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which is often due to other causes. There is a marked tendency to 

 introduce s. 



(a) Withs; 



qlu'lyak'^ grown up 



q!ulsq!u'lyaJc^ (stem probably 



qluls-) 145.18 

 g-i'lsgiltla 150.38 



es^e'qa 



Jc-!e'sl-!edel 2^0.3 

 U'slexa 199.28 

 e's'elc- 151.16 

 le'sleT^^ 27.15 

 da'sdala 244.25 

 le'sldlenox^ (also leHd'lenox^) 

 LdsLd'la legs 43.36 



g-o'lg'ohulot 135.43 

 ^nd'l^nEm 

 xa'lxaq 324.22 

 de'ldsl-ElE'ls 323.27 



g'l'ltfa long 

 e'qa witchcraft 

 Tc'le'del princess 

 le'xa large round opening 

 ek' good 

 leIc"^ thick 

 dd'la to laugh 

 Id'lenox^ ghost 

 Ldx^- to stand 

 (&) With I: 



g'o'hulot tribe 

 ^n£7w one 

 xdq bone 

 dsg'Ega' grave 



(5) Words beginning with m, n, I, I, except those the first syllable 

 of which closes with a consonant of the same group, which have their 

 accent on the initial or on the reduplicated syllable, reduplicate by 

 repeating the initial consonant and the following vow^el, while the 

 first vowel of the stem is elided and the initial consonant voiced. 

 At the same time I in the weakened syllable is transformed into eI. 



rad' x^enox^ killer- whale maE'mx^enox'^ 



me'gwat seal Trie' Emgwat 



^mak'd'la island ^maE'mJc'dla 



nsg'e' mountain naE'ng'e 



^nEX^une'^ blanket ^naE'nx^une^ 



Le'gwilda^x^ (name of a tribe) Le' Elgwilda^x^ (the clans of 



the Le/gwiida^x" 

 le' eIoI crew 

 lElc.'wd'ne^ old woman lEE'lklwane^ 



(6) A number of words reduplicate the first consonant with short 

 vowel, but no definite rule can be given for the application of this 

 mode of reduplication. 



dd'la to laugh dEdd'lElal 231.23 (see 4 a) 



dzEtslE'nd to tear across dzEdzEtstE'nd 240.3 



dd to hold dsdd'sx'd 243.40 



sakwa' to carve meat SEsax^s^E'nd 23.9 



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