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(J)) In a number of cases the vowel of the reduplicated syllable is 

 long and the accent is thrown back upon it, while the vowel of the 

 stem is weakened: 



Singular 



lEqs 

 woq 

 sak' 

 Lok' 

 tfoq 



Tsimshian: 



Singular 



ld° 



laPxt 



lok' 



wa°q 



tlog 



SE^n-vxPq 



(c) Words beginning in hw do Tsimshian) have a form of redu^ i 

 cation which is evidently of the same origin as the forms here dis- 

 cussed : 



Singular Plural 



hwd huwd' 



hwilp huwi'lp 



Tsimshian: 



Singular Plural, 



wa huwd'° name 



^odlh Jmwd'lh house 



wai huwa'i paddle 



{d) Words beginning with a consonantic cluster reduplicate in the 

 Nass dialect hy a repetition of the first consonant; at the same time 

 initial x is transformed into q. In Tsimshian the consonantic cluster 

 is treated like a syllable, and is repeated with insertion of a weak 

 vowel: 



name 

 house 



