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It is very probable that the -a- in the second member of redupli- 

 cated stems (Types 12 and 13) is the inorganic -a- we have already 

 met with. Its persistence, even in cases where the otherwise resulting 

 phonetic combination is a possible one, may be ascribed to the ana- 

 logic influence of the probably larger number of cases where its 

 presence is phonetically necessary. 



Type 14. Verb-stem v + c; aorist v-\-c-\-v-\-n. The -n of the few 

 verbs that make up this class is probably a petrified derivative ele- 

 ment, yet it must be considered as characteristic of the aorist stem 

 in an even more formal sense than, for example, the aoristic -i- of 

 Type 4. The only examples that have been found are: 



Verb-stem Aorist stem 



xep'(Ze« I shall do so (110.22) xeben^e-' I did so (14.10; 168.10) 



waire«Ishallsleep(71.15; 142.14) wayanfe^ I slept (188.22) 



gwen-^liVwan ( = -p!iy-) I shall gwen-^Mji'nk'wa^n I lay on 



lie on pillow pillow 



p!e'^^' he will be lying down p'.eyenf e^ I was lying down 71.5 



146.9 



The last verb seems to insert a -y- in the aorist, between the -e- of 

 the verb-stem and that of the aoristic addition, in the manner of 

 verbs of Type 96. In regard to vocalic quantity these verbs differ 

 among themselves. The verb-stem of all but wai- is long in vocalism. 

 The first vowel of the aorist stem is short in every case, the repeated 

 vowel is sometimes short {xehen-, pHyin-), sometimes long {wayoP^n-) 

 pleye^n-. The stressed stem vowel bears a rising accent. 



The -n of wayd^n- and pleye^n- is eclipsed before a catch in the 

 third person: 



waya'' he slept 152.22; 154.6 



p!eye'^ he was lying down 49.5 

 but: 



xehe'^n he did it 78.9; 118.14 

 The loss of the -n takes place also in the third person aorist of yd"-n- 

 Go(Type5). Thus: 



^q/^ he went 15.3,11; 59.1; 92.26 

 subordinate form yd'"-da^ 58.8 and (rarely) yd'^-nda^ when he went. 



Type 15. Verb-stem |~ >; aorist stem -iK The ending -^*-, 



found in a considerable number of verbs of position, is not, properly 

 speaking, a stem-forming element at all, as shown by the fact that 



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