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Examples are — 



Teton: yn'za he takes 



hAlu'za I take 



lu'za thou takest 

 yawa he counts 



h Ala' via I count 



la'wa thou countest 

 yahe goes 



l)Ala' I go 



Id thou goest 



Santee: ymta^' he finishes 



mdusta'^' I finish 

 didta"^' thou finishest 

 yaksa' he bites in two 



mdahsa' I bite in two 

 dahsa' thou bitest in two 



The most important exception is the verb ya to cause, which 

 occurs in last position in compounds, and which has always the pro- 

 nouns as described in § 16. 



Santee : 

 napsi'nya he makes jump napsi'mvaya I make jump 



§ 19. Other JExceptiotial For^ns 



Other exceptional forms may be grouped as active and neutral 

 verbs. Irregular active verbs are the following: 



The Santee verb ya'^'ka to weave basketry, to weave snow- 

 shoes, is analogous in its forms to Teton iiiAni' : 

 1st person : riina'nka 

 2d person: na^'ka 



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