878 KEPOET— 1889. 



sh, the point of tlie tongue not quite touching the teeth. L is pronounced, the tip 

 of the tongue touching the upper teeth, the back being pressed against the palate. 

 N is similar to dn, the nose being almost closed. 



All sounds occur as initial sounds. I found the following combinations of 

 consonants beginning words : 



ks ; ksp, ksk, kstq 



The following consonants occur as terminal sounds : 



p, m, ky, k, k-, r, q, t, n, s, 1, tl 



Terminal combinations of consonants are : 

 Ip Iky pk tk- ; ntk- pq pt ps qtl mqt 



GRAMMATICAL NOTES. 



PLURAL. 



Nouns and verbs form the plural in the same way. Therefore I shall treat this 

 • subject before discussing the parts of speech separately. 



There is a great variety of plural forms ; I observed the following classes : 



1. Singular and plural have the same form: 



Ijcar, ol. day, ca. 



cat, to'us (Chinook). year, k'^tl. 



deer, wan. - fathom, g-a'it. 



seal, rE'la. blanket, g^ic. 



cedar, g-Ela'r. to hear, nEqEno'. 



arrow, hauwa'l. to see, ne. 



It seems that all quadrupeds, the dog excepted, belong to this class ; also divi- 

 sions of time and measures. 



2. The plural is formed by repetition of the whole word : 



dog, has — hasha's. good, am — ama'm. 



foot, SI — si'sl. to carve, gyetlk — gj'etlgyetlk. 



stom, lap— lEpla'p. to cut, g-'ots— g-'asg-'ots. 



tree, k-an — k-ank-an. to make, ds'ap — ds'apds'ap. 



mater, aks — akEa'ks. to strike, d'o'oc — d'Ecdooc. 

 ,Jiat, tqa — t'aqtqa. 



It would probably be more proper to join this class to the next : 



3. The plural is formed by reduplication. 



Iraneh, ane'ic — anane'ic. to finish, g-a'ode— g-ag-a'ode. 



.fffwst, ba'laq — bilba'laq. to'linom, wula' — wulwula'. 



hat, k-a'it — k-ak-a'it. to look, ne'etsk — nekne'etsk. 



scar, tle'eky — tletle'eky. to miss, gua'adEc — gutgua'adEc. 



spruce, sE'mEn — sEmsE'mEn. to jncrsue, loya'ek — loliya'ek. 



inside, ds'ar — ds'Eds'a'r. to speak, a'lgiaq— ala'lgiaq. 



■sick, si'epk — sipsi'epk. to give, gyEna'm — gyEngEna'm. 



