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{p!Ey-]c^ [from p.'ES-]) p.'elc^ one to whom potlatch is 



given III 163.40 



{g^Emw-k^ [from qEmx'^-]) qsmo'l:'^ covered with down 



III 153.35 



{xEW-k"" [from xex^-]) a;oA^« spHt IV 246.39 



On the other hand, e and o preceding a vowel become y and w. 

 (5-ag-e^) awa'ge crotch 



Lo^ and LE^wes and his 



^ne'x'so^ he was told ^ne'x'SE^weda K. K. was told 



xd'e^ something split xd'^yas his thing that has been 



split 

 Ld'sande^ seaside Ld'sand^yas its seaside 



The ending e^, when preceded by a consonant and followed by a 

 vowel, changes to a^y. 



nd'qe^ mind nd'qa^yas his mind 



g'l'game^ chief g'i'gama^yas his chief 



The diphthong ay, when preceding a consonant, becomes a. 

 ayo'l desired d'xula to desire 



(qay-^nd'kula [from qds-]) qd^nd'Tcula to walk along 



Another class of reciprocal changes affect the vowels. It seems 

 that there are no purely phonetic rules which restrict the sequence 

 of vowels, but contractions occur which depend upon the etymological 

 value of the suffix. Thus the suffix -a (p. 533), when following a 

 terminal a, is contracted with it into a, o'^ma-a that chieftainess 

 becoming o'^md; with terminal o it is contracted into o, Ld'wayo-a 

 that salmon river becoming Ld'wayo. On the other hand, we 

 have, in the case of other suffixes, g'd'xaaqos your coming, in which 

 two adjoining a's are not contracted. 



Similar contractions occur in a number of suffixes : 



(ts!d-anEm) tsld'nEm, obtained by drawing 



water 

 ild'wd-dmas) lawd'mas to cause to be off 



from a line 

 (tsld-ayu) ts.'d'yu instrument for draw- 



ing water 

 (ts!d-anEm) ts.'d'nEm obtained by giving 



(Lldyo-ap!) Llayd'p! to exchange 



(lExd'-dlisETn) lExd'lisEm. to die of coughing 



The consonants m and I have a similar effect upon vowels : 



{de' g ETYi-ayu) de'gEmyu means of wiping face 



(tlEin-ayu) tlE'myu thread, i. e., means of 



sewing 



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