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yaP-'xa^ much, many 8. 5 ya'xtux (ye two) will multiply 32.6 



yExa^'td^ax xi'ntls they (dual) con- 

 tinuall}^ multiply 98.12 



t/d7nc infant 40.19 t/i'mct/Hux (they) will raise chil- 



dren 32.3 



tdmtca'mi ax 27.10 tdmtcVmya (locative case) 29.1 



In a few instances accent and suffixation have caused the loss or 

 addition of a vowel, and hence that of an extra syllable. 



qlutcu'ni woman 30.21 qlutcna}' (when) he marries 76.8 



mUIa'sk'm step-father mit!a'sk''m't%7i my step-f atherlOO.5 



waa^'mux^ (they two) talk to waa'ysmxust (they two) begin to 

 each other 10.7 talk to each other 56.4 



waay'mxustx (they) began to talk 

 to each other 64.20, 21 

 qayW^^nts stone qay'^na'tsHo upon the rock 62.11 



§§ 13-17. Consonantic Processes 

 § 13. Consonantic Metathesis 



This change affects mostly the subjective suffix for the third per- 

 son dual -a^x (see § 24), and (very seldom) the consonantic combina- 

 tion n + s or n^-ts. 



In the first instance -a'^x is transposed into -^ax (contracted some- 

 times into -ux) or whenever it is added to stems or words that pre- 

 cede the verbal expression (see § 26). This transposition never takes 

 place when the pronoun is suffixed to the verb. 



tsim (always) + -a^x tsi'm^ax always they two . . . 



50.10 

 pEm's (skunk) + -a^x ants pEin's'^ax those two skunks 



88.6, 7 

 ants (that one) + -a^'a? a'ntsux those two 52.3, 5 



s^atsl'tc (thus) + -a^x s^atsl'td^ax thus they two 50.15,16 



H (and, then) + -a^x '^'V"ax and they two 



an'tdtc (this his) + -a^x a'ntsUcx'^ these their two 50.4 



This transposition is seldom absent; and parallel forms, like a'ntsa^x 

 and a'ntsux 50.12, stl'ma^x 50.21, and sti'm^ax 52.20, are extremely 

 rare. As a matter of fact, the tendency towards the metathesis of 

 -a^x is so great that it takes place even in cases where -a'^x is suf- 

 fixed to stems ending in a vowel. 



