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with uvularization of the preceding vowel and with the result 

 that one long consonant takes the place of two short ones. 



Yet there is an eastern dialect which is at an older stage, 

 since the uvularization of the preceding vowel has not taken 

 place. In the dialect of Baffin Land, as it is reproduced hy 

 F. Boas, iq.ir and uq^ ur frequently occur in the stems of the 

 words where Greenlandic and the Labrador dialect have er \eq\ 

 or [oq\ or. 1 shall give a number of examples of this. 



Bf. \iq ir iç] 

 si^qoq knee 



irdning, irdming son 

 irdnivoq she gives birth to 

 iqtsaq temple 



iqtsirpä^q cheek tooth, molar 

 jnrtsirpoq (the snow) drifts 

 irnaut train-oil 

 irmirsia^qdjung a cup 

 irmadlin a piece of skin used to 



lay in the bottom of a kayak 

 iqa^wik intestines 

 iql corner (of the mouth) 

 iqva the back end of the runner 



of a sledge 

 iqomavoq he is awake 

 qiqertaq island 

 miqung hair 

 miqun needle 

 nirdjun a great animal 

 sirinirn sun 

 nixe meat 

 ixiqoq little finger 

 ixuluk \ 



Gr. [aq ( 



8Г] 



L. [c'y er] 



serqoq 





sèrkok 



erneq 





егнек 



erniwoq 





ernivok 



ers'aq back 



part 



erksak 



of the cheek 





perserpoq 





perkserpok 



erna-H 





erngaut 



ermuseq 





ermgusiärsuk 



ermaUsnq 





ermcdit 



er Act IV ik 





erchavik 



eqe 





erke 



erqna 





erkok 



erqumawoq 





erkomavok 



qeqertaq 





qikkertaq 



merqoq 





merkok 



merqut 





merkut 



ners-ut 





nergjut 



seqineq 





sekkinek 



neqe 





?ierke 



erqerqoq 





erkekok 



ixadlung \ 



salmon 



eqalttk 



erkaluk 



