BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 755 



either an initial or a final part. Nevertheless, hypothetical equiva- 

 lents are offered as attempts at showing what the pure original forms 

 probably were. Hyphens between the parts mark the places where 

 probable changes take their rise : 



i-\-e becomes e: pe'megd^w'^ he dances past (from pemi-egdw'^) 

 i + d becomes d: inA'netdwo.ge^rV' sacred garment (from iriAnetdwi- 



a,gen^); co'skwhgeM^ smooth cloth (from cdslwi-'&gen') 

 i + a becomes a: pema.'hogo^w'^ he swims past (horapemi-Sihogdw"^); 



Ia' gwaJioto^w"' he is trapping (from tagwi-n.liotdw") 

 i-\-d becomes a: niAci' skiwkpo^w^ tea, i. e., herb fluid (from niA'ci- 



skiwi-kpow^) ; wlcku' pkpd''w'^ wine, i. e., sweet fluid (hoiawlcJcu- 



pi-apow^) 

 i + d becomes d: A'nemi!ishd''w^ it fell the other wa}^ (from Aiiemi- 



ciskdw^) 

 ■i + d -becomes o: pe'mbtA^mw°- she passes by with a burden on 



her back (from pem'i-otAmw'^) 

 i + u becomes u: pe'm\isa'w°' he walks past (from pemi-wsdw'^) 

 i + u becomes u: pe'miitd^w'^ he crawls past (from pemi-utdw'^) 



[On the other hand, we find pemipahdw"' he passes by on the run 

 (from pemi-pahovf') . — T. M.] 

 Assimilation occurs between sounds not contiguous: 

 Hcwi/ii'cwiAa^'M;" after he had two (for kicinl' cvf'iha'w"') 



§11, DissiniUatlon 



Vowels often undergo dissimilation. A very common change is 

 o or u to wd. The process takes place in the formation of participles 

 from words having o or u as initial vowels: 



u'tclw"- he came thence; wa'^ciP he who came thence 

 \i'td'ici\inJ' his land; wai^to'lcimiH"' he who owns land 

 n'gwisA^TnJ- his or her son; w'si'gwisiH"' one who has a son 

 u"Jcdtc^ his foot; wa''^a^ci;^'^ one that has feet (name for a bake 



oven) 

 u'vnwVn^ his horn; wa'mmna^* one with small horn 



The vowel u becomes %vd when preceded by a consonant: 



Tcm' sigd'^w'^ she plays at dice; Jcwsi'sigdH^ she who plays at dice 

 nu'wiw"^ he goes outside; nwa,'wlwdpe^ '^ he always goes outside 



The vowel u can also become wd: 



uwl' gewa'w^ their dwelling-place ; \\Awl'gewd^g'^ at their dwelling- 

 place 



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