CHANGES OF LETTERS. 



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§ 7. 1. a. When 'k' and 'k,' as in kiq and kiqhaq, ka and kehaq, etc., are 

 preceded by a verb or adjective whose final ' a ' or ' aq ' is changed for the sake of 

 euphony into 'e,' the 'k' or 'k' following becomes '6' or '(J;' as yuhe diqhai), if 

 he has, instead of ynha kiqhaq ; yuke c^ehaq, token there tvas, instead of yukaq 

 !^ehaq. 



b. But if the proper ending of the preceding word is 'e,' no such change takes 

 place ; as, wa^te kigliar), if he is good ; Wakaqtaqka ape ka wastedaka wo, hope in 

 God and love him. 



2. When ' ya,' the pronoun of the second person singular and nominative case, 

 precedes the inseparable prepositions ' ki,' to, and ' ki6i,' for, the ' ki ' and ' ya ' 

 are changed, or rather combined, into ' ye ;' as, ye6aga, thou makest to, instead of 

 yaki^aga ; ye6i6aga, thou makest for one, instead of yakicidaga. In like manner 

 the pronoun ' wa,' /, when coming in conjunction with ' ki,' forms ' we ;' as, wedaga, 

 not waki6aga, from kidaga. Wowapi we6age kta, / tvill make him a book, i. e. / 

 will write him a letter. 



3. a. When a pronoun or preposition ending in ' e ' or ' i ' is prefixed to a verb 

 whose initial letter is ' k,' this letter is changed to ' 6 ;' as, kaga, to make, ki6aga, to 

 make to or for one ; kaksa, to cut off, ki6i6aksa, to cut off for one. 



b. But if a consonant immediately follows the ' k,' it is not changed ; as, kte, to 

 kill, nikte, he kills thee. In accordance with the above rule, they say 6i6ute, / 

 shoot thee ; they do not however say kidute, but kikute, he shoots for one. 



c. This change does not take place in adjectives. They say kata, hot, nikata, 

 thou art hot ; ku^a, lazy, niku^a, thou art lazy. 



§ 8. 1. ' T ' and ' k ' when followed by ' p ' are interchangeable ; as iijkpa, iqtpa, 

 the end of any thing; wakpa, watpa, a river ; siqkpe, siqtpe, a muskrat. 



2. In the Ihaqktoqwai) dialect, ' k ' is often used for ' h ' of the Wahpetoqwai) ; 

 as, kdi, to arrive at home, for hdi ; daqpakmikma, a cart or waggon, for daqpahmihma. 

 In the same circumstances the Titoqwaqs use 'g,' and the Mdewakaqtoqwaqs ' n ;' 

 as, daqpagmigma, daqpanminma. 



3. In the Titoqwar) dialect, '1' is used for 'd,' as, gh, to come home, for hdi; 

 and also for ' n,' as, lila, very, for nina. OoicoV- - V\^^ 



§ 9. 1. When two words come together so as to form one, the latter of which 

 commences and the former ends with a vowel, that of the first word is sometimes 

 dropped ; as, daqtokpani, to desire or long for, of 6ar)te, the heart, and okpani, to 

 fail of; wakpidahda, by the side of a river, from wakpa and i6ahda ; wi6ota, many 

 persons, from wi6a and ota. Tak eya, what did he say ? is sometimes used for 

 taku eya. 



2. In some cases also this elision takes place when the second word commences 

 with a consonant ; as, napkawiq and namkawiq, to beckon with the hand, of nape 

 and kawiq. 



3. Sometimes when two vowels come together, ' w ' or ' y ' is introduced between 

 them for the sake of euphony ; as, owihaqke, the end, from o and ihaqke ; niyate, 

 thy father, from the pronoun ni, thy, and ate, father. 



§ 10. The 'yu' of verbs commencing with that syllable is not unfrequently 

 dropped when the pronoun of the first person plural is used ; as, yuha, to have, 

 uqhapi, we have ; yuza, to hold, uqzapi, toe hold. Yiiza also becomes oze, which 



