ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 



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— atlQ, house. 

 — aus, trail. 



— aiuk-, tree. 



-tip, species of trees and hushes. 



-atldziQ, bush. 



-zanz, driftwood. 



-qans, board, plaiiJt. 



-alks, elothimj for ujiper part 



of body. 

 -Itsa, covering for body. 



-autl, canoe. 



-als, knife. 



-lEmuq, sack, bottle, box. 

 -ka, spoon, cup, bucket, pail. 

 -akEn, hag, bundle. 

 -iiiqEn, rope. 

 -tim, hollow thing. 

 -uza, round thing. 



-uzEm, group of. 

 -aski, song. 

 -men, instrument. 



qazuma'tlQ, large house. 



Sepa'tlQ, houxc hums down. 



Er.iamina'us, trail for hauling = ivaggon-road. 



tcutlQua'usEnuq, thou pointest out the may 



to him. 

 ihii'iuk-, a nice tree. 

 kunEQa'iuk-, horo many trees? 

 mitcak'a'iuk', sitting on a tree, 

 ok'ona'yuk-, rotten tree, wood. 

 k-aya'yuk-, green wood. 

 k-'e'qiuk% hard wood tree. 

 za'qiak', long tree. 

 s'atk'tlp, yellow pine. 

 sk''atlp,j»?r. 

 pea'tldziQ, one hush. 

 kunEqa'tlclziQ, how many bushes? 



k'uriEqa'ns, how many planks ? 



smutlatsa'lks, woman's gomn. 

 spEk'i'tsa, white blanket. 

 ntltsask-aqai'tsa, horse skin. 

 pak'ui'tsa, to shiver with fear. 

 qzuma'utl, big caiioe. 

 pia'utl, one canoe. 

 speia'ls, one knife. 

 qzuma'ls, large knife. 

 tlina'tlEmuq, birch bark vessel. 

 pia'ka, one spoon. 

 pia'ken, one bag. 

 pia'iqEn, one rope. 

 ntsikti'm, empty vessel. 

 piu'za, one round thing. 

 spek'o'za, white round, thing. 

 piu'zEin, one group of things. 

 stlaea'ski, dancing song. 

 tsuk-me'n, pencil. 

 niame'n, tool fur hauling. 



Substantivals sometimes appear in combination : 



— tcInatlQ door = mouth of house. 



nkamtcina'tlQ, entrance of home. 

 mitcaktcina'tlQ, to sit in the doorway. 



Some of the substantivals are developing into classificatory terms, such as are 

 found in the Tsimshian : — 



— aks nose ; point of a horizontal pole. 



mitcak-a'ks, to sit on a jJoint. 

 — k-en head ; top of a long, upright object. 



mitcak-k'e'n, to sit on top of. 

 — ikEn back ; middle of long thing. 



mitcak-iTcEn, to sit in middle of a long thing 

 — aiuk- tree, long thing. 



piai'uk- tik sqets, one {long thing) .salmon. 



piai'uk- tik ting, one (long thing) vein. 

 — a-itQ flat thing. 



pia'itQ stsuk", one sheet of paper. 



pia'itQ ma'nta, one piece of canvas Quanta, SjDanish). 

 — k-en head, round thing. 



piak-e'in tkau'za, one {round thing) egg. 



