193 Grammar of the 



consonant of the adjective or verb, which is initial, is 

 struck out. 



3o. — A substantive follows the nature of the adjective or 

 verb as to the paradigma, not as to conjugation, as, enta' 

 — a day, whether it is compounded with the verb ^a^an — 

 to belong, or the verb ondi — to do, it is always of the third 

 conjugation ; that which has ^amn is of the second, and 

 ondi is of the fifth ; but because ^anan is of the paradigma 

 Sf and oiide of the paradigma ch ; therefore enta joined 

 ^a^an is conjugated like the paradigma s, and is joined to 

 the vei-b o)idi, inflected like the paradigma ch. 



4o. — If an adjective taken out of composition begins 

 with another vowel than that which is proper to the infini- 

 tive of its own conjugation, then that it may be properly 

 restored to composition with the proceeding substantitive, 

 it ought to take the vowel proper to the infinitive of its own 

 conjugation, as, on'diri — strong, of the second conjugation; 

 that it may be compounded with a substantive, it ought to 

 change the initial on into an, as, onnonchia' ndiri — a 

 strong hut, but not annonchiondiri. 



5o. — Words of the third conjugation when they undergo 

 composition in place of the initial of the nifinitive take the 

 third person singular of the paradigma s, as, hokaochavei- 

 chiat — the angry beggar, from okaocha — beggars^ and era-- 

 chiut — angry. Thus, lio^atmendi — something has happened 

 to him, from /tataandendi — to arrive. In like manner, 



tsaonhnentsauentoiidi the country is repeoplcd, from 



onh*',enlia — country, and entondi — to encrease. 



60. — Many verbs when comjioundcd with a double vowel 

 change the first vowel into i, as, ^aa^i — to cut, if it is 

 compounded Avith fienta — a stick, is jnentia.i — to cut a 

 stick, not fientaaj. 



