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into the world, of tlie fifth conjugation, hntohakm — he is 

 daubed, from okakhi — to besmear, of the fifth conjugation, 

 from whence it is evident tliat all those passives are of the 

 first conjugation from what ever relative they are derived, 

 are excepted from this rule. 



lo. — Verbs of the second conjugation beginning with aja, 

 as, saka'k»eitdnten — put your eye there to see wliat takes 

 place, for satefiknouhten, from a^aknenda — the round of 

 the eye ; sakon'chioten — show your face, for sateonchoteny 

 from (ifinchia — face. 



2o. — Those beginning with ah, as a^Xven^dori — to beat 

 about an island, to spear and kill the game that is there, 

 for ataHe'ndori, from fihnendori. Akhichototi — to have 

 force ; for atelmchoton, from fihvichoton — to have force. 

 Akonnnde^en — the canoes are near each other ; for atehon- 

 ande^eii, from ^nhonande^en — to put canoes near each other. 



3o. — Those beginning with flw, as ahaeiidaen — to be 

 obeyed ; for afcvendacn, from aaendaen^ as honaxemlaenk — 

 they obey him. Ak^endiusti — to take some one for master. 



4o. — Verbs of the fourth conjugation which in place of 

 at prefix end of the first person singular of the indicative, 

 by taking away g^ as ^endintionniak — I am making myself 

 a gown ; from ^vnnondi — to make a gown. EndiH/tarichiai 

 — to make one's self a garment ; from ^ciih/iaric/iiui — to 

 make a garment. 



NoTK. — Some verbs of the second conjugation com- 

 mencing with /III by changing their second conjugation 

 into the third, become passive, as enciifiiieti/iic/iitu — the 

 wheat will be ripe, for i-natcnncu/iic/iit'ti. Some become 

 pa»><iyc by adding, besides changing its conjugation, the 

 syllal)le di\u the middle, ns a/irndienc/iaHa — he hiis descend- 

 ••«! from his place, from a^-nc/ui^. 



