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HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



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Singular 



Idtk 

 stuHt 



Plural 



IpMct'tk (better: lE-ld'tk) to move 

 stEkstu'^U companion 



gaha'xs gakgaha'xs to splash 



ya'ulEinx ythyaf uIeuix to advise 



gaVct'd gahgaVd'd to let go 



{^) Some words insert a t after the first vowel. Since a ^ or ^ 

 occurs in some of these cases after the first vowel of the stem, the 

 occurrence of the t may sometimes be due to an irregular treat- 

 ment of the reduplication : 



Singular Plural 



gwdnth gutgwa'nth to touch 



gE't'sdax gEtgE'vEdax to ask 



vxi^ vyuti(m'° to find 



§ 37. Itiitial Meduj^lieatioiif includiiif/ the J^lrst Vowel 



(a) In most cases the stem-vowel is weakened in the reduplicated 

 syllable: 



a'lg'tx to speak 

 g'ibd'yiik to fly 

 xmiyd'n I smoke 

 ha'dik's to swim 



QEba'ksk^ to splash 



le'plES to sew 



txdxk'^ to eat [plural] 



g'ij) to eat something 



ts'en to enter 



fax lake 



7ndl canoe 



hax to run 



aa'lg'tx one who is speaking 



g'tg'ihd^yuk one who is flying 

 igExmiyd'eE I smoke walking 

 ihahd'dik's swimming while car- 

 rying 

 igEgEha'ksk'^ splashing while Ijeing 



carried 

 lle'jplEs one who is sewing 



ttxd'xk^ those eating 



ang'ig'i'pt one who is eating it 

 dlo-ts^Ets'e'n one who enters pub- 

 licly 

 lakes 



fsfa'x 



m^TYidl 



hbax 



canoes 



one who runs 



one who sleeps 



Here belongs also 



w6(2 to sleep hmoo'q 



Similar forms occur in the Tsimshian dialect: 

 a'lg'tg to speak aa'lg'tg the one who is speaking 



lieHg to stand JiAhe'tg the one standing 



t!d'> to sit 

 l)d° to run 

 ll'°dEg to be silent 

 sl°p bone 

 g'ad person 



tEt.'d° the one sitting 

 J)Ehd'° the one running 

 III' Edsg silent 

 SESi'°p bones 

 g'ig'a'd people 



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