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A few Type B intransitive verbs always occur with -6i in word-final 

 position. This morpheme cannot be assigned a meaning function 

 and does not fit in any of the classes of inflectional aflixes: 



k^-gani it is red 



k^-seni I am red 



There is a tendency for words beginning in g-, k- or Is- to develop by 

 analogy a set of inflectional afiixes even though the word may not 

 originally have been a verb. This may be seen in the word gasi'ki 

 cacique borrowed from the Spanish. The initial g- no longer behaves 

 like a part of the stem but is identified with the third person prefix 

 and may be replaced by other pronominal or future tense aflSxes: 



sesl-ki I am a cacique 



nesi-ki will he a cacique 



Some words have an indicative and a dubitative form but never 

 occur with the futm*e tense prefix or any other inflectional aflBx: 

 kii-tf mountain 

 cu-ti there may be a mountain 



The potentiality for occurring with a future tense prefix is taken 

 as a necessary condition for membership in the verb class. Mountain, 

 therefore, is not a verb, but is classified as an uninflected word which 

 exhibits two alternate forms. 



VERB STEMS 



Verbs are analyzed as consisting of a stem plus inflectional affixes 

 of the various classes previously described. The stem itself is analyzed 

 as consisting of two obligatory components, a thematic adjunct and a 

 core, and may include a benefactive suffix as well. The combination 

 of these elements to form verb stems is described in the section to 

 follow. Certain verb cores, in turn, may be analyzed further. These 

 will be described under "Verb Core Derivation." 



STEM FORMATION 



The thematic adjunct (abbreviated TA) is an element of the verb 

 occurring, in most cases, immediately preceding the core (i.e., it is 

 the initial element of the verb stem). The verb zinatA he bought it, 

 for example, may be dissected as follows: 



