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(3) The unaccented diphthongs lose the second element, especially 

 in cases where the stem-vowel is followed by the accented verbalizing 

 suffixes -a} and -v} (see § 75). 



Examples showing the change of «-, ^-, and u- vowels before or 

 after non-labialized consonants: 



ma'tl dam 48,10 



ts.'aln pitch 26.6 

 maHc it lay 32.22 



yax- to see 34.4 



tcln (the}^) came back 7.7 



tslL.'l' arrow 50.11 



sl'xa} boat 56.5 

 smuf- to end 20.5 

 /m«?i- to be dark 34.8, 9 

 sun- to dive 64.21 



raitl'yu'^ the art of making dams 



48.11 

 viiEtl'txa^x they two always made 



dams 50.12, 13 

 tsUlna'tc with pitch 24.1 

 rriitcu'^^ many were lying 36.27 

 '/iiEtca'wanx they intended to lie 



down 38.23 

 yixa'yun he saw it 58.13 

 tcEnl'tcsdnthQw^nthdick 58.15,16 

 t8%L!a^' he shot 50.20 

 tnL.'l'tc by means of an arrow 15.8 

 SEXci^'tc into (a) boat 34.5 

 smW'U}' it ends 14.6 

 hwin'uJ-' it is dark 

 si?iu^' he dives 



Change of a-, I- (and u-) vowels before or after labialized conso- 

 nants or w. 



nid'q^L crow 34.23 m'^qwa'LEin of crow 34.21 



ya'wlsun (you) will pick 36.18 yuwa^' he digs 96.18 



Uqwa'HEin trunk of a tree Uqutvil'a^x qaa^' into the stem 



92.5, 6 they two went 92.6 



ml'lcHux he will cut ric^kwa^' he cuts 



Treatment of diphthongs: 



xaHc- to roast (meat) 90.8 

 p°'a^Ln- to hunt 15.3 



a"s- to sleep 23.9 

 tclha^c- to be glad 23.3 

 quH'- to dream 68.21 



xatca*' he roasts (meat) 



H^nx pahmltx they are hunting 



82.16, 17 

 am}' he sleeps 70.2 

 tdhacu^' he is glad 

 qufcd' he dreams 



Shortening of the stem- vowel frequently takes place after the suf- 

 fixation of an additional syllable, regardless of whether the accent 

 had been shifted or not. 



§12 



