10 INTRODUCTION TO TIIK DUniONARY. 



The sounds d and t were kept stricth* distinct tVoni the palntnls d.sh 

 and tch throughout the series of words in which they occur, but words 

 containing the sounds m and n were left intermingled with those containing 

 n;;; and the nasalized explosives mb, mp, nd, ng, nk, nk, nt, of which tluiy 

 form components. 



V occurs only in the combination vu. Words with initial wu- are all 

 entered under vu-. 



See remarks on the diphthongs, Texts, page 12. 



Forms included in parenthesis ( — ) are very unfi'equently met with. 



The simple sounds susceptible of gemination are as follows: the 

 vowels a, e, i, o, u ; the consonants g, h, k, 1, m, n, p, s, t. 



From the alternating list of sounds and the rules submitted the finding 

 of a Klamath word in the Dictionary will not, after a few hours of practice, 

 meet with any difficulties. I subjoin a list of instances, which will prove 

 useful to beginners, and have italicized the most frequent form of the word 

 as the one occupying the first or only place in the list of words. 



Gd-uni can be pronounced kd-uni, ka'-iini, %a'-uni, ga'-uni, and will bo 

 found under ke-uni. 



N^illa can be pronounced ki'la, klia, kllla, killa, n/i'ia, and will l)o 

 found under kl'la, though in this special instance it is difficult to state wliicli 

 is the pronunciation most frequently resorted to. 



The term tamno can be pronounced tdm'nu, damenu, tamenii, and 

 will be found under tdmenu. Other instances are : 



hui'dtoks, hu41taks, wdltaks, wdltoks. 



Sa-ad, Sa-at, Sd't, Shtit, Sha't. 



p'la'ntant, pHentant, p'le'ntant, ple'ntant. 



i-amnash, lyamn^sh, ydmnash. 



penodsha, peno'tcha, peno'dsa, pino'dsa, pinu'tcha, pimitsa. 



guka, gukd, k6ka, k6ga, ku'ka 



ud6pka, vut6pka, wud6pka, udupka, vudi'ipka, wutupka. 



sawiga, shawiga, sawika, shawika, tchawi'ga, tcha-uika. 



uydsh, u-iesh, wiesh. 



temdshka, t'mc'ska, imeshka, temdsga, t'mdshga. 



k6kna, ki'ikua, guhua, gu'kua, guha etc. 



