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Consonantization of i-: 



joitca^' (he goes over) + -a^x 

 li't!a} (food) + -a 



ku^ (not) + -a^x 

 qnuhv}'- (he finds) + -a* 

 tExmu'ni (male) + -a 



xil'xcl- (to work) + -a* 

 t!% (bear) + -uni 

 si'nxi- (to desire) + -un 



Consonantization of ti- : 



Llya'ay- (fire) + -a + -tc 



pitca'ya^x they two go over 88.15 

 yd' xato'ist^nx lit! ay a' for food 



you will always try to look 13.7 

 M'2/a"» not they two . . . 98.11 

 qnuhv! yun (they) found it 60.7 

 la'hukyax tExmv! nya she took a 



mortal man 60.23 

 xU'xcya^' (they two) worked 48.10 

 tllyu'ni made of bear (hides) 70.24 

 si'n^xyun I want it 15.8 



wllu- (to aflSrra) 4- -axam 

 xa'u (he died) + -%l 

 xa'tslu (two) + -a^x 



A peculiar case of consonantization seems to have taken place in 

 the objective case tdl'wa 32.20, formed from the noun tcl water 36.20. 



ha^'ginas Liya'watc alongside of the 



fire 25.4, 5 

 wllwa'xam he was assured 30. 11 

 kumi'ntc xa'wil not he dies 15.8 

 xd'tsl'^wa^x two of them 40.18 



§ 9. Contraction 



Contraction of two or three vowels following in immediate suc- 

 cession does not seem to be of regular occurrence, and there are no 

 fixed rules governing this process. The following usages ma}^ how- 

 ever, be stated to prevail: 



(1) Short or long i or u following a vowel of different quality form 

 diphthongs. 



«* <a-\-i \0- < w + i 

 ay- <a-\-u 



The combination ^ + ?/, however, does not form a diphthong (see 



§10). 



tEraH!- (to assemble) + -Itc tEmy}'tG xint (they) assembled 



30.15, 16 

 qa'ntcya (from where) 4- -Uc qantcya}' tc from where 

 qatcm- (to drink) 4- -Uxa^n qatcu}' txa^n (they) drink (from) it 



76.12 



(2) A short vowel preceding another short vowel or a diphthong is 

 contracted with the following vowel into a short or long vowel or 

 into a diphthong. 



§ 9 



