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In the third group are combined a few words the plural of which 

 is formed by change of the vowel of the stem and by change of accent. 

 Examples of this kind have been given in § 39. 



§ 43, Fourth Group. Plurals formed hy the Prefix qa^ 



In words of this class the plural is formed by the prefix qa-. It 

 includes many names of parts of the body; adjectives expressing states 

 of the body, such as blind, deaf; words of location; and a miscel- 

 laneous group of words. 



{a) Parts of the body 



Singular 



fEm-qe'e 



WEm-rnu'x 



ts'Ein-a'q 



^Ein-qa!x' 



fEm-Ld'in 



tsuive'ETit 



mi'o'n 



pLndx 



(fehq 



gat 



tgamd'q 



q^e'sEE 



Laqst 



smax' 



Tsimshian: 



Singular 



du'la 



tslEiii-tsfafus 

 gd'^d 

 ano'n 



Plural 



qa-fEm-qe'c 



qa-ts'Em-niu'x 



qa-ts' Eiii-a! q 



qa-fEiii-qd'x' 



qa-fEin-Ld'rn 



qa-tsuwe'Ent 



qa-ano'n 



head 



ear 



mouth 



arm 



leg below knee 



fingers 



hand 



qa-j)Lnax and pLnax body 



qa-q e Lq 

 qa-gd't 

 qa-tgamd' q 

 qa-<q'e'sEE 

 qa-Laqst and Lciqst 

 qa-smax' 



Plural 



ga-hE'n 



ga-du'la 



ga-U ! Ein-ts ! a ns 



ga-gd'°d 



ga-ari'd'n 



(b) Adjectives expressing states of the body; 



Plural 



qa-h'tha' E 



qa-st'nis 



qa-ts'd'q 



Singular 



k'tba'E 



sins 

 ts'dq 



TYhE-wa'tsx 



xaoskr 

 ax-gd'dt 



qa-viE-waftsx 

 qa-xd'osk^ 

 ax-qa-gd' dt 



chest 



heart 



lip 



knee 



nail, claw 



meat 



belly 



tongue 



armpit 



heart 



band 



lame 

 blind 

 deaf 



crazy (literally, like 

 land-otter) 



wise 



foolish (literally, with- 

 out mind) 



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