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La, le, verbal partióle denoting plural or secondary idea ; yaha-le, 
pl. to die ; icen, see, wen-la, squint ; yik, go, yilc-hale, accompany ; 
yik-ala, put on hat. 
L, th, initial to nouns, Tliere are some nouns that can only be used 
in the third person, being related to trees, animáis, or inanimate 
nature. The l or thl prefix consequently denotes “ its,” either 
expressed or understood : 
thl-a, its fruit ; thl-e, its tliorn ; llil-o, its sced. 
ExprossionS liko “ my fruit ” boing impossiblo, tho thl has 
become fixed with use and serves as a general expression, e.g. 
Hila, fruit ; thlop, nest ; tilles, heart, core. 
To these llave been prefixed partióles to give other significances : 
les, children ; lú-les, bees ; ith-les, frog ; thla-hi-lis, spawn ; 
kia-les, people, etc. Tilles, heart, core; thles-iki, kernel ; thles- 
inik, a tree whose fruit contains a biggish stone ; cf. V. thlo-kas, 
heart or cabbage of palm ; yuk-le-che-nuk, tree as above ; L.-M. 
e-siksik, heart ; ith-iva-siksik, palm cabbage ; nai-sikso, centre, 
middle. Thlu, light — this very important root undergoes con- 
siderable changos, but is very widespread : thlo-ma , day ; thlet, 
fire, light, match ; T. le ; V. tlúet ; Ch. thloni, to set tire to ; 
tliluti ; L.-M. kilik-tdt Jichi, tiro by friction ; ta-thla, fire. 
