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aJtsa (thus) + -a^x a'tsa^x thus they two . . . 



waana'wa (to talk to each waana'wa^x they two talk to each 



other) + -fl^^a; other 10.4 



s^ a {this) + -a^xa^x s^a}'xa^x on tnis they two . . . 



88.18 

 xafts.'u (two) + -a^x xa'tslux they two . . . 



yalqcdofi (a hole) + -'MW ya'lqa^n (they) dig holes 84.5 



«"7c^s^ (camas) + -(Z"a^ a^'tcisa^x yuwa}' camas they two 



dig 96.18 



(3) The obscure vowel e is contracted with all vowels preceding 

 it into a vowel of a clear qualit3^ 



Tiau- (to quit) + -Em, ha'unn quit! 



. na (I) + -Eml namH of me 20.6 



s^a^'na (him) + -Eml s^ahia'ml of him 



An exception is 



wa- {to s^Qdi'k) -\- -Em wa'am B^e,Bk\ 



(4) Two long vowels of similar qualities immediately following each 

 other are contracted into one long vowel. 



2)eTcu- (to play shinny) + -m' pElcu'^s (locative case) 78.18 



A peculiar case of contraction has apparently taken place in the 

 genitive case Iqldnu^'ml of hides 102.1, composed of Iqld'iiu hide, and 

 -Eml^ the genitive case-ending (see § 87). 



Another process of contraction takes place whenever a personal pro- 

 noun (see § 24) is added to the suffix -yaxs^ which expresses the past 

 durative tense (see p. 526). In such cases the suffix -yaxs is invaria- 

 bly contracted into -Ixs. Attention may be called to the fact that in 

 this case we are dealing with a process that is of a character opposite 

 to the diphthongization of -f, which has been discussed in § 7. 



a^s- to sleep 24.1 a^'slxdn I have been sleeping, 



instead of a^'syaxsiii 



qatcu- to drink 76.13 qa!tcwa}xs%n I have been drinking, 



instead of qa' tcuyaxsin 



PeTcu'- to pla}'^ shinny 9.4 pa'lcu^xsanx you have been play- 



ing shinny, instead oipa'huyax- 

 sanx 



lit!- to eat 13.10 ll'tHxs he has been eating, instead 



of ll'tlyaxs 



§ 9 



