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The following examples illustrate occurrences of allomorphs of 

 affix 401: 



subeu-kuyA I am eating 



gdkAca-nikiryA he is looking at him 



cid^'a'i'-tikuyA I am catching him 



kdisk^-'azai-ku he is turning around 



siukMci-tA I am hitting him 



sduti-sa I am planting 



kd-ni-CAdyAyA he is walking 



W8k9-wak8-kA it is shaking 



Associated with allomorph 401E, -(i)tA, is a change from -a or -a 

 to -i or -I in the stem-final vowel of the verb to which it is suffixed. 

 Compares siuliaicA I hit him with siulsaicitA / am hitting him. Affix 

 402, which refers to unfulfilled action, contains the following allo- 

 morphs : 



402 A -nE(.) 

 402B -nE(.) 

 402C -WE 



Illustrations of the occurrence of allomorphs of affix 402 are as follows : 



ci-zuwa--nE / came to pay him 

 siukA6A-nE 



SUpE-WE 



Affix 403 expresses remote state and has the single allomorph, 403 -mA: 

 g4-tk-inA it is full {something remote) 

 Century class 500 contains two morphemes, 501 and 502, which 

 express subject number. They are suffixed either directly to the verb 

 stem or follow affixes of Century Class 400. Affix 501 indicates dual 

 subject and includes the following allomorphs: 



501 A -na 50 IE -mati 



501B -natiC-) 501F -mA§uti 



501C -d^i 501G -§utr 



501D -ma 501H -pa 



The occurrence of these allomorphs is illustrated by the following 

 examples : 



/ came to see him 

 I came to eat 



we two turned around 

 we two know him 

 we two are 

 we two worshipped 



sikupawa-iia we two chopped 



siukAca-nati we two saw him 



sid^a^-dyi we two caught him 



sdudi-ma we two planted 



AffiLx 502, expressing plural subject, has the following allomorphs 



502 A -nE(.) 502H -we 



502B -nE(.) 5021 



602C -tA(-) 502J 



502D -mE 502K 



502E -mB 502L 



502F -mASA 502 M 



502G -WA 



sdisk^-?a zai-mati 

 siuni-mA§uti 

 sadd-^E-guti 

 siwi-deya-pa 



-se(-) 



-SI 

 -?E 



-(i)yA 



-se(.) 



