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.

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    o>u. a'loq sole iLLo house a'tm'poq it is used alxia his sole 'aLLut soles ihLua his house iLLvt houses a'torput they are used u > ii. niijv!arpog (a dog-) is shy nujuittoq not shy, tame cy w-bad, useless a'justsusee how bad it is A shifting in the vowels produced by the intrusion of a following uvular consonant may be termed uvular mutation. The result of this juxtaposition of a vowel -f- q^ or r is *the uvu- larization by which the vowel changes according to the scheme just mentioned. The uvularized vowels are symbolized in ordi- nary transcription as ar {aq, aR), ei' (eq, 6r), or {oq, or). The vowel and the consonant in reality make up a phonetic unit. The vowel is pronounced with uvular friction, while an enlarge- ment of the innermost part of the mouth-chamber takes place (cf. § 2 under q and r). The vowels which are affected in this wa}'^ have a remarkable hollow and grating sound; in case of o and e it is occasionally somewhat like o on account of the rounding in the posterior part of the mouth. An e between two «’s and an e between two r’s are acoustically widely dif- ferent sounds. a>A. ndsaa his hood; ?idsAq a hood arnaa his woman (mother); amaq [Am.-Aq] woman; ar?iora [Arn.-Ara] my mother qarssaaq [qArs.’A.-ql a loom; pi. qarsaaH [qArs;adt] mm a e>E. amia^ov amee his (its) skin; ameq [a'lnEq] a skin 6 qe—^qeq \_eqEq\ corner; eqia his corner of the mouth n&nwoq eats; nere'reerpoq [ri3r3're:rpoq'\ has finished eating ermkhamj sons; ernera[E7^iEra] my son; erneq[Eq] a son; ev7ie [Fme] his (own) son o>o. maqua his head; niaqoq [niaqoq] a head nano = nanoq a bear a house; tLLorssuaq [iL:ors:uAq] a big house the mt,e poor §11