^°No'!°69r'^''' LANGUAGE OF SANTA ANA PUEBLO — DAVIS 69 



Compare : 



guzuwa-sa Cgaz- H — liwa-sa) you are sick 



Under similar conditions -iy- reduces to -y-. This reduction, how- 

 ever, may be alternatively explained as an example of the pattern 

 u + 1 > u previously described. 



skuyanikuyA (sku- + -fyanikuyA) he told me 



Compare : 



ciyanikuyA (ci- + -fyanikuyA) / told him 



In stems of four or more syllables, an initial -uwi- (but not -uwi- 

 or -uwi-) reduces to -ui- when preceded by a prefix of the shape C-: 



gdisikuyA (g- + -uwfsikuyA) he scolded him 



The reduction of -uw- to -w- as described above occurs in the same 

 stem when the prefix is of the shape CV-: 



sIwisikuyA (si- + -liwisikuyA) I scolded him 



Vowel reduction similar to the patterns already described some- 

 times operates across an intervening glottal stop. The following 

 types of reduction have been recorded: 



1. -i- plus -a?a- reduces to -e'^e-: 



s^'^ecA (si- -{- -A'^AcA.) my tooth 

 Compare: 



za'i'dcA (z- + -a'i'dcA) his tooth 



2. -i'i*- plus -a?a- reduces to -e-'^e-: 

 pe-'^e-sA (pi*^- + -d'i'a-sA) let him close it 



Compare: 



sd'i'd-SA (§ — \- -^'i*a-§A) you closed it 



3. -i?- plus a short -i- or -a- with level or breathy accent reduces 

 to -i- when followed by a voiceless consonant: 



pikupAWA (pi?- + -ikupAWA) let him chop 

 piskA (pi? — h -dskA) let him drink 



Compare: 



ziktrpAWA (z- + -ikupAWA) he chopped 

 gSskA (g- + -&skA) he drank 



Under similar conditions -i?- plus -a- reduces to -6- and -i?- plus -u- 

 reduces to -iu-: 



pez6 (pi?- + -^ze) let him be talkative 



piukai (pi? — | — ukd,i) let him be satisfied 



Compare: 



gdze (g- + -&z6) he is talkative 

 kukdi (k- + -likai) he is satisfied 



