BOAS] HANDBOOK OP AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 757 



k'& take her along (for a'wAcO 



(i'wdp2itA.'lioguHc^ then he started off carrying her on his back 

 - (for d'wdpawAta'hogu'tc^) 



The second part of a stem often suffers loss from the effect of 

 having been slurred over: 



JclWAi'yAtclHc^ after he had gone (for hlciwA'iijAtclHd) 

 Icihekd'nemdHc^ after he had learned who he was (for M'ciJceJcd'- 



nemdHc^) 

 a' pwd' ndwdHc^ when he did not see him (for a pwd'windwdHc^) 

 a pwd' CAma^tc^ when he did not feed him (for a pwd'wicAmdHc^) 



To slur over part of a pronominal ending causes loss of sound 

 there : 



uwl-'nemo^'^ his sisters-in-law (for ^imne'moha^'O 



Removal of the grave accent one place forward causes elision of 

 final vowel : 



nelcA'nitepe''^¥ all night long (for nelcA'nite'pelci'w^) 



Suffixes help to bring about other changes in the pronominal end- 

 ings. A frequent suffix causing change is -gi: in some instances it 

 denotes location, in others it is the sign for the animate plural. The 

 suffix conveys other notions, and wherever it occurs some change 

 usually happens to the terminal pronoun. One is the complete loss 

 of the possessive ending ni before the suffix with the force of a locative. 

 At the same time the vowel immediately in front of the suffix becomes 

 modified : 



o'sAii^ his father; o'seg''' at his father's (lodge) 

 u''JcdtA^n^ his foot; u'^Jcdte^g^ at or on his foot 



Another change before -gi is that of a pronoun into an o or u with 

 the quantity sometimes short, but more often long. The change is 

 usual if the pronoun follows a sibilant or ^-sound : 



u'wduA^gw' hole; uwd'nAgb^g^ at the hole 

 ma"ka]cw^ box; ma''^a'^uV* at or in the box 

 me'tegw^ tree; me''teg\i^g^ at the tree 

 H'cesw^ sun; Tcl'ceso^g^ at the sun, suns 

 ne'nusw^ buffalo; ne'nusb^g^ buffaloes 



The suffix -gi affects inanimate nouns ending in the diphthong ai. 

 The first vocalic member lengthens into d, and the second drops out: 



u' piskwdb"^ bladder; u'jnsJcw&^g^ on or at the bladder 

 utA^'wAwga} ear; utA'wAga.'g^ at or in the ear 



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