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Tsimshian; 



Singular Plural 



sl^p SEsl'°p ^one 



^"' \ IeMoJo \ ^^'' 



laHd lElcMd to move 



]/)>n^ \ ^^^"' t to move 



A special form of this reduplication is found in words beginning 

 with hu\ which take Jtuio in the plural, probably originating from 

 huihv} (see p. 372). 



Singular Plural 



hioa hmna' name 



hwilp huirVlp house 



hwdt fiuim't to sell 



hwU kuioi'l to do 



Jnm huvK) to call 



hvM.v huwd'x' to paddle 



Related to this are the two plurals described in § 37 ^ (p. 373). 



(c) The few cases in which the syllable reduplicated according to 

 this method is long and has the accent, while the vowel of the stem 

 is weakened, have been described in § 37 5 (p. 372). 



{d) In some cases the singular is formed from a certain stem by the 

 second t3^pe of reduplication, while the plural is formed by the first 

 type of reduplication. 



stem Singular Plural 



dels dsde'ls dslde'ls alive 



get qEQl'th^ qEtgl'tk^ difficult 



The word mak'sV^^ plural ir.Esma'k'sk^^ white, may be mentioned 

 here, since its stem seems to be mas. 

 Tsimshian: 



I Singular Plural 



I dEdu'Hs dEldu'Hs alive 



In Tsimshian a number of cases occur in which irregular redupli- 

 cations are used, or phonetic increments of the stem. 



Singular Plural 



xswdxs sExswd'oPS to dive 



ts/d tsld'tslExt to split 



q!dx q!d°lx to pull 



txa-a'q txa-d'lq place near the door 



Id'* Id'Htk fish swims 



laq Id'Hq to bite 



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