BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 369 



Singular Plural 



g'ild'H g'ilg'ild'H to look after 



da'msax dEmda'msax downcast 



pla'lg'ixsk plEljj.'a'Ig'ixsk heavy 



widi'H wuIewuIHH to rub 



su-toulVnsk su-vndwid~i''nsl' hunter 



go' tt.'Eks gatgo'it.'Eks to come 



{d) A number of euphonic changes occur in this t3'pe of reduplica- 

 tion. They differ in character in the two dialects. In the Nass dialect, 

 when the reduplicated syllable ends in k\ g\ and k^ these are aspirated, 

 and become x' ; g and q are aspirated and become x; y becomes x' ,' ts 

 becomes s; dz becomes z. 



{y) g and q following the first vowel change to x: 



Singular Plural 



7naga'nsk^ mixmagaf nsk^ explanation 



gd'iqck^ gExgd'iqck^ to sit 



so'uqsk^ SEXSo'uqsk^ to dive 



q^dqL <fEX(]^d!qL to drag 



aqk'^L ax'a'qk^L to succeed 



{d) ts and s following the first vowel change to s and z: 



Singular Plural 



yats yis'ia'is , to chop 



q'ots q''Esq''6'ts to chop a tree 



he'its htshe'tts to send 



he'tsiirriEX hashe'tsumEx to command. 



d'dziks az'^d'dziks proud 



44877— Bull. 40, pt 1—10 24 § 36 



