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HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



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TOP OF A mountain), n {oNNa akmpit). The other voiced consonants 

 of the language {iv, l^ j, $r, r) are always short, and are found only 

 between weak (unstressed) syllables or in the transition from a weak 

 to a strongly stressed syllable. If the weak syllable has the stress 

 owing to derivation or inflection of the word, the fricative consonant 

 becomes unvoiced and long; e. g., 



r>RB. 



West Greenland rna'raLLuJc Greenland 'maRRaq clay 



morass, swamp 

 West Greenland /leWiwo^ eats Greenland 'neRRiwik eating- 

 place (table, etc.) 

 West Greenland taaq dark- 

 Greenland 'taRRaq shadow, re- 

 flection 



ness, shadow 

 Mackenzie river tapapk 



OMBRE 



Southwest Alaska a'riftaka 

 I quarrel with him 



Greenland 



'aRRiwoq hastens 

 'aRRuppoq flies into 

 a passion 



Southwest Greenland ni'gaq a West Greenland 'nixxdt snares 



snare (plural) 



Southwest Greenland i'ga a West Greenland 'ixxaivik the 



pot pot-place (kitchen, etc.) 



Southwest Greenland ni'geq 



West Greenland 'nixxerpoq it 

 is south wind 



south wind 

 Mackenzie river niyepk east 

 wind 



1>LL. 



West Greenland a'loq a sole West Greenland aLuit soles 



(plural) 

 West Greenland il'inne at, West Greenland '{llU thou 

 by thee 



W>FF. 



West Greenland i'wik (a West Greenland 'iFFtt grass 



blade of) grass 

 West Greenland awa north 



West Greenland a'wippaa 



divides it in two pieces 

 Mackenzie river avitoak 



DIVORCER 



(plural) 

 West Greenland 'appa there in 

 the north 



West Greenland 'awwaq the half 

 part 



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