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Vocalic assimilations. 



[aa > «•] *qajaa > [2«/«'] "tiikiiwaa >■ [takuwcr] 



[oa — wa] [г7"оа — iX'ua] \ 



. ^ doublets used at random 

 [ea — ia\ [amea — amia] ] 



[ее > е-] *ikee > [ike-] 



[ae >• «••'] *arnae >> [arwa-j] 



[аг > а-'] ] 



[агс > а-] ) ^'"^Р^'^' ''' ^ ^^ 



[п > г] *i"'k'np-dq > [г"'А;-г^)*Э5'] 

 [ег > г] *peip-dq > [^г'^^-оз) 



[гш >> у] *inuuwdq >■ [inwwdq] 

 [ou > у] *dTso-uwdq > [orsy-'M/'D^'] 

 [г^агг >• yj *-S4(auwdq > [-s-y'tf^o^'] -s'uaup > [.9у^] 

 *-7l-uauwdq > [^•y.tf^og'] -т^иаир > [//y^)] 



13. [аг<;о > o-] -S'awoq > [-•5*3'5'] 



14. [a«;w > y] -S'awu7iut > [s*i>-/^M^J 

 16. [«г/;г > у] -s'ciwise >• [s'ysej 



16. [f«^a > <ra, «""«] -s'cacaf > [sv^rt^] 



17. [w;w >> f«^] sîijiia > [^ггш] swjM^-eç > [8т?:щ\ 



18. [гг/а > ш] sujcmeq > [sianeq] 



19. [су'о >■ io] najdvqtit ~> [nidrqut] (Nqk.) 



najdrqutis'ät > [гггэгз'г^^г^'а^] (Pröv.) 

 kanaj'dq > [А;б(игос] 



20. [^*га > ^а*] *0'i}ran'ät-4ame >> [onr aw citer we] 



' rt = his, its: kajak his; he sees it ^ house his 'sealskin his * sore -\- 

 e = his or their: sores his or their ^ mothers his ^ -ip'^q, is without, 

 lacks: It lacks sharpness; is dull ^ he is without possessions, poor 

 '° uwdq, is. he is a human being, lives, is born " it is blubber ^'' is big, 

 the big one's — is little, the little one's '^"'* future suffix in З''«^ pers. sing., 

 1., 2., 3. pers. plur. '^ its foremost part, foremost "^ sound of metal, a bell 

 '" trading-articles; a sea-scorpion '" place-name Oiiruifätsiaq in the 

 locative. 



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