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PHILOLOGY. 



9. The reflective form is denoted by the termination tsut ; as in tapentsut, to kill one's 

 self: 



Sing, kintapentsut, I kill myself Plu. kaetapentsut, we kill ourselves 



kwutapentsut, thou killest thyself putapentsut, ye kill yourselves 



tapentsut, he kills himself taapentsut, they kill themselves 



This form receives the same affixes for mood and tense as the simple verb. 



10. The reciprocal form terminates in W&JM ; as, from polistum, to kill: 



kaepulistvwayM, we kill one another 

 pupulistuwafiu, ye kill one another 

 pulistuwaytM, they kill one another 



11. A form signifying to do any thing for or concerning another is made by the addi- 

 tion ofpela or pele to the verb ; as, 



tgetgaupelam, to pray for 



kuektgetgaupelam, I will (or would) pray for thee 

 kotyetgaupelantijM, thou prayest for me 

 kiakpelam, to bear witness against, accuse 

 kaekia-kpelentwrn, we accuse him 



12. The following is the present tense of a transitive verb varied through all its 

 transitions : f 



uitgin or witgin, to see. 



FIRST TRANSITION. 



uitgintsin, I see thee 

 uitfin, I see him 



kcnctigintu?., thou seest me 

 uitgintuy., thou seest him 



kowitgis, he sees me 

 uttgitffmtrs, he sees thee 

 uitgis, he sees him 



uitginst, we see thee 

 kaewitgintum, we see him 



ye see me 



uikitylrnvn (or uikatylamen), I see you 

 uiitgin (or ultgin), I see them 



SECOND TRANSITION. 



kaewitgitylp, thou seest us 

 , thou seest them 



THIRD TRANSITION. 



kaewitgitylis, he sees us 



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uiitgis, he sees them 



FOURTH TRANSITION. 



uitgil.^lamut, we see you 

 kaewiityintum, we see them 



FIFTH TRANSITION. 



kaetsuitgiifilp, ye see us, &c. 



