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prefix qa-. The distributive character appears very clearly in one case 

 where ga-ts!a'p means the one town of each one, while the plural 

 would be tsfsptsla'j)-) and also in JvopE-ga-tEpte' tk^ all small pieces 

 (of salmon) 56.1 



§=f^. Fifth G^roiip, I*liu'als formed hy the PVefijc qa- 

 and the Sujfix -{t)7c'^ 



Plurals formed by the prefix qa- and the suffix -{t)k^ are confined 

 to terms of relationship. The prefix is probably the same as that used 

 in the preceding class, while the suffix seems to be related to the 

 verbal and possessive suffix -/". 



The following words have qa — k^ combined with reduplication, the 

 reduplicated syllable being lengthened and the stem-vowel weakened: 



Singular 



Plural 



Undoubtedl}' the terminal -tk^^ -k^, in these forms, is the same as 

 the suffix discussed in § 17. § 'i'i 



