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Stem 



*nt niti' rlcni it de- ^fe'wiS/Z/T? it has detached itself 



taches itself 

 *nvo no'orkin he begins gamge'len he has begun 



*rg ri'girkin he digs ge'rgiUn he has dug out 



out 

 *g'lo gilo'len the one SOY- niglo'qen she sorrowed 27.10 



rowing 27.12 

 *Tr ri'rig untying nerri'vet they were untied 63.11 



63.12 

 *rrl rirri'lirkin he puts gerri'Lin he has put down 



down 

 rirri'lnin he let nerri'Ihafn they set him free 8.2 



him go 121.33 

 *vya imia'arJcjn he lets gavga'zen he has let go 



go (an animal) 

 *ioyo wi'yowi sling gawgo'ta with a sling 



*ll€p lile'pgi^ he looked gdLe'pgi^ look! 79.11 (stem lile eye; 



7.6 ~p to put on) 



*ygu yu' urkin thou ge'igidin he \m.s\Aiien it 



bitest it 

 *tm iuwi'pit piece cut nine'tviqin they cut it 72.18 



ofi" 72.19 

 *Zn Ifnii'kin he has ti'lhigit I have you as 15.8 



him as 



The change from initial r to medial n occurs only in transitive 

 verbs: 



re'urkin thou pier- geneu'lin he pierced 



cest it 

 ru'rkin thou eatest genu'lin he ate 

 it 

 but rine'rkin he flies geri'nelin he flew k 



Initial ti is sometimes replaced by h (see § 2, p. 646). 



ci'ti-to'oca before the entrance (lit., entrance before), instead of 

 ti' Li-tto' ota. 



In a number of cases stems seem to be reduplicated when initial, 

 and lose this reduplication in medial position. 



me'rinfe slow ni'nfeqin the slow one (stem nfe) 



yara'ni house gara'len having a house (stem ra) 



yoro'ni sleeping-room garg'len having a sleepiiig-room 



(stem rg) 

 §12 



