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voice. Syllabic reduplication is used very often in addition to a pho- 

 netic device (see § 84) for the purpose of forming a number of verbs 

 expressing transitive ideas of continuous duration. These verbs do 

 not then require any of the transitive suffixes. This latter application 

 may be of a later, secondary origin. 



Examples of reduplication of initial sound, or of initial consonant and 

 following vowel; 



e^wiwlnofrni I am cheating you 

 qEqai'cu la wi'tin clubbed (into 



pieces) is his blood 10.6 

 tl aiai^ivafyu the}'- were killed 58.8 

 pEpUsvfye he was torn up 48.16 

 TitUiwe'^' wat I am coiling it 

 LQl^Ldl^wVyeiiEm it is being bought 



88.13, 14 



en . lianL tcAntcinafis you sha'n't 

 think of me 88.29 



(Am(Ama'e^waq it was attracting by 

 means of its breath 88.25 



Ui'tisiflu (she) is being recognized 

 56.5 



la'^ liitliltowl^' wat these he. is put- 

 ting down 34.8 



xle'Uc lipll'yap Id a with it she 

 painted their faces 122.6 



xnaP-nt la^ lo'^xlo^' loax many that 

 one were hitting 80.4, 5 



7nd po'^lcpo'^'wak'^ people she was 

 enslaving 70.15 



xqe'Htc wiLwe^'yciL slowly she is 

 twisting him 60.7 



nm^x'sl'yax' I am shaking it off 



Owing to the fact that reduplication and duplication are based upon 

 the principle of consonantic or stem weakening, the repeated element 

 occurs very often in a changed form. The following rules have been 

 observed in this respect: 



(1) The semi-vocalic y reduplicates into a long %. 

 yixe'ntce together 64,8 lyixantcu/ye it was gathered up 



yate^'wat he is coaxing him wdndj U %'yatu thus they were 



coaxed 98.4, 5 



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vn^n- to cheat 

 qaiG small 128.29 



ai'wU (he) killed them 124.4 

 pils- to tear up 

 tV"- to coil 

 id"- to buy 



Examples of syllabic duplication: 



tcAne' heoil he is thinking 24. 13, 



14 

 aim- to attract 



It'isld'^'wat he recognized it 



30.28 

 ux lii'tbHs they two put it 



down 7.4 

 Wp- to paint 



LGi^x- to hit 



po'^'lcwis slave 



weL- to twist 



sl'x'Us he shook it off 42.3 



