688 BUEEAU OF AMEKICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



(3) Stems ending in two consonants generally insert a vowel in the 

 terminal consonatic cluster. 



q^e'pil football (stem q^epl)\ (Kor. Kam. qa'pil; Kor. Par. qejnl) 



ma^'qim arrow 75.23 



Id nil walrus -blubber 47.4 



pi' nil tidings 61.5 



c^nil trunk 96.3 



§ 29. REDUPLICATED FORMS 



Some stems are reduplicated. 



(1) Monosyllabic stems are doubled. When the contact between 

 the last consonant of the repeated word and of the stem form an inad- 

 missible cluster, the usual changes occur. 



Koryak : 



vit vi'tvit ringed seal Kor. 17.12 



flai fiai'nai mountain Kor. 42.2 



wiy ly/y/iy/ breath Kor. 33.8 



(2) Stems ending in a consonantic cluster always insert an auxiliary 

 vowel (§8), and therefore appear in dissyllabic form. The redupli- 

 cation consists in the repetition of the beginning of the word at the 



&29 1 Compare § 2, p 645. 



