658 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



Before or after q^ the auxiliary vowel is a. ' 



ti'nik-i-le'iit {ti' mkilgi-le' ut R 278) hummock-head 



i'tt-i-pilvi'ntin precious metal (i,^ e., gold) 



gel-i' -tkin-i-Tc on the top of the sea-ice 9.1 



na'lvul-i-thin the herd 79.6, see also fiallvtlibhin 32.11 



deu't-i-hd without head 47.8 {<e-Uwt-'kd) 



i'tt-u-wil precious ware 



eul-u-ioa'lat long knives 15.2 {<iwl+valat) 



n-i' -np-u-qin old one 



n-u-plu'qin small one 10.2 



lUanpina' thdqai eyes (had) the small old man 



n-i'tc-d-qin heavy, dear 



(2) Consonants that can not form clusters — like z,, i, wkw^ d^ d', t', 

 ^% h J' — t^ke also auxiliarj'^ vowels when in contact with other 

 consonants. 



niu'Limid blood 117.12 



ti'L-i-til the entrance 105.15 



mingi' Linni hand 57.10 



ga'LiUn he entered into the sleeping-room 109.22 



ge'wkuLin they have tied him up 20.10 {Kge-wkut-lin) 



(3) When two consonants forming a cluster come to stand in final 

 position, an auxiliary vowel is introduced. 



pi' fill news 

 pu'kil big bowl 

 evi'rit dresses 7.8 

 In some cases, however, there is a terminal obscure vowel, which is 

 derived from an older, stronger vowel. 

 ga'zE bird (stem gglhg) 

 ri'rki walrus (ste?;i rirka) 

 ve'LE raven (stem velve) 

 hi'rfii buck, male (stem kirfie) 



§ 9. u, w 



Short, obscure u may change to w or v. 



tv/urkin thou saj-est tu'totuw word ga'tvilm he has said 



yw'^^7•fci/^ thou splittest rw'w^o the split one graV-y/Zm he has split 

 r^'urkm thou scrapest ru'wgg the scraped ga'nvilen he has 



one scraped 



rw't«^fc/nthoudisplacest n^'iygro displaced ^^^'/iwZtn he has dis- 

 placed 

 rg'orkin thou pluckest rg'wgo plucked geigo'Un he has 



plucked 



