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The -awi- ( = theoretic -awy-) of these forms is related to the -away- 

 of the aorist as the -ilw- of hilwa'^s jumper to the -iliw- of the aorist 

 hih^waY YOU jumped. 



Such double diphthongs as end in -w (e. g. -aiw, -dHw) simply 

 lose the -w: 



gal eat it! {=^^galw); galV he ate it {=*gaiwV); compare 

 ga-iwa'n I shall eat it 



Other examples of this loss of w are given in § 18, 2, All other 

 double diphthongs are simphfied by the loss of the second vowel (i, u) 

 or consonant (J, m, ri); a glottal catch, if present after the second 

 vowel or consonant, is always preserved in the simphfied form of the 

 double diphthong. Examples of simplified double diphthongs with 

 initial short vowel are : 



gelhewe'hsi^n (=*-Aau^n) I think; compare gelJiewe'TisM he thinks 

 imi'JiSi^n ( = *-^am'n) I sent him; compare imi'hsim. he sent him 

 mo'Zo^ma^n (=*maPn) I stir it up; mo'Z^'man ( = *-maln) I shall 



stir it up; compare parallel forms with connecting a: mo'lo^- 



mala^n, mo'Z^malan, and tliird person aorist mo'lo^mal 

 ma'^nma'^n ( = *-man^n) I count them; compare dama'^nmm.i'^n 



(umlauted from -man-^'^?^) I counted them up 

 Icl&m.xa'Ve" (=*Jc!emjixa^t'e'^) I shall make; compare y^.'emna'^s 



maker and ^.'ema'n make it! (with inorganic a because accent 



is not thrown forward) 

 Examples of simphfied over-long diphthongs are : 



dsL^ldi'n ( = *da,i[di'n) I shall go to him for food; compare 



dMfe" I shall go for food 

 el fgelxi^ ( = *fgei\xl^) wagon (literally, rolHng canoe); compare 



fge'ya^lx it rolls 

 dat.'agafn (^*t!aga,i^n) I build a fire; compare dat.'agM he builds 



a fire 

 Tc.'eme^n (=*A:.'emei^n) I make it; compare Iclemei he makes it 

 oyo^n ( = *o?/on^n) I give it; compare third person o^on he gives it 



In the inferential, less frequently passive participle and impera- 

 tive, forms of the verb, double diphthongs, except those ending 

 in w, generally fail to be simplified. If coming immediately 

 before the inferential -¥- the double diphthong is preserved, for 

 what reason is not evident (perhaps by analogy to other non-aorist 

 forms in which the last element of the double diphthong belongs to 

 the following syllable) : 



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