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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES TAKELMA 



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Aorist stem Repetitive 



dl-t!ugui- wear dl-t!ugu'H' he keeps wearing 



it, used to wear it 



As in the first method, so also in the second and third, non- 

 radical functionless elements of the simplex disappear in the fre- 

 quentative. Thus the suffixed -i- of Jclemei he made it and -n- of 

 Tcleme'nxa^ he makes, also the aorist characteristic of dl-tlugul he 

 WORE IT, are not found in their corresponding frequentative forms. 



4. v + c + v^ + c. The large number of verbs whose frequentatives 

 follow this formula (la of types of reduplication) always have another 

 consonant, whether part of the stem or a petrified suffix, after the non- 

 fortis repeated consonant characterizing the frequentative, so that 

 the appearance at least of infixation is often produced. Externally, 

 frequentatives of this type resemble aorists of verbs of Type 8, but 

 differ from them in the consistent length of the repeated vowel. In 

 signification these verbs are generally continuative or usitative rather 

 than properly frequentative or iterative. As examples may be given: 



Aorist stem Repetitive 



Tc!os'o-g- pinch 



himi-d- talk to 



haxam- come 



t!ulu-g- follow 



al-sgal-aw- turn head to look at 



gaya-w- eat 

 Tiene-d- wait for 



pfalag- tell a myth 



hem-g- take out 



uyu^S'- laugh 



ts'.ayag- shoot 

 yilim- ask for 



l-k!os'ds'gihe is always pinch- 

 ing him 



waf^-ldml^mda'^n I used to talk 

 to him 



haxdxmia^^ they keep coming 

 (194.13) 



ha-tluluHga'^n I keep follow- 

 ing in (trail) 



al-sgaloHiwi'^m I keep turning 

 my head to look at them 



gaydiwa'^n I used to eat it 



Jiene^nda'^n I keep waiting 

 for him 



'plaldHga'n the myth is always 

 told 



ha-i-heme^mga'^n I always 

 took them out 



uyu'H^s-de^ (dissimilated from 

 *uyu'H^^s-- [?]) I keep laugh- 

 ing 



tslayalV he used to shoot them 

 154.14 



yill^nma'^n I keep asking for 

 it (see § 21) 



§ 43 



