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awa'q^ irhvq- ar/a*^ ^ апюга -q* ajaq^ aÅ-und:q^ ktriicd-q'' 

 (cf. к171нщщ^\ qil'à'q^ |cf. qildk^^^) quTSn-q^^ sa"g^^ a-j'^ 

 niutd:q^^ {cf. iiiutak^^) qnlijm'q^^ (cï. qalipak^"^) 

 ate-q^^ !cf. ateq^^) a'/-X-atd-q-'^ nhito-q'^^ nipito-q^'^ niaqorfd'q-'^ 

 nep-ersd-q-^ ma-"jd-q-^ sd-q'^^ 



-td-q in ^^-^* is connected with the verbal -tuicoq (is to 

 superfluity, is big or has big -, many -). But it is not regularly 

 formed as a participle i regularly tusoq, > ?txq). 



§ 29. Sound-changes within the West-Greenlandir 

 language, proved by comparison of doublets, different inflec- 

 tional forms of the same word, and dilfereot derivative forms 

 of the same stem. 



As contrasted with the dialect forms, the forms here given 

 must be considered as general varieties within one and the 

 same language-group (West-Greenlandic). They show sound- 

 changes which may most appropriately be placed side by side 

 with the assimilations. The vowel changes first given, which 

 are enclosed in brackets, occur in the final vowel of the steu) 

 when a suffix is added. 



Just as in the case of separation into dialects, it must 

 be presumed that these established sound-changes have taken 

 place at dillerent times, and that their origin is due to individual 



^ the back of the head * a harp-seal (phoca groenl.) * a woman's after- 

 birth * a Greenlandic hooded cloak *the cross-beam in a kajak by which the 

 side-laths are held from each other '• a strap, cord " a descendant, ollspring 

 " remains behind, comes later ' the palate; the ceiling of a room '" the 

 sky " a loon ibird) '^ the front piece ithe breast) of a garment '^ a sleeve 

 ^* the stem piece and stern piece (at the ends of the keel) of a kajak " ditto, 

 of a boat, a ship '^ an overcoat of reindeer-skin " a covering skin (egg- 

 shell, seed-shell etc.) '' a namesake '* a name '" a seal of 2 — 3 years 

 (blue-side) '' a long-legged one (especially a kind of spider) '* one with a 

 strong voice '^ one with a big head (especially a golden-eve) '* one who 

 is accustomed to eat too much '^ an unknown fabulous animal '° whv. 



