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e,. A similar process is observed also in some distributive forms, in 

 which a diphthong beginning with a semi-vowel (y, w) is reduplicated: 

 yahi heads, d. yayahi, contr. into ya-ihi. 

 yaki seed-basket, d. yayaki, contr. into ya-iki. 

 wakish inside ladder, d. wdwakish, contr. into wa-ukish. 

 wikani sJiort, d. wiwakani, contr. into wi-ukani. 

 This sort of reduplication properly belongs to No. 2 above. 



5. Reduplication tvith vowel inverted. 



This mode of reduplication is not frequent; it mainly occurs in terms 

 containing a combination of vowels which are not real diphthongs, 

 kuatchaki to bite, itch, d. kakutchaki; cf. kudtcha 

 mbute'xe to jump over, d. mbambute'^e, for nibunibate'^e. 

 piiedsha to cast away, d. pepudsha and puepudsha. 

 pu(il%a to throiv down, d pepuel;{a, for puepn^l^a. 

 shewoktiga to wag, d. shashewok^ga, for sheshawokdga. 

 tia'ma to be hungry, d. tetia'ma, for tiatiJi'ma. 

 tchuaish buzzard, d tchdtchuish, for tchntcha-ish. 

 Cf. shashuakfsh, 84, 1, and Dictionary. 



It will be seen that this class is made up of several different modes of 

 forming the distributive, and that piiedsha, pu^l;(a, tia'ma properly belong 

 to No. 4 h. 



6. Beduplication with elision of consonant. 



Terms reduplicating in this manner do not change the position of their 

 accent from the absolute to the distributive form ; it remains at the same 

 distance from the end of the word. They drop in the first syllable their 

 second initial consonant; in several of them the first consonant does not 

 belong to the radix of the word, but is a prefix after which a vowel or e 

 has once been standing. 



I have found this sort of reduplication only in terms beginning with 

 k-, p-, t-, and tch- (ts-), followed by consonants like g, 1, m. Many terms 



