Volume 1

Handbook of American Indian languages / by Franz Boas ; with illustrative sketches by Roland B. Dixon ... [and others].

  • Franz Boas
Date:
1911-
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Credit: Handbook of American Indian languages / by Franz Boas ; with illustrative sketches by Roland B. Dixon ... [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    1004/1088 (page 992)
    'I'he following words of the Baffin-land and Labrador dialects nia}'^ be compared with those just mentioned: North Labrador (South: a?<Z:aZ;)=Upernavik wa«K-ano Labrador magguh [maRRul'.\ Bourquin § 0 = Smith sound ma(j[(py = Central West Greenland manLuh two Baffin land itirhing \Uir2yiy\Vt02i‘A I, 000=Ammassalik is&rpih = West Greenland iserpik entrance-place Baffin land majoartune, ingertune Boas 11=Ammassalik -tine{wev- bal ending) = West Greenland -Lune § 8. The Greenlandic s Sounds The Greenlandic s (ss) sounds ma}' be traced to different sources. Some have originated fromy, others from c, and others again from t. ss [s,’] has in many cases originated from a consonant y (voiced or voiceless?). Greenland Labrador Mackenzie River Alaska S<f. sisamat sittamat tgitamat [cij stamen four sisit sitte lair of a fox tchiti \citl\ ANTRE —- lsei'_poq ittei'jMq itertoapk he en- ters I'trdxddkd 1 bring it in with me [c]. timmusat timmitjdt (sing, tinmiapk) (sing. tinqmciydk r •/ • T\ \t,lm : i'aajag\) bird .s < ts [y]. ajumsoot agxgxertsuk fatepktQum {'dj?j)ruxi) question .S-.V [,V;]< Av, f/y. (?=neshkok head nassuk nakjuk'AX\.W<e,v nagl.uk or nakd- jink [nacruk] [Burnum 355] cf. slssaq f^h.P^k shore tflgdjapk KiVAGE §6) yv, u\j. W^ssarhuk tiqjjarlul' — — driftwood ss < rc. issaa^h Iggah \;ixxa;/?:] {itQipapk lu- ('Ihchaun [irca:J snow-goggles nettes) medicine for the eyes) §8