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n;i|>ivo'jimigiD thou art raising them (pres. applic.) 



ani'ckiwo'pmiG I am getting up (present) 



anti'awo'pmiG I raised them (past applic.) 



anti'rkivo'.M I have just arisen (preterit) 



In a few other instances the i vowel of the applicative seems to 

 be retained in the preterit. Unelucidated phonetic rules probably 

 account for this phenomenon. It should be noted that the appli- 

 cative verb functions as a normal verb stem, i. e., to form its 

 preterit stem it loses in some cases its final syllable, the suffix, the 

 preterit applicative being then identical with the normal stem, and 

 in other cases loses only the final consonant but retains the vowel, 

 the preterit applicative being then equivalent to the normal verb 

 .stem plus /. 



natpuma'nio'ki whence he spoke to him 

 natpuga'minio'k whence he speaks 



napitivu'si thou hast drawn her out 

 ti'ciwus he ran out 



natandai she seated me 

 amohovicda there he is seated 



The only other stems with which an -i suffix was found in the 

 preterit are as follows: 



ati"i.oimdri he started to walk 



i'a'daimi he followed him 



natpuvaho'inadi where he created it 



natpugamisa'ki where he began to weep 



natpugamaga'gaimi he continually sought him 



68. -c, (-s), interest. 



The suffix -c indicates that the action of the verb stem is done 

 for the benefit of a person, to his detriment, or that he has some 

 interest in it. It is generally accompanied by the applicative suffix. 



ticputo'maiamsa'kcit continually we weep for you 



a'nisa-k I am weeping 



aniumta'ncin I am begging it for you 



anti'uMta-'niV I obtained it for you 



aiiiiimta'nin 1 beg you for it 



a'nituaha'ncit I handle all his possessions 



a'nituha'nin 1 maul him 



kutkiVamdo-'dicda which we must decorate for you 



ha'puti'putudo"da thus we do it 



69. -a. interest. 



The analogy obtaining between normal ->/ and iterative -a has 



