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nwt't^e with blood it is {wt- la^ nkla'ha they with ropes are 



?5m blood) 20.6 (Jc!a rope) 46.9 



U ntdw'd'le they with fire are nmt'laqa with an arrow he is (mf - 



{tdwd'l^v^) 42.12 % arrow) 20.18 



Kdtct ! em' yeqEin the story is U qanatcamfwaq they began to 



being told {KaltcU! story) make fun {qa'natc joke) 50.12 



44.14, 15 



tc hewese'nl you two are lying tl JcwafxaLam they are making 



28.13, 14 {he'vjes lie) bows {hwafxciL a bow) 



qaltml'ye morning it got 20.4 'Q'hainahd'ya I active became {hai'- 



{qalim- morning) na active) 



afyio tx'l'ye surely a canoe it iiddivdyahdfya I happened to want 



was {ix' canoe) 126.10 it {dowa- to desire) 



dEinste'tc hM'nap through a ' l^k'wt'l xd'^-patc he dove into the 



prairie he went 22.11 {dE'm- water {xa'°"p water) 26.27 



sit prairie) 



ytxafwExetc la into the house l ltd' ate tsxawl'yat on the ground 



he went {ytxd'wEx house) he put it down {Lltd earth, 



28.10, 11 ground) 36.20, 21 



The same progressive assimilation may have taken place in the 

 change of the transitive suffix -e^wat into -o'^wat (see p. 337) whenever 

 suffixed to stems ending in -jz-diphthongs. 



t^kwiLe^'wai he is following ntsxau'wat I kill him {tsxa^- to kill) 



him 22.2 26.22 



iitdintctne^' wot I am thinking e^wtW^'wat you are looking for it 



(of him) {wtl- to look for something) 54.3 



Another assimilatory process of this type is the change of the par- 

 ticle U into el {hel) after a preceding n or l (see p. 388). 



Ie'yI U good, indeed 5.3 In hel not so! 42.23 



Ie'yI yv! Lei good it would be 

 indeed 70.5 



In spite of this great tendency towards euphony, numerous instances 

 will be found showing an absolute lack of vocalic harmony. Whether 

 these cases are the result of imperfect perception, due to the rapid 

 flow of speech or to other causes, cannot be ascertained with any 

 degree of certainty. 



§ 8. CONSONANTIZATION OF I- AND U- DIPHTHONGS 



The ^ and u of diphthongs are always changed into the semi-vocalic 

 consonants y and w when they are followed by another vowel. 

 § 8 



