Stress Patterns
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63. Stress patterns: V(owels) elevated pitch on stem or on full prefix vowel
yetúłtał
- s/he’ll bring him
yítúłtał
- s/he’ll find him
chích'úl'ul
- we played
chích'úl'úl ni
- let’s play
ezhí
- it's cold
ízhi
- name
gheshchégh
- I cried
ghíchegh
- s/he cried
bénqel'á
- his stuff, belongings
nábenqel'á
- our stuff
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64.
CghV
vs.
CV
, with stress
teshnásh
- I move
tgheshnáł
- I will move
telggúsh
- s/he starts to run
tghelggésh
- I will run
tghítetl'
- you will kick it rep.
ítíghíteł
- you will kick it once
dghełdés
- it is heavy
deghełdés
- it was heavy
tghełchíł
- I will make it
dígheshchin
- I was hungry
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Feodosia Sacaloff, James Kari and Peter Kalifornsky at 1974 Kenai Peninsula History conference.
Feodisia Sacaloff, Bertha Monfor, and Eva Lorenzo at Bertha's home ca. 1972.
Ephim Baktuit in Kenai, ca. 1953.