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shiwdkuasli to the girls, for sliiwaga-ash, 80, 11. 



udii'yua to heat, whip, for udiiyua. 



Consonaniic dissimilation is observed in the following terms 

 formed by iterative reduplication: 



kedsliamkedshalkea to wheel around on one's feet. 



palaknii'ilauk ivith rapid gait, for palakpalak ; cf. palak. 



tchiptcliima, Mod. to drizzle down, for tchi'mtcliinia or tchiptcbipma. 

 18. Metathesis is an inversion or transposition by which a vowel or conso- 

 nant mutually exchange the position which they normally occupy 

 in the word. This may take place in one and the same, or in con- 

 tiguous syllables, and is a figure of euphony, since it renders the 

 pronunciation easier in that connection where the word is applied. 

 Vowels can exchange their location with other vowels or with 

 consonants, and consonants with consonants. 



shiunota to sing in chorus, for shuinota. 



shuila, shuilla to shake oneself, for shiiila. 



msh, insh ine, to me, for vie, for nish, nish. 



slmew4dshka little girl, for slniawedshka. 



kmokumka to growl (dogs), for kmokmuka, d. of kmuka. 



samtchakta to comprehend, for samtchatka. 



wal'lika to look out for, for wa'hlka. 



amtchiksh old, former, for <initch=gisli, tliis probabl}- for ma'ntch=gish. 



sluiipuklash small cushion, for shuipkulash ifod. 



shakptaksha to cluck with the tongue, for shakapshtaka; from kapiita. 



t^u't^a to presage death or mischief, for tu'ktp^a, from tiika to frighten. 



lesluiat%asli/w«, sport, joking, for l^washtxash. 



ne-uxiilpeli to order agtdn, for ne-ul/apeli. 



lushgapeli to go and take off, for luktcha[)eli. 



There is another form of phonetic inversions taking place through the 

 agency of verbal or nominal inflection and derivation ; examples of it are 

 as follows: 



ka-akt for k;ikat, d. of kat who, which, pron. relat. 



shayuaksh for shayukash knowing, slirewd. 



