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(bd). not perfectly moveable or applicable, but bound to certain stems
g\ and i], the first consonnant of the affix is variable and can be r,
gk, k for y, and s, ts, ss for t.
— , to be added to the last vowel of the stem.
.., to its last sound, vowel or consonant.
., to a consonnant (g or ;■) which has to be intercalated, if the stem
ends in a vowel.
:, to the root or any other abbreviated form of the stem.
jl or A, requiring the last vowel of the stem to be respectively
sharp or long.
±. —, requiring its last but one syllable to have a sharp vowel or to
be closed by a consonant.
:—, the rule to be either abnormal or unknown.
Olher signs used:
G, dialects of Greenland,
L, — - Labrador,
C, • -r— - llie Cenlral Regions,
M, — - the Mackenzie,
W, — - the Western.
Where none of these initials is added, G is meant. The
examples taken from the other dialects are spelled in the main as they
are found in the originals.
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