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BUREAU OF AMEEICAlSr ETHNOLOGY 



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Examples of avoidance of clusters in medial position: 



winx- (to be afraid) + -nawa^x vAn^xna'wa'^x they two were 



afraid of each other 86.1,2 

 qatx- (to cry) +-tux . qa'tx°'tux he will cry 



Examples of avoidance of clusters in final position : 



qatcini'tx (to keep on going) 



-]r-n 

 qa^x (night) + -7ix 



to^h (here) + -ns 

 ha^q (ashore) + -nxan 



hatc'a'yun (he asked him) 



-{■-tn 

 tcin- (to come back) 4- -nx 



qat<An\!txan 1 keep on going 



qa^'x^nx (at) night thou . . . 



70.18 

 ta}'k^ns here we two (inch) 56. 6 

 Ka}'q^nxan ashore we (excl.) 



88.13 

 Tiatc' o! yunatch ye ask her 74. 10 



tcUnanx they came back 72.23 



Examples of avoidance of clusters of consonants belonging to the 

 same series: 



kximfUntc (not) + -tc 

 ants (that one) + ca'ya 

 plula'wax (he intends to hunt) 



+ -xiln 

 lit!- (to eat) +-tux 

 t(Ant (how much) + tEx 

 s^-aH (such) +L!a'''^ 



kumi'ntcHc not his 92.15 

 ants^ ca'ya that penis 

 pmla' wax^x'xln we two (excl.) 

 intend to go hunting 54.22 

 ll'UHux (you) will eat 50.2 

 tcfint^ tEx suppose 38.20,21 

 s^aH^ L/a'"-^ such a place 15.1 



Medial 



tsVnq/tanx you are poor 

 laJcwa'ultxan my . . . was 



taken 

 laJcwV xamltxa^x their tvjo . . . 



were taken away from them 



Examples of clusters permissible in medial or final position 



Final 



tsinqlt poor 16.10 

 lakiva'ultx (their) . . . was 



taken away 50.22 

 lohwl' xamltx his . . , was 



taken away from him 54.14 



The only consonantic cluster that does not seem to be permissible is 

 the grouping of nx + Tc. Whenever these three consonants would 

 appear together in the above-named order, the x is always changed 

 into a. 



ts^ya'L.'lnx (you will be shot) 



Jc'^'wa'n%nx{t\iQ.y will be beaten) 

 A-Tc'^na 

 § 4 



ts^ya'z !%na Tc^n a you might get 



shot 

 Tc^vjd"jilna Jc^?ia they may be 



beaten 



