BOAS] HAiSrbBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 887 



When a word ending in one vowel is compounded with another one 

 beginning- with the same v^owel, the two vowels are generally con- 

 tracted. 



hiyota^ka to come and sit down (for hi iyota^ha) 

 Terminal a before the particle lo (see p. 933) changes to e because it 

 requires a preceding particle y<?, which with a is contracted into e. 

 IjAhi'he lo I am going 



PONCA AND WINNEBAGO 



Ponca and Winnebago have vocalic changes analogous to those of 

 Dakota. 



The negative auxiliary, the future, the quotative, and the plural of 

 Ponca change terminal e and ai to a. 



ik' dgeioi<pai 1 have you for friends 711.13 



iU dgeawdia-md'zl I do not have them for my friends 711.13 

 .jFdge thou doest 



4% sk' dga-hdzl thou doest it not 711.19 

 neta'i you will go 689.6 



nd-baz% you (plural) do not go 689.3 



The same change takes place in verbs followed by -5/, -hlama 



IT IS SAID. 



al he said 60.8 



d-llaiud he said, they say 60.7 

 {'^<l:esk'age thou makest for me 640.1 



gagd-biaiiid he made, they say 60.5 

 (7<zfe^'he went 9.1 



a4dh he went, it is said 9.10 

 zug^e with him 



zdg4a-hi he with her, they say 331.18 

 da^hdi-gd see him! 60.6 



da'^hd-hiamd t\\Q.y saw, they say 58.10 



The change of terminal e to a occurs also in Winnebago in the 

 plural, when the verb is followed by the negative and is in the 

 present tense, and when followed b}" d'nAftga and. 



de I go da'wi we go {-wi plural ending) 



7HiU(3 thou buriest 7'alia'wi j& hnry 



In Winnebago, /' changes regularly to n when following a nasalized 

 vowel. This n differs in the strength of its nasal aspiration from 

 the ordinaiy n. 



hinu'gmhe tears me b}' pulling (for Ai^-ru-gas) 



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