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to pieces (with mouth) 



When the terminal consonant and the initial consonant form inad- 

 missible clusters, the former is omitted. 



dopa dodopa miry 



{yd) su'za (ya) su'suza to crush (with teeth) 



ha'l:a kaka'ka to make a dull noise by 



breathing 

 Ito'ka htko'ka to rattle 



In bis3dlabic words beginning with a consonantic cluster the conso- 

 nant of the terminal syllable is not repeated: 



{yu)lida'ta {yu)Kda'Udata to scratch 



{ka)lide'ca {ka)lide'lideca to tear 



mdeca mdemde'ca broken 



psi'ca psipsl'ca jumping 



psa'ka psapsa' ka{ha'^) broken 



lido'ka UdoUdo'ka to make a hole 



tku'ga tkutku'ga to cut short 



ptuza ptuptu'za cracked 



sni(''^za s/iuHnu'^za indistinct 



ksl'za ksiksi'za to double up 



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