 

 climbs to the top ; liu'tsyfiQiia'k'- 

 nfi'ne, I climb the mountain ; 

 yn'tnki'n, to press the hand upon 

 anything. 



yu'ndkd'ne, there are many ; yil'ndn- 

 mitfi'kinv, there are many rivers; 

 hdyfi' iidlwlinamr)' F.nT^, I have many 

 friends ; yu' iiak'u'j]sln,m&ny things. 



The Peefix dq-. 



The most characteristic prefix of the Kootenay language is the noun-prefix aq-, 

 the signification of which I have as yet been unable to decide. In some cases it is 

 omitted, and even in giving the most indefinite form some of the Indians did not use 

 it in certain words, e.g. : — 



ivd' tluna' kEnam , tongue. 



The following list of composition with dq- will indicate the manner of its use 

 generally, and may suggest possible explanations of its proper functions : — 



dqk, arrow. uqkE' , thwarts of canoe. 



d'qke, again, and. dqltd.'tskd, gun-flint. 



dqh-d'tl, cloud. dqhu'mdtl, wild onion. 



dqkd'mc, gopher's hole. oqktlum, bat. 



dqkd'md, cord. dqku'tla, pipe-stem. 



dqktod'mdtl, knife . d^jku'tlak, meat, flesh. 



dqk-dt, tail. uqkthl, snow. 



aqk-d'tlB, son. dqWtld.m, eel. 



d.qkd'sdh, shore. dqktln'mdk. cotton-wood tree. 



dqkdm, white pine. dqkc'l, hand. 



uqM, spider's web. dqk-fi», nose. 



dqkdd'tlOwOk, birch tree. dqkd'nko, smoke-hole of lodge. 



dqka'n. handle. dqktsdk, leggings. 

 aqka'ndk, ankle. 



