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Verbs beginning with c, s, m, or n, or a vowel, often iniix the pro- 

 nouns after the first syllable: 



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cajxi to stab caun'pa I stab 



ceti to build a fire cewatl 1 build a fire 



ceuHipi we build a fire 



co2?a to wade cowaj>a I wade 



8uta to miss suuHapi we miss 



maiio'^ to steal mayand^' thou stealest 



ma'ni to walk mavxmi I walk 



opa^ to follow owapa I follow 



asni^ to be well anisni thou art well 



Although Riggs states that verbs with initial n belong to this class, 

 I have not found a single instance of this kind. On the other hand, 

 some verbs, apparently not compounds, beginning with other sounds, 

 infix the pronoun. 



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paHta^ to bind pawalita I bind 



tol'su to transport toioaksu I transport 



tcMia^ to be to'^'imha^ I am 



to'^wa'^ to go to see ivato'^wa'^' I go to see 



Prefixed pronouns before the sounds here enumerated are, how- 

 ever, not rare: 



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ceka to stagger maceka I stagger 



ceya to cry loaceya I cry 



skata to play wasJcata 1 play 



nuni to wander wanuni I wander 



In verbs of this class the first person dual is often prefixed, even 

 when the other persons are infixed. 



u^hopapi or ou'^papi we follow (from oim) 



3. Verbs containing the prefixes Jca- and pa- (see § 13), and Teton 

 verbs in Jcpa- {tpa-)^ gla- (Santee hda-), and (/la- (San tee hdu-) (see 

 § 20), prefix the pronouns. 



'In this word the vowel is not a prefix. 2in this word, pa- is not a prefix (see § 13). 



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44877°— Bull. 40, pt 1—10 59 



