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5. The palatals /■, l:^ and Z', when preceded by e or /, change to the 

 corresponding" dental alf'ricative. 



leco'^' he did this kaltd^' he did that 



le'ca this sort to'Va that sort 



This happens most frequently in the case of the articles l-'i'^ and lid^^ 

 and the conjunction Tceya's even, though. 



ista'gAmxize ci'^ the eyes closed (instead of Uta'gAmuza M'^) 

 Fte ci^hcC^' if he will (for ¥ta MHa^') 

 yvP'ka'he co'^ he was lying in the past (for yu^ka'ha hf^) 

 hi'yuye coHui^' he caused it to come forth (for ht'yuya \oHm^') 

 ya^ke' caya's although he sat (for yaHxt' kaya's) 



This change is regular only when the preceding e stands in place of 

 a of the independent forms of the verb; but the change also takes 

 place at times, although not regularly, when the verb ends in e. 

 ¥te ci^ kill the (for ¥te ki'^) 



According to Kiggs, the same change takes place after ?', in verbs, 

 when the k is followed by a vowel. 



italu fan (from /-, prepositional prefix [see §12]; kalu' to blow' 



away with hand) 

 icasla a scythe (from /-.' kasla' to cut off) 

 kicahleca to break for one by striking (from ki- for; kahleca to 



break b}' striking) 



The analogous changes occur throughout in Santee. 



6. Contraction. Words ending in certain consonants followed by 

 a, when compounded with other words that follow them, and when 

 duplicated, lose their tinal a and change their consonants as follows: 



2J to Ij or 1)1 g to /i 



c^tio I z to .s' 



^' to ^ z \o s 



Examples; 



tol) p'asAla'tapi they stick four into the ground (for to'j/a) 

 wasa'g-icila' he thought himself strong (for vmsd'kd) 

 kciK-wl' c ash he told them to make (for ka'ga) 

 yus-ige'yi^ holding him, he sent him (for ya'za) 

 p'aHp'aP-'za soft (reduplicated iYom p' a^' za) 

 apsi'l and ap^si'ca to jump on 

 (yyu'l and oyu'ta to eat 

 §4 



