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Aorist stem 



da-t\sigM he built afire 96.17 

 ^i-tliigui she wore it 96.16 

 Vgwax-aiVwide^ I tattooed my- 

 self 

 kladai he picked them 

 swadai he beat him in gambling 



To Type 76 belong: 



Verb-stem 



da-dak' build a fire! 

 di-dii^g'^a^nV she will wear it 55.9 

 fgwa.^xa^nfgwide^ I shall tattoo 



myself 

 k!aMaV/t' he will pick them 



(116.17) 



The last three verbs happen to have stems beginning with a conso- 

 nant or consonant-combination that does not allow of development into 

 a fortis, so that there is no initial modification in the aorist. A few 

 other transitive verbs have aorist stems like those of type 76, but 

 form their non-aorist forms according to other models, as the aorists 

 Jclemei- make (only with third personal object; otherwise Tcleme^^^-n-, 

 corresponding verb-stem Iclem-n- of Type 2) and yeJiei- hear singing 

 FAR AWAY (verb-stem yehV--). In both aorist and non-aorist forms 

 the stem vowel or long i-diplithong, when stressed, bears the rising or 

 raised accent (klaf pick them! hd'^-tleheY he arose). 



Type 8. Verb-stem c + v^ + Ci; aorist c'+v + c^ + v + Ci- The aorist 

 stem of this type is characterized by reduplication of Type 1 (see 

 § 30) combined, wherever possible, with change to fortis of the ini- 

 tial consonant. Examples are: 



Verb-stem 



gait'e^ I shall grow (77.9) 

 g6"da'7i I shall bury him (118.3) 

 go"la'7i I shall dig it 

 gu^wa'n I shall plant it (94.10) 

 do"ma/n I shall kill him (178.14) 

 ^ya^-^-d6x^?^ I shall gather them 



ha-i-dixin I shall pull (guts) out 



dsi^Wn I shall crack it 

 de^g^,\a'ldan I shall watch for 



him (116.20; 126.20) 

 wa^-i-de'^m.i^n I shall gather 



them (for war) 

 ba^ba'?! I shall chop it (90.16) 

 di-bH^gwa'n I shall start (war, 



basket) (110.21; 170.10) 

 s'&^da'n I shall mash it 



Aorist stem 



k!ayaif e^ I grew (77.9) 

 k!ododa'^?i I buried him (96.16) 

 k!olola'^7?, I dug it 73.10,14 

 kluwHwa^'n I planted it (132.10) 

 t!omoma'^n I killed him 71.7 

 wa^-i-t\oxo'xi^n I gathered them 



(112.6,11; 192.4) 

 ha-i-t !ixi'xi^7i I pulled (guts) out 



(92.17) 

 t !alala'^w I cracked it 

 tlegwegwa'lda^n I watched for 



him (118.2; 158.12) 

 wa^-l-t !eme^m he gathered 



them (for war) 110.3 

 p!ababa'% I chopped it (90.11) 

 di-Tplugiigwa'^n I started it 



ts- !adada'^7i I mashed it (130.23) 



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