232 GEAMMAK OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



n;'ikosh stoi)page of waters, for nAkuash. 



shu'dshna to chase each other, for shii-udshna, slmhudsbna. 



we-iilta to permit, for wewalta. 



gilggutko, 123, 2, crossed over, for gAkuatko. 



liukianma to gather around, for livvakiamna. 



12. Krasis or "intermixture" is the union of vowels forming part of differ- 



ent syllables into one vowel sound (or diphthong) to avoid hiatus. 



The sound h is easily dropped if it stands between the vowels, 

 shda they of course, for sha i-a, sha ya, 93, 6. 

 tidshak good if to he, for tfdshi ak, tidshi ha gi, 93, 9. and Note, 

 miut yours that, for mi hut. 



13. Vocalic attenuation or shortening, weakening of unaccented syllables 



into the primitive vowel 6 forms the transitory stage to tlie figure 



called syncope. We find it in : 

 skdtkela to carry on hack, for skdtkala. 

 shulemokcdsha to swing around, for shulamok^dsha. 

 shiikpeli to withdraw, for shukpali, cf 68, H and Dictionary. 



Weakening of an accented syllable: te'kish sword, for tekish. 



Attenuation taking place between words is observed in : ge'ntgni / 

 would fain go, for ge'nt a ni; atenen for at a nen ; tatdtenat ivherever we, for 

 tat4t a nat; tatatdks6 spukliA when they sweat in it, S2, 3. 4., for tatatak sha 

 spuklia. To this may be added the weak pronunciation of -am, -lam, the 

 suffix of the possessive case, especially frequent in the Modoc dialect, and 

 almost equivalent to -6m: muklaksam, su^ntcham, etc. 



14. Diaeresis or vocalic diremption takes place when a vowel, which is gener- 



all}' a long one, is redoubled or even ti-ipled, and when a diphthong 

 is pronounced with hiatus, that is, as an adulterine diphthong. 

 a. Diaeresis of a vowel: 



kf-intch wasp, for ki'ntch, ki'nsh. 



mo-6we woodchucJc, for m6we, muwe. 



nd-as one, a single one, for na's, na'dsh. 



shle-eta to discover, find, for shldta. 



ki-i-fa to tell lies, for kia, kfya 64, 4. 



