892 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY Tboll. 40 



When the first verb ends in a syllable that can not be contracted, 

 the two verbs stand simply side by side. 



icimani hi to come and visit IX 87.22 {i'chnani to visit; hi to 



come) 

 ode' i he went hunting IX 117.2 {ode' to hunt; i to go) 

 ape ya'^ka he stayed and waited IX 117.3 {aj)e' to wait) 

 ceya wiwako^2a she cried and wailed IX 117.16 



When the first and second verb end in the same vowel, contraction 

 may take place. 



hdiyotaH-a to come home and sit down {hdi to come home; iyo- 



ta^k'a to sit down) 

 hihiO^'iil to come to the shore {Id to arrive; ihu^'ni to land) 



While ordinarily the terminal a in verbs that can not form contrac- 

 tions remains, and the two verbs appear simply in juxtaposition, a 

 few verbs, which otherwise do not differ in their usage from those 

 discussed heretofore, require the change from a to <?, and thus indi- 

 cate a more intimate association of the component elements of the 

 group. These are iyeya suddenly ; ya {ya"^) to cause; A'iya to cause; 

 u'^ TO be; ?* TO go; u to come. 



The following forms are analogous to the preceding groups, and 

 show contraction: 



kaptus iyeya to put down (from Icaptuza) 



yuoUdog iyeya to open out IX 83.15 (from yuoUdol'a) 



hall kiya to cause to do (from kaga) 



sam ya to blacken (from sapa) 



pus ya to dry (from puzci) 



wa^ya'g ya to cause to see (from icaPya'ka) 



No change of the first verb occurs; for instance, in — 

 nazi'^ kiya to cause to stand 



Changes of a, to (' in words in which contraction is impossible are 

 found in — 



te kd^ to wish one dead 

 ye kiya to cause to go (from ya) 

 niwe kiya to cause to swim (from niwa'^) 

 niwe u^ he is swimming 



hakse i he went to cut (from hakm) IX 115.10 

 wanase ay a they went buffalo-hunting IX 88.11 

 hihnaye au they came to marry him IX 111.3 

 anice waci'^ to forbid he intended IX 111.17 (this should be, 

 according to analogy, anin waci'"^) 

 §7 



