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suffixed elements may intervene between it and the base; yet, being 

 wanting in the non-aorist forms of many verbs, it has something of 

 the appearance of such. The non-aoristic -as- of a few verbs has 

 absolutely no appreciable derivative force, and may be regarded as a 

 purely formal element characterizing the non-aorist forms of the 

 verb. As examples of Type 15a may be given: 



Verb-stem Aorist stem 



s-afs'Sint'e" I shall stand (cf. s-as-inife^ I stand (34.1; 77.9) 



23.6) 



s-u"8i\t'e' I shall sit (55.11; s-uSvilife^ I sat (21.1; 178.21) 



186.21) 



k'e'p'alf e'' I shall be long ab- k'ebilK'e^ I was long absent 



sent (124.20) 



l&p'de" I shall become (92,11; la^lii'e^ I became (see also 



166.14) Type 10a) 186.19 



Of examples of Type 15& may be mentioned: 



Verb-stem Aorist stem 



dmkla'sdd^ it will lie stretched dinkli it lies stretched out 



out 

 tlobaga'scZa*^ he will lie like one t!obigi he lay like one dead 



dead (148.8) 



This non-aoristic -as- seems to occur also in: 



(Za-sma-ima's(Ze^ I shall smile cZa-smayam he smiled 



which otherwise belongs to Type 2 or 3 (if the second -m- is part of 

 the base). 



Type 16. Verb-stem v + c + c^ + i; aorist v + c + v + Ci- This type 

 embraces only an inconsiderable number of verbs. They are: 



Verb-stem Aorist stem 



dl-k\si'\side^ I shall be lean in dl-k\aWsna^n I am lean in my 

 my rump rump 102,22 



gwel-sal-V.e'iside^ I shall be gwel-sal-tlejesnahi I have no 

 lean in legs and feet flesh on my legs and feet 



102.22 



Several verbs of position that show an -i'- in the aorist show an -i- 

 in non-aorist forms. Whether this -i- is merely a shortened form, of 

 the aoristic -t*-, or identical with the non-aoristic -i- of verbs of Type 

 16, is doubtfi.ll; but, in view of the absence of the -l^- in non-aoristic 

 forms of verbs of Type 15, the latter alternative seems more probable. 

 Such verbs are : 



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