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-daha^) . The -n- appears only in the first person singular and plural 

 (aorist -na^n and -nana^Y), yet its absence in the other persons may, 

 though not probably, be due to a secondary loss induced by the pho- 

 netic conditions. The forms, though in part morphologically transi- 

 tive (and, for some of the verbs, apparently so in meaning), are in 

 effect intransitive. The object, as far as the signification of the verb 

 allows one to grant its existence, is always a pronominally unexpressed 

 third person, and the instrumental -i- can not be used before the 

 personal endings. Among these semitransitives in -n- are: 



f gwen-sgutlu'sgaf Tia,^ii I cut necks 

 gwen-sgut.'u'sgaf he cut necks 144.2 (cf. transitive instrumentals 

 gwen-waya-sgutlu' sgidi^n, gwen-waya-sgutlu'sgat'i 144.3) 

 r(^o-&oZ:.'o&a'Z:'na^n I make bubbles (oTda-bo7c!o'p'na^n 102.22) 

 \da-l)oJc!o'p'dsiin. you make bubbles 

 hd'^-xada^xafusi^n. I hang them up in row 

 fZo&oZa'p'na^n I used to pound them (57.14) (or loho'lpna^n) 

 IZo&o'Zp'dam you used to pound them 

 {i-layaf^Vnsi^Ti I coil a basket 122.2 

 I i-layd'°-¥ she coils a basket 

 ]c!ada']c!at'na.^n I used to pick them up (116.11) 

 da-dagada'¥nsi^n I sharpen my teeth (126.18) 

 ugu'^a¥nsi^n. I always drink it 

 wagao'Vna^n I always bring it 43.16; 45.6) 

 Morphologically identical with these, yet with no trace of transitive 

 signification, are: 



l-hegwe'Jiak' "^nsi^n I am working 

 {xa-hege'haFnsi'n I breathe (78.12; 79.1, 2, 4) 

 Xxa-JiuJc !u'ha¥ na,^n (third person xa-huk.'u'ha¥) 

 \al-fwap!a't'wap'nsi^n I blink with my eyes 102.20 

 \al-fwap!a'fwap'da,ni you blink with your eyes 

 The following forms of i-Jiegwehagw- (verb-stem l-he^gwagw- [ = 

 -he^gwhagw-]) work will serve to illustrate the -n- formation: 



2. Practically a sub-group of the preceding set of verbs is formed 

 by a very few verbs that have their aorist like %-hegwe'Tia¥^na^n, 

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