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ts' Himii'ts' lamt'a^n I always boil it (cf. s'ornoda'^n I boil it) 

 s'&'s.anVe^ I shall stand; s'a,'s'an.ip'igam we shall stand; s'a's'an- 



k'wa to stand 

 sene'sant'e^ I whoop; se'nsant'e^ I shall whoop 

 deHwl'^gank'wide^ I spread (it) out for myself 

 dasga'Ufd'^ (grain) will lie scattered about 



With -fa"- and -t'e^ above contrast the morphologically identical ele- 

 ments -dd°' and -de^ of the following examples, in which the same 

 accentual condition prevails but with a consonant other than Z, m, or n 

 preceding the affected dental: 



fge'its'Udd"' (round object) will lie (there) 

 s'u'Vdidd^ (string) ^vill lie curled up 



dak'feJcle'xade^ I smoke (but future -xa't'e^ because of immedi- 

 ately preceding accent) 



§ 24. INORGANIC h 



Whenever two morphologically distinct vowels come together 

 within the word (verbal prefixes and postposed particles, such as 

 deictic -a\ are not considered as integral parts of the word), the first 

 (accented) vowel is separated from the second by an "inorganic" -7i-: 



itlana'Jii^n I hold it (aorist stem, t.'ana- + instrumental -i-), but 

 future U.'ani'n (stem t!an-) 



daV-da-Jiala'hin I shall answer him (future stem hala- + instru- 

 mental -i-), but aorist dak^-da-hdHi'^n (stem JidH-) 



This inorganic Ji is found also immediately following an m, n, or I 

 preceded by the accent: 



waydnha^n I put him to sleep (cf. 'same form with change of 



accent wa-yd^-na'^n) 

 dd^-^agdnhi^n I used to hear about it (cf. -agani'^n I hear it) 

 liwllhaufe^ I kept looking (cf. liwila'ufe^ I looked) 

 xa-it' giHt' ga'lhi he broke it in two (cf. with identical -i- suffix 



xd^saW gwi'U gwili he broke [somebody's arm] by stepping) 

 I'inliamk'am he was sent off (also in aorist stem imiham-) 

 waddmhiV he killed him udth it (stem do^m- + -i-) 



It will be observed that the insertion of the ^is practically the same 

 phonetic phenomenon as the occurrence of an aspirated tenuis instead 

 of a media after an accented vowel. The vowel, nasal, or liquid may 

 appropriately enough be considered as having become aspirated under 

 the influence of the accent, just as in the case of the mediae. 



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