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116 REPORtT-— 1890.

relationship —mp, H. K. au'mp, 1., father.
side of round thing —xnitl, K. o'nutlemé, cheek = side of face.
small —pitu, plur.
—-mEné'y, K. gyokpita, pl. gyokmené’g, small house.
—6é, H. guk’oé, small house.
smell —wpala, K. H. ua'qp ala, smell of smoke.
stone ==, eared gua'la, H., to sit on stone.
superlative —hamé, K.H.  ndlok-emaé, nd'lok-amé, K., the greatest fool.
surface of water —?lé, K. H. gyilo'tlz, to steal on water, to go stealing in
canoe, K.
taste —p'a, K. H. aikup’a, sweet = good taste.
through —qst'oa, H. laqst'oa, to go through—
time of— —eng, K. H. tlin'ny, H., time of potlatch.
tooth —Hé, K. kagué, having lost one tooth (=notch in
teeth).
—usia, H. tlogoansia, toothache.
top ——qto'é, K. gua'qtoa, to sit on top of a thing.
top of box, bucket, —
&e, —hyaé, K. H. wé'hyaé, H., not quite full (wvé, negation).
tree —mis, K. bi'aqumis, maple (=leaf tree).
under —a'poa, K. H. toa'vut, H., to walk under.
upward —ustd (la), K. tlzpusta'la, to climb a mountain.
—sustéwa, H. @oqsusté'wa, to look up.
verbal suffixes —nit, K. H. tVdpuit, H., it is ebb tide.
—it, K. H. nak it, K., to drink.
—la, K. H. tlokoa'la, H., to be sick.
verbum activum —+t, K. H. ta'k-wmt, H., to cover face with blanket.
—ut, K. H. la'gstit, H., to load canoe.
to want —égqst, K. H. na' ke égqst, K., thirsty.
water —sta, K. H. tu'gsta, H., to jump into water.
in water —is, K. H. wimung’a' pois, H., bottom of sea (~—nge, edge ;
—apoa, under ; —is, in water).
woman —h-a, —k-as, K. tlolé'k-as, niece.

a'tak‘a, pet daughter.
—aqsum, —ks, H, Bi'bilqulagsem, Bilqula woman (stem redupli-
cated).
meni yak's, sister.

NOOTKA.

The following notes have been derived from material collected in 1888 in
Victoria from two Tlao'kath, from other material collected 1889 in Alberni, prin-
cipally from a half-blood Indian named Wa’té. Bishop N. J. Lemmens, of Victoria,
B.C., had the great kindness to give me the pronouns and the inflection of the verb
in the Tlao’kath dialect. A number of suffixes were obtained from a manuscript of
the Rev. Father Brabant, who is said to be thoroughly conversant with the language.
The dialect treated here is the Ts’icia’ath, which differs somewhat from the northern
dialects. Incidentally, remarks on the Tlad’kath are given.

PHONETICS.

Vowels : a. sOn ty dys tO wll
Consonants : p; w; m; ky; k; ky q; Q; y, 4H; t,o > Seats
(Cy ste) ity tL si
s and ts partake of the character of ¢ and te, as in Kwakiutl, and it is doubtful
whether they can be considered separate sounds. All consonants occur as initial
sounds. No combination of consonants occur in the beginning of words. The
following terminal combinations were observed :

kh k's
sk hs kt kt]
tek qs pt qtl
tk tks th ms mts ct mtl

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