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A few stems, however, occur in duplicated form only, probably on 

 account of the character of the idea expressed, which always implies 

 repetition. Such are — 



Tie'hi to laugh gu'tgut exhausted 



Jid'ho to cough Tiu'Tkul light (of weight) 



to'to to shake lolo round 



Others do not occur in duplicated form, but take the distributive 

 ending -ma. These are — 



pdL full 39.1, distributive pafLma 229.24 



wuk! straight, real 24.12, distributive wuJc.'ma 107.20 



cpsq gray, distributive cpE'qEma 



Still others do not seem to undergo any change for the distributive. 

 tEinE'n clean, empty Ic'le to disappear, nothing 



tafmEnua to give up 61.18 k.'wac afraid 90.5 



tq.'ex to wish 129.27 Llap to find 140.1, 138.15 



stag I war 272.5 



On the whole, it would seem that those least onomatopoetic in 

 character lack the doubled distributive. 



In a few cases the doubled form has acquired a distinctive signifi- 

 cance. 



Tclwan hopeful 134.8 Tdwa'nkfwan glad 38.20 



lax sideways, 267.3 la'xlax to deceive 65.19, to rock 129.2 



The most common verbal stem which is used in connection with 

 these attributes is -x to be, to become, to do, to make. -d{-%f), 

 the general verb for motion, is sometimes used with stems signifying 

 motion. It seems difficult to classify these words, except those that 

 clearly express noises. Among a total of 126 words of this class, 44 

 express activities or processes accompanied by noises; 16 are decid- 

 edly imitative; 22 designate states of the mind or body which may 

 be expressed by imitative sounds, such as cold, tired, fear; 7 are 

 terms of color; 45 express miscellaneous concepts, but some of these 

 ma}^ also be considered as imitative. It seems likely that, in a 

 language in which onomatopoetic terms are numerous, the frequent 

 use of the association between sound and concept will, in its turn, 

 increase the readiness with which other similar associations are 

 established, so that, to the mind of the Chinook Indian, words may 

 be sound-pictures which to our unaccustomed ear have no such 

 value. I have found that, as my studies of this language progressed, 

 the feeling for the sound-value of words like wax to pour, l"!e noth- 



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