268 GEAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



Different modes of reduplication. 



Of all words of the language not debarred from distributive reduplica- 

 tion through phonetic or other causes perhaps not one-third shows this fea- 

 ture in its regular form. Phonologic causes will account for the fact that 

 so many terms have deviated from the regular standard form through 

 elision, contraction, accent-shifting, and the like. As to the accent, it 

 usually remains in the distributive form as many syllables remote from the 

 word's end as it was in the absolute form. 



There are but a limited number of terms in which the two dialects of 

 Klamath diii'er as to their distributive form. But many terms of both dia- 

 lects, owing to the fluctuating phonetics of the language, use an uncontracted 

 and a contracted or apocopated form for it simultaneously and without any 

 difference in their meaning or functions. Examples : 



guka to climb, d. gu'kaka and giig'ka. 



kfdsha to dive, crawl, d. kikadsha and kfktcha. 



ndta to fix on, d. nengta and n^nta. 



shulotish garment, d. shushalotish and shushMtish. 



t'shln to groiv, d. t'shit'shan and tit'shan, tit'sha. 



tu there, yonder, d. tuta and tu't. 



Compare also atini long, tall, d. a-atini and a-itfni, and its abbreviated 

 form ati (in Dictionary). 



It will be seen that many of these are formed from terms which even 

 in their absolute forms are not always pronounced in the same manner. In 

 the examples given below we will make it a rule to mention only the most 

 frequently used distributive forms. 



There are many terms of which the distributive form is but rarely used, 

 being generally replaced by the absolute, accompanied by some term indi- 

 cating plurality. Instances are the distributive forms of gtena, lalago, 

 miiklaks, ndnka, tk4p, etc. 



Two different modes of reduplication have to be distinguished through- 

 out, the monosyllabic and the dissyllabic. The latter is less frequent than 

 the former 



Monosyllabic reduplication, on account of the intricate jihonology 



