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the occurrence with a specific verb of one allomorph within a partial 

 paradigm presupposes the potential occurrences of all other allomorphs 

 of that partial paradigm with the same verb. For instance, if a verb 

 occurs with allomorph 141 A it may be predicted that the same verb 

 will occur with 142 A, 143 A, 144 A, 145 A, and 146A; if it occurs with 

 151A it may be predicted that it also will occur with 152A, 153A, 

 161A, etc. 



The combinations of three partial paradigms (la or lb with 2a or 2b 

 and 3a or 3b) plus, in certain cases, allomorphs of Decade Class 130, 

 form the primary paradigms of a transitive verb. The partial para- 

 digms combine in four different ways resulting in four principal 

 classes of transitive verbs: ^ 



Class A verbs occur with partial paradigms la, 2a, and 3a. 



Class B verbs occur with partial paradigms lb, 2b, and 3a. 



Class C verbs occur with partial paradigms la, 2b, and 3b. 



Class D verbs occur with partial paradigms lb, 2a, and 3b. 



Class A transitive verbs occur with the following allomorphs of 



Decade Class 130: 



zi- zi- di- pi- pi- pi- 



131A 132A 133A 134 135 136 



Those of Class B occur with the following: 



c- c- t- pi- pi- pi- 



131B 132B 133B 134 135 136 



Verbs of Classes C and D do not occur with prefixes of Decade Class 

 130. 



The primary paradigms of aU four classes of transitive verbs are 

 given in full in Appendix l,page 143. Itshould be noted that this four- 

 fold classification applies only to verbs with singular object. All 

 transitive verbs take A-allomorphs of the pronominal prefixes in 

 forms indicating dual or plural object: 



si-zuwA (11 IB + stem) you paid him 



s^-'i'dizuwA (111 A + stem) you paid them two 

 sdiyd-zuwA (lllA + stem) you paid them 



A further subclassification of transitive verbs may be made on the 

 basis of their occurrence with specific allomorphs of the inflectional 

 suffixes. At least eight subclasses may be defined in terms of occur- 

 rence with allomorphs of suffixes 401, 501, and 502. Verbs of Subclass 

 1 take allomorphs 40 IE, 501 A, and 502 A: 



sfukMci-tA I am hitting him 

 sfukMza-na we two hit him 

 siukMza-nE ive hit him 



5 There is one transitive verb in the data which does not conform to any of the four major classes: -au'u 

 to give a long or flat object. In general it takes allomorphs of partial paradigms lb, 2b, and 3b. However, 

 the -i- is omitted from the prefix in all forms except those expressing first person subject with third person 

 object in the indicative, dubitative, negative hortative, and future hortative modes: c6u'u (ci- + -ftu'u) 

 I gave it to him, but zau'u (z- + -au'u) he gave H to him. 



