ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIUES OV CANADA. 



CGI 



The relation to the indirect object is expressed by tlic suffix -Q, which precedes 

 the pronominal ending : 



na'qtEm. io ffivc. na'qEna, I (jive it. n.a'qtQEna, I ijive it to Mm. 



k-6ii;ntcu't, /(> f(z//t. k-6iEntcu'tKrast, he t edits k 6if;atcu'tEmQst, /te teZ^'« ?« 



about tJicc. tfiij behalf. 



C'tlEm. /(' 111 III/, aq e'tlEna, I slug it. aq O'tlEQna, I sing aq e'tlEmQna, I sine/ 



it for hiiii. for hivi. 



pu'istKm, Io hill. pu'istEna, I hill it. puisQEna, I Mil it for some- 



body. 



Qui tsuklir'tcKuiuQ, write vie a letter. Qui tsuk-Qi"'tcEmuQ, write a letter for me. 

 puists skfi'k-qas, he hills his o/vii dog. pu'istQts ska'k-qas, he kills his (another 



man's) dog ( = he hills his dug for him). 



I rcjorilcd tl 



Quotativc 

 Putative 

 Dubitativc 

 Affirmative 



Exhortative 

 Causative 



Inchoative 



Durativc 



Frequentative : 



Potential 



Facultative 



Desiderative 



Intensive 



Copulative 



Reciprocal 



Reflexive 



The reflexive 



Derivatives. 

 10 following derivatives : 



— oko kEnu'Q'okO, it is said he is sick. 



— nka kEnu'Qnka, he mag he sieJi. 



--nuk kEnu'Qnuk, 7te is sich. I think. 



— n kEnu'QEn, indeed, he is siek. 



pia'pstEn, indeed, it is ye .' 

 — matl puitamatl, do lie down .' 



_s pu'it, to lie don-n. pu'itsEna, I lay it don-n. 



nka'iQ, to swim. nkaiQsena, /*•«•? ??( « horse. 



— wiiQ snuyawi'iQ, to heeome jwssessed of money. 



IdstEwi'iQ 1 J i 7 7 

 1 ^ J. -/,,„ ( to turn had. 

 kEstuwe EQ J 



iawI'iQ, to turn good. 



QinuTs-I'iQ, it begins to be a long time. 

 — mlQ kEnuQEmi'QkEn, I am ahvays siek. 



Reduplication skEnkEnu'Q, one who is rejjeatedlg sick. 



k-eak-ea'ap, one who is repeatedly indisposed. 



oaq nikEni'kEna, I cut it repeatedly. 



ioioata'nn, I stabbed him repeatedly. 



qaquatsta'na, I tie it repeatedly. 

 — z'a liai'mz'akEn, I might do the same. 



tcu'mnz'akEn, I might work, I ought to work. 

 — EnwatlEn tlahausEnwatlEn, to he able to eat. 



roitEnwa'tlEn, to be able to sleep. 

 — mamEn tlahansraa'mEnkEn, I desire to eat. 



ro'itma'mEnkEn, I desire to sleep. 

 — ap stlahaus'a'p, to cat much. 



nmanqEma'p, to smo7;e much. 

 — a-us stlk-a'us, together. 



cinzia'us, brothers. 



snVi'kxia.'Ms, friends. 



qamana'us, enemies. 



ktQua'usEs, he breaks it in two ( = he halres it). 

 — tuaQ qatstua'Q, tied to each other. 



puistua'Q, to kill one another. 



tla'k-tuaQ, to kill each other. 



iamintua'Q, to hare friendly feelings towards one 

 another. 



stlkauzEcntua'Q, to put together. 

 ^tcut mEQEtcu't, to kick oneself (also to kick without 



hitting anything). 



wikEntcu'tkEn, I see myself. 



nikEntcu'tkEn, I cut myself. 



is sometimes used as a simulative : 



nikiapEntcu't, to make oneself like a coyote = to aet 



foolishly. 

 kEnuQstcu't. to make oneself sick, or to act like a 



siek person. 



