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There is some evidence to show that a similar device was used in 

 conjunction with t and n, but at present I have not sufficient ex- 

 amples to show this conclusively. 



On further investigation it appears that the device of inserting a 

 vowel to prevent consonant-clusters foreign to the Fox runs through- 

 out the language. The vowel is usually e, but always a before Ti 

 and liw. There is an initial stem nes to kill ; compare dnesc'itc^ then 

 HE KILLED HIM {d — dtc^ § 29). Contrast this with dnesegutc^ then he 

 WAS SLAIN {-git- sign of the passive [§ 41]); nesegwd 190.3 he has 

 been slain (independent mode, aorist, passive [§ 28]; -ivd lengthened 

 for -w^); ndsegut"' he who had been slain 190.8 (passive participi- 

 al; -gu- as above; -t^ [§ 33]; change of stem- vowel of nes [§§ 11, 33]). 

 Other illustrations are husegtv"' he was feared 56.14 (s- [§ 21]), 

 contrasted with kusdw"' he feared him (-div'^ [§ 28]), Icu'tAmw"- he 

 fears it (t [§ 21]; -Amw°' [§28]); a'io'fcena^c then he wakened her 

 104.18 (for -tc^; -n- [§ -21] ; per contra d'tokltc^ then he woke up 

 168.11); atdgendtc he touched him 158.5; miJcemegutcin^ he by 

 whom she was wooed 142.6 (passive participial; ml'lc- [§ 16]; -m- 

 [§ 21]; -gu- [§ 41]; -tcin^ [§ 33]); mikemdw^ he wooes her (-aw« 

 [§-28]); dmi' kemdtc'' when he wooed her 148.6 (d — dtc^ [§29]); 

 kdgendw^ he washes him (kog- [§ 16]; -dw"' [§ 28]; contrast koglw^ 

 he mires) . For a as the inserted vowel observe intaliwdw"' he buries 

 HIM {pit- [§16] ; -hw [§ 21]; -dw^ [§ 28]) ; kAskaJiAmw^ he accomplishes 

 AN ACT (kAsk- [§16]; -h- [§ 21]; -AmW^ [§ 28]); a fltahwdwdtc then 

 they buried HIM 160.2 id—dwdtd [§29]; -» elided).— T. M.] 



§ 9. Variation of Consonants 



Some consonants interchange one with another. The process is 

 marked among those with forward articulation, s and c inter- 

 change in : 



me's,ekwd^w^ she has long hair 



me'cdw^ it is large 



Mdse'sibo^w^ large river (name for the Mississippi) 



me'clmi'n"' large fruit (word for apple) 



H and c interchange: 



me'^tahwd^W^ he shot and hit him 

 me'cwdw"' he shot and hit him 



H and s interchange : 



ne'^tAmawd^w"' he killed him for another 

 ne'sdw°' he killed him 



[For the interchange of sonant and surd stops see § 3. — T. M.] 



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