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t(f al-hwe' Iehi lI'^ tqal-hwtx'hwe'lEiiiLk:^ servant 



Here may also belong — 



Singular Plural 



yo' LniEX lax'io' LWiEX to advise 



It seems possible that these forms of reduplication should be con- 

 sidered as belonging to the class to be discussed in § 37. 



The phonetic changes in the Tsimshian dialect do not agree with 

 those found in the Nass dialect. 



{a fi y) The aspiration of g\ k', {/, and k does not seem to occur; 

 only g and q are aspirated : 



Singular Plural 



dzog dzExdziJg to camp 



y!aq y!txy!a'q to hang 



{6) The changes from dz and ts to z and 6^ are also not regular: 



Singular Plural 



godz ' gadzgodz to tear 



keHs 'haiih'<''Hs to send 



yaJdz ytsyo.'dz to chop 



t.'u'tsk t!Est.'n'°fsk black 



(f) In many cases a k, corresponding to Nass x', appears inserted: 



