234 GKAM.MAi; (Ji' XilE KLAMATH LAN(iUA(iK. 



sliukatoiiol(')tkis]i ski it-strap tied into the hair, for sluikatanolotkisli. 



talaat t;jalamtitala due west, 29, 10, fur talaak etc. 



tsui'tsani liiwisli uritir-hladder, for sliuidsliiiiu lawalsh. 



tilliiidsha to abandon, for tinlmdslia. 



iitulsliampkasli flowituj down (obj. case), for ntiilsliantkasli, iitulshan- 

 pkasli; cf. gc'uii)tclii for gx'n=ptclii. 



hii neui (for iieii) wii'g-'n kii'git, 87, 5. and Note. 

 17. Dissimilation. — This phonetic law, wliicli is directly opposite to that of 

 assimilation, consists in avoiding tlie repetition of a vowel or con- 

 sonant standing in contignous syllables, and converts one of the 

 two, generally the first one, into a cognate sound pronounced 

 with the same organ of the vocal tube. Dissimilation is more 

 frequent than assimilation, but ap})lies only when the sounds 

 referred to do not stand in tlie same s^•llable. It opei'ates also from 

 one word to the next one, as in: 



huhashtapkuak they stabbed each other onlij, for hnhashtapka ak, 114, i). 

 Vocalic dissimilation is frequently observed in terms formed 

 by iterative reduplication : 



14mlemsh dizziness, inehriatioii, for landamsh. 



heihai red fox, silver fox, Mod. for heihei. 



ketchkatch lifffe f/rai/ fox, derived from kctcliketchli ro»f/h-furred. 



ka'lkali ri>und, for kalkali, k(')lkoli. 



kJi'kakli, kakii'kli i/ellotc, for kiikii'kli, an<l all oilier adjectives of color, 

 in the absolute as well as in the distributive form. 



Instances of vocalic dissimilation in distributive reduplication: 



wewii'kala, for wewekala, d. of wckahi lo </ire birth. 



pepnelxa, for pupuel;^a, d. of })nel;;^a to throw dotvn. 



shkii'shkatkala, for shkiishkatkala, d. of skatknla to carry on back. 



kakaka'kli yrllow, for kiikiikii'kli, d. of kakii'kli ; also all the other adjec- 

 tives of color, and many of those descrii>tive of surfa(!e-(piality. 

 Othei" instances, where vowels become dissimilated, are as 

 follows : 

 - wa'-aks, wc-aks mallard duck, for wc-eks; cf. wekash. 



yanakiinini heinff at the lower end, for yanakain'ni, 148, 2. 



kianiii'nii in the /isliiiiy srasoi/, for kiiimii'nii. 



