752 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



apAnapAtdmdtisuyAn^ you have been deprived of the sight of 

 YOUR BODILY SELF 382.7 (d—yAn' [§ 29]; -tisu- [§39]).— T. M.] 



While these consonants seem to be inserted for purely phonetic 

 reasons, others, that appear in similar positions, seem to have a 

 definite meaning, at least in some cases. 



[Though I also think that in a few cases intervocalic consonants 

 are inserted for purely phonetic reasons, yet I am convinced that in 

 bulk we have to deal with a morphological element. Take, for 

 example, pydtcisdw"' he came in flight. Here -tc- and -s- are 

 regarded as intervocalics. Such is not the case. It stands for 

 pydtci -\- -isd- + w"- , as is shown by pyatcine'Arawaw" he comes driv- 

 ing THEM HOME (§ 16). The secondary stem -nelca- follows 

 (§ 19) pydtci-. A vowel is elided before another (§ 10) ; hence the 

 final -i of pydtci- is lost before -isd- (§ 19). Similarly -te- seems to 

 be added to pyd-. Note, too, d'pltigdtd when he entered the 

 LODGE, compared with pltcisdwAg^ they came running in {pit-: 

 pltc-: pi- =pydt-: pydtc-: pyd-. In short, pltc- stands for pltci-). I 

 can not go into this further at present. — T. M.] 



It looks as if s plays the same role as t, tc, and n, but on a smaller 

 scale. Instances of its use are : 



Between e and i: Asd'wesVw"' he is yellow 



Between i and d: pyd'tcis'sb^w"' he came in flight (isd [§ 19]) 



Between a and o: ne'mAso^w^ he is standing up 



Between u and d: pyd'tMssJ^w"- he came walking {usd [§ 19]) 



In these examples s has an intimate relation with the notion of 

 animate being. It will be referred to later. 



The consonant m is sometimes an intervocalic element: 



UAndJii' ciiad^w"^ he carefully lays him away 

 pA'nem^Amw'^ he dropped it 



Other functions of m will be mentioned farther on. 



[It would seem that me is substituted for m when a consonant- 

 cluster would otherwise be formed that is foreign to the language. 

 (For such clusters as are found, see § 4.) Contrast 'kewdpAme'n^ I 



LOOK AT THEE, with ncwd' pATHdvf' I LOOK AT HIM) dwdpAUidtc HE 



THEN LOOKED AT HER 298.20; notc also newdpAmegw"' he looked 

 AT me 368.19; contrast wdpAmeJc^ look ye at him 242.19 with 

 wdpAmin^ look thou at me 322.3. Other examples for me are 

 IcepydtciwdpAinen^ I have come to visit you 242.11; dwdpawdpA- 

 megutc^ was she watched all the while 174.17; punime'Jc'^ cease 

 disturbing him (literally; cease talking with him [see § 21]) 370.18. 

 §8 



