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rao, raoche ; the second pcrpon chao ; tlic third haroih — to 

 spring ; fi'ndio, to grow ; dios, dinskm^ ndiok, ndioche, Ifl — 

 there is something liciuid, imperfect ^iok — there was, ejoha — 

 there will he (that is water,) signifying also, he will fall (that 

 is into the water,) vide findi — to fall into water, concerning 

 an inanimate ohject, as though it were oondi — to distin 

 gnish, ^ondl — to do. ^Andio — to pass somebody in a canoe. 

 It is always joined ta the verb of motion hou, in this 

 manner, nndiohon — to go and pass some one in a canoe, 

 present //f ; imperfect hcnn ; future ha; negative hese*. 

 ^Anendio — to be master, is thus declined, stanchicMandintcni 

 — thou art not master. Stancliie^cndiute^en'iieJi ; future, is- 

 achieHcndhe^cnk, or eaaton ; negative te^K(itu7i'de. 



Verbs ending in nan are pronounced as if they were »<»«. 

 Those verbs in ati have ach or as, future a, negative a/ic. 

 Thus, ^n^x'MH — to steal, to plunder, oftlie paradigma r/<, 

 xnach, xva ; negative xvacfie. Askovau, of the paradigma 

 ch — to draw a man or an animal out of the water, /nt'^nra- 

 van, of the paradigma vfi — to dance, 7iravasn'ra»a, 'tira«ac/ie. 

 Aslaknaii — to promise, of the j)ara(ligma c/i ; present 

 huts. Kntanan — to i)ass a day, of the paradigma tlr, pre- 

 sent, ta-ios. Except kaknati — to lift uj), future t(\ik — I will 

 lift U(), not, teekaa ; negative kxan'de. In like manner 

 askoHan — to chew, r/iiit.sk(tn/tas ; (uliwc cc/iiaska ; negative 

 t'exaskavanf or t'cchias kao/tandc, but this is less in use. 

 Verbs ending in 'en, icn, enneii, l^-c. 



Verbs In en have the present in xa, the negative in andc. 

 Thus ar'on^en — to listen, paradigma ch ; nr'on.ra, raroui 

 — they will hear ; negative, slnntejir'nti/mdc, airmen — to 

 burn, to have fire, of the paradigma s ; pr(>;ent, nieirn — 

 there is fire ; ftiture, m/W; negative /'ro//-^«;/S/c. Afio^rn — to 

 make 1"M'. ttf the paradigma '// , atrvxa, future, troi ; 



