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Ir (Base- form) 



Iw (Base-form) 



Al.&MJr b.r^.p- Gr. r; Al. &M. /гг L. дм; Gr. м^Д 



1 shall now proceed to give a series of examples of a 

 sound-assimilation which takes place under conditions exactly 

 corresponding to the conditions for the metathesis, and which 

 will therefore throw a strong light back upon the examples 

 which have been given for the metathesis. 



Gr. [rq\ 

 erqa his anus 

 merqoq a hair 

 nierqut needle 

 merqulik shaggy 

 se'rqoq knee 

 seyqorpoq it cracks 

 qerqa the middle of it 

 eqaluk salmon-trout 

 terqiaq a shade for the eyes 

 erqerqoq the little finger 

 arqa his name 

 arqit names 

 wrqatit thy mittens 



narqa the floor of a house 



{qwrqa bone plate on the end of the kakkoak) ? 



harpoon shaft 



qarsoq arrow karkjok ?. 



par да its marrow (pateq marrow) pakkut 



L. [rq] 

 ittervik entrance 

 merkok 

 merkut 



sêrkok 



serkorpok 



kerka 



erkaluk 



terkejak 



erkekok 



attera 



takkek the moon 



M. [tq] 



mitkpoyoapk 



kpitkpa 

 itkpaluk fish 

 titkpepk 



atkpa 

 atkpett 



tatqaq 



natkpo fond 

 barqu 



katkpok bone 

 ro' 



