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bureau of american ethnology

[bull. 59

qawoqank/'nse* neis no*laqana'e*s. lahe'tsrnqkupe'k/'me'kts

in/tyaxiiapse'. pal ke'^ns ma'kis qata*lts!ma-'kse'. laqa'o- xa'xe'ts qake'ine': pal qla'pXaiie* kanul'a'qaiia tsa'e's. qai- we'yne* aVke* ktsxaF/txakanxale'imil. mats tsxa'?:e'." ta':x:as qakiya'mne* : hulhoq"naneya'la/' qakiya'nuie* : "qa'la ke'm kwil<r'lwey tsxalqahaosaqa*'ane*ts tsxal^up^'lne' n'aqaske*'!- was." qake^ne* sk^'n*ku*ts: hutsxar^i^nilqaha^o'saqa'ane*." qakil/lne*: maats/' qake'ine* qasp/1'o'k": " hutsxal'^si^nilqaha^- osaqa'ane*/' qakil/lne*: so'uk^ne*. ta'xas qaha^osaqa'aRe* qasp/l^u'k^ts, aVke* t^lnamo"^sts xale'e's net t/tqa't!. ta'xas no^q^naneya'mne'. qaosaqa'anc* net kqa'lsa. qawunek/'t.se*, ta'xas ktsl^'nam qalsp/l^ok". ta'xas wa'xe* net t^'tqa't!. lalo- namr'sine*. n'asqapta'kse* tdnamu'^e'sts xale'e's. klu'pxa t^l- namu'^e'sts qak^'lne*: tskake'nin' Ika'm'u/' namat^ktsa'pse*, ktsu'uka't.s neis qa rasqaoxaya'Xaiiets tSrk!k^'n*e qalwe^'yue* ktsxa'Pe'k. qak.la'pse* t^lnamu'^e's: tskake'nen* huts?:alts!i- nariktuqo'une*. saha'nse* a'qlole'es/' namat^'ktse" t^lnamu^e's, tsuk^a'te* nei pa'lkei tslmalxona'lk^'n'e*. klantso'xamts n'd- qanmr'te'ts n'^tsinqkupek^'m'e'k. s^lts Imanxok^a'ane*. k.la- xanxo'kats qake'ine*: wa'xe* nciS yaqakekalhoq"iianeya- m^'ske*. n^up^'lne* xale'es/' ta'xas qakil/lne' qasp^'l'Ouk": "la'tslmam^'1'en'ts hmtsxal'up^r'lne*.'^ ta'xas laatslma'xe* qas- p<r'1^0uk". qaoxa'xe* sm^ymo'klsc*. qanalVtkla^mekn^'le'k qa'al^ y^^smwosa'q!ke* qa^smwouklam^'se*. ta'xas qa^haosaqa'ane*. Ta'xas qahaosaqa'ane. nei t<r'tqa't!. laqawa'ase* t^lnamu'e's. qalwe'yne*: "hultslma'mi'lts a'a'ke* kutsxal'u'pe'l." qaoxa'xe* na^s ma yaqana'skcts lo'use* n^uklk^kqa'pse* neiS Xfde'e'sts n'^'kiUe*. ta'xas tslma'xe* neis yaqanaxam^'ske*. qana'xe* sm'i>mo'k!se*. sk^k^l'aq lasnamanamr'siiie* ^sts qaosaqa'pse* qasp<r'l^ok"sts qaoxa'xets qa.u'pXane* neiS ksa^osa'qaps qas- p<r'l^o'k"s. ta'xas manq!ankr'me*k neiS ak!a'ame*s. klu'pxianaps qasp^'l'ok^s ncis qal'rt!naqkupq!alsa'q!se*ts wat!m^^te*kna'- psets xunaqo'une'. ta'xas ii^r'pine'ts ta'xas tslma'xe* qasp^'- Touk". ta'xas.

[Nos. 52-77. Told by Baniaby]

52. Nalmw'qtse*^

Ho'ya's, hiitsxahpikc'inc* yaqal'u'pke* nalmw'qtse* kapapana'la. Qa'naqaHu'kuiie' nalm'j'qtse*. ta'xas tsxalqawimek^'t.se* kts- xa'i'e'pnaasa'ma'k'sktsxal'a'lo*. qalwi'yne*: "ta'xas hulama'at-

ke'ts aa'k^k. liyi'e's na a'm*a*k. ktsxa4srlqaq!akpaya'ata*p alka- 

a*'qait. ta'xas tslma'xe*. ta'xas namat^'ktse* aa*k^k.liye.^'- se*s naaS am'ak!r'se*s alaaqa'ltlcs. ta'xas kqla^pilliama'atkits

^ several times the speaker used the form Nolmo^tsin.


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