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pronouns, §§ 91-3) is used after consonants, -ga'm after vowels. The 

 first form of the second person plural imperative {-a'np) is used to 

 follow most consonants (-Vp' to follow a "constant" -a- of the stem), 

 -^p' being found only after vowels and probably ?7i and n (e. g., yu^'p' 

 BE ye!; yana'p go ye!). 



In regard to the etymology of the endings, it is clear that the 

 second person plural aorist is derived from the corresponding singular 

 form by the addition of a characteristic -p (cf. the imperative), 

 that the second persons of the future are differentiated from the 

 aorist forms by an added -a^, and that the first person singular future 

 is identical mth the corresponding form in the aorist, except for the 

 lack of a catch. The second persons of the inferential are peri- 

 phrastic forms, consisting of the third personal form in -V (mode- 

 sign, not personal ending) plus eit' thou art, elt'p ye are. 



As paradigmatic examples are chosen a stem ending in a vowel 

 (aorist yowo- be), one ending in a consonant (aorist baxam- come), a 

 reciprocal (aorist sa/^nsan-san- fight with one another), and an 

 indefinite in -iau- (aorist t'uwu-g-iau- be hot) . 



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