ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 



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a'qhinni'tlQdtl, powder. 

 W qldnnu'mutl, qiiills. 

 a'qMnliu'matl, calf (vituhcs). 

 W qkinlw' wd , wings. 

 d'qliinu'ktle, tomahawk. 

 a' qMnii'liayvk, flower. 

 a' qkinnulim' alio, pitch. 

 a'qWbiKu'matl, cradle. 



Sqka'lu), raspberry. dqku'j)dtl, maize. 



uqkd'inind, creek. 



dqlu), pointed ends of canoe. 



uqkto, one-year-old bear. 



dqlitldk, back. 



d'qMniiii'tvk, river. 



d'qkinku'k-o, fire. 



d'qkmu'tlum, snake. 



d'qhinlca'mdlt, dragon-fly. 



d'qIdnlCd'tl, forehead. 



d'qhinQu'mutl, button. 



dqki' nnuQu' nuk, creek. 



d' qkinu' knidk' , fish-spear. 



d'qkinu'ktle'iit, prairie. 



d''qkinv'ktluk, Kicking Horse River. 



d.'qkinkd'tl, sand. 



dqki'nko, forked stick. 



d' qkinkdtm' qtlwm , crown of head. 



d' qkmu' qmd' End, tail of bird. 



d'qkltll'ydm, name. 



d' qkithV nam, house. 



d'qMiiu'nik, thigh. 



(Zyfo'YZ/c^, heart. 



d'qkitlme'yit, sky. 



d' qkitlno' hos, star. 



d' qkithndK , peach. 



dqhv'tvom, belly. 



dqku'ktldkd'wum, cricket. 



dqkuku'ivOvi, house-fly. 



d'qkutld'ku, bag. 



dqku' moktlh' H, mountain. 



dqku'ktla'Qa, beard. 



dqk-u'k'f.mik, lake. 



dqki'ts, lodge-pole. 



dqkitshd'indm, fingers. 



dqkitsk'd'tlak, branch of tree. 



d'qkitskd'tl, bark. 



d'qkitstld'in, tree. 



The above list of words is not arranged according to any known principle, but 

 merely to illustrate the variety of compositions with dq- in Kootenay. 



It is evident that -k, -ke-, -kin-, -ko-, -kits-, ■(Ji)itl-, &c., are qualifying affixes, 

 but at present it is impossible to state with certainty their several meanings. In 

 the last group of words in the first column there is the idea of 'tree, branch,' at the 

 bottom of most of them, and in the case of ' star ' and ' sky ' a correlation is certain. 

 But of the rest of the list nothing can be stated with certainty. 



However, d'qkinfi'tldm, ' snake,' and dqku'tldm, ' eel,' seem related, as perhaps are 

 also the words for ' belly,' ' cricket,' ' fly.' 



It might be mentioned that several words have more than one form, thus : — 



tree = d'qkitstld'in ; d'qkinitstld'in. 

 head = dqktldm ; dqku'tlain. 

 cloud = dqkdtl ; d'qkinlvd'tldk. 

 sand = d'qkinko'tl ; d'qkhikuko'tl. 

 name = d'qkltll'ydm ; d' qkutW yam. 



On another occasion the writer may be able to further discuss this interesting 

 feature of the Kootenay language. 



Suffixes. 



dqkltla'lttcu, cord. 



dqklnm'Qu, garden. 



dqkiyu' hvd, head-dress, hat. 



d'qkdn-i'tsko, buckle. 

 d'qkotd'tl, grease, fat. 

 d'qku'k-tle, horns. 

 d'qkuktld'wv, fishing-line. 

 d'qku'tdtl, axe. 

 d'qku'k'omu'k'o, ashes. 

 d'qkitsk'd'kitl, soot. 



-dtl sufBx in plant names 



-dts suflix in animal names 



1802. 



aqku'-dtl, onion ; tdn-d'tl, rush. 

 gu'tsdts, chipmunk ; fa'lidts, squirrel ; 

 7vdts, ' fool-hen.' 



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