48 FRANZ BOAS ON THE

Here is an example: Jam is “house” in the dialect of the Sk'qd’mic; the same word is
found as tlem in the dialect of the Qatlé/ltq and Pentlatc. The former call “house” also
aya, a word of doubtful origin. The Snanaimuq use the reduplicated form Ja/lem; the
Lk‘ufigen change m into n,—as is the case throughout in their dialect—and have the word
alen. A comparison of a few such words is given in the following list which is the first

complete enumeration of the Canadian dialects of the Coast Salish :—?

ENGLISH. LK'UNGEN. SNANAIMUQ. SK-Q0/MIC. Si/craTL. Pw’ NTLATC. CATLO/LTQ.
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Angry ta/téyak: talyék ta’tayak: ta’yak: (qa/qadjam)
Basket, strap for

carrying sliga/ten tse’meten tei’/m’atem (k’atla) —(k"a/tla) (k’atla’a)
Blanket é/ts’em é/ts’em éts’ame’n é/ts’am
Boat sne/quitl | sne’quitl sne’quitl ne’quitl né/quitl ne’quitl
Bone sts’Am ctciam cad cia/6 qau’cin
Breast tsigatl s’é’les s’é’lénes alé/nas sek-enii’s aié/nas

=< yemate sk’ma sk’ma, stelk-o@/m k-em6/o sk‘em4/o (tsu’mten)
Brother, elder caitl setla’étcen setla’aten, (tlé/ wet) (n0’utl)

: (nd/utl)

: younger (sa’itcen) ska/ek: sk ‘ak* k*é/eq k*é/eq k+é/eq
Call, to k’A/it ke’ alit kela/tan k'’a/letem k’é/iatem
Cedar qpa/i qpi’i qa’ paiai sqpa’é ’a/camai gepa’é
Chief sia/m sid/m aan (hé/ wus) (hé/ wus) (hé/gyus)
Copper plate sk‘oé’les sk:oe’les sk‘oé/Is k:6/koés
Crow sk’koata k-ela’ka kela/k‘a k:ela’k:a kyékya/kya | kyékya/ka
Cry, to qoa’/am qam qam qa’qawum qa’wan (tlo’quit)
Drink, to k'oa’k‘oa k-a/k'a (tak*t) k‘d/k‘oa k:6’ok'oa k-0’ok'6
Lat, to é/tlen a'titen efilten é/tlten 6/tlten étlten
Eyebrow sA/figen c4/man tso/man co/mété ¢o/man co/man
Full sela/tsetl sell’ ts sié’tc letci’et lite yite

‘Good ai ii ha/atl ai aicto al
Grandson é/efigas é/mac é/mats é/mac é/mac é/mac
Herring stla’/iget sla’ wat sla’/wut (sk‘apts) (sk‘o’/lk‘am) | tla/agat
House a'len 1i/lem lam tlem, e/luwem | tlems tlems, (a/ya)
Hungry k”’oa!k‘o0é k'o0a/k‘o0é quid’s k°0a’k‘oae k‘o0a’k‘oae ka/k’ats
Island tltcas skea g’alek’s skue’ktsaac | ckgalas ku/cais
Jay equi/ts’es kea/os kya/ckyac kua’ckuac
Kelp k‘0a/afi k’am k’om sko’mét k'ga’am k6’meét
Large tcek: Si hé/ié tée/ié ti ti
Mountain siga/ nit smant sma/nét smant sma/nit (ta’k”’at)
Mouth sd/sen cAcen tsd’tsen @o/sin ¢d’ein ¢0’¢in
Otier sk’atl k-’a/k-atl k’a’k’ atl k’atl
Relations tca’dja ya’yits gia/i ya’ya dja’dja
Rib lu’kwaq lau/aq 10/uaq 16’uq 16’aq (yiqt)
Scar sk‘é/itl sk’ak‘é/itl sk‘é/iyétl ka'yetl k-a/djétl
Snake, a fabulous sé/ntlké s’6/etlk'é sé/noatlkoi | (a/lhds)_ (ai’hés) (ai/hés)
Snow nea’k*é ma/ka ma’k:a (sk‘6/maé) (aq) (k’6/mai)
Tongue te’qsetl tée/qeatl mék‘a/lqsatl | té’qcuatl te’qcuatl te’qcuatl
Water k‘0a/a ka (stak’) (s’é/ wu) (s’é/ wus) k‘a/ea
Wave (sk'tle/lak’en| ha/’yélak: yo/yaek: i0’lak’ 10/lak’ djo’uak:

A study of the vocabulary of the Catloltq shows that they borrowed a great number
of words from their northern neighbors, the Kwakiutl. It shows also the peculiarity of

1 Words derived from separate roots are placed in parentheses.