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(2) The intransitive subject third person plural is followed by g in 

 two cases. 



{a) When the subject t would normally precede the directive ele- 

 ment -0- (§ 26.1), this element is omitted, and instead the t is followed 



by g- 



a-y-o'-xune he drifted 24.15 (a- transitional; %j- fori- before o he; 



-0- directive ; -XEns stem to drift) 

 a-t-gs'-XEne they drift 38.10 {a- transitional; t- they; -g- inserted 



after subject; -e- carries accent [§ 5.1]; -xsne stem to drift) 



(6) When the subject t is changed to o before h stems (§ 9.2; § 21), 

 the g follows it when the Ic sound is a stop. It seems, however, more 

 likely that originally this element had a following the g. 



n-e'-k'im he said 107.2 (w- transitional before vowel [§ 17.1]; e- 



he; -k'im- stem to say) 

 n-o-go'-lioiin they say 266.5 {n- as above; -o- third person plural 



before k sound ; -g- "following third person plural before fc stop ; 



o inserted according to phonetic law [ § 7.4]; -koim, -k'im stem 



to say; inserted according to § 7.3) 



(3) The possessive pronoun of the third person plural in neuter and 

 plural nouns has the form -g-, which probably stands for tg-, the t 

 being elided between the neuter prefix l and the plural prefix t 

 respectively, and the g. Thus we have 



t-g-af -gtg-a-kc their heads 165.9 {t- plural; -g- for tg- their; -a- 

 vowel following possessive [§ 23]; -gtq stem head; -a- con- 

 nective vowel depending upon terminal consonant of stem ; -kc 

 plural suffix [ § 38.1]) 



L-g-d' -xauyam-t-ikc their poverty 13.18 {l- neuter; -g- for tg- 

 their; -a- vowel following possessive [§23]; -xauyam poverty; 

 -t-ikc plural with connective sound [§ 38.1]) 



It appears that the g occurs most frequently following the third 

 person plural. It seems probable that in these cases, at least, it is 

 derived from the same source. Whether the g after the transitive 

 pronoun is of the same origin, is less certain, although it seems likely. 

 This g never occurs after objects. The rules given above have the 

 effect that the g can not occur in intransitive verbs which contain a 

 reflexive element and in intransitive verbs with indirect objects. It 

 is possible that this may be explained as due to the fact that all intran- 

 sitive pronouns in these cases are really objective. The g never 

 appears after the personal pronouns prefixed to the noun. 



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