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2. When stems ending in consonants would form consonantic clusters 

 of more than two consonants, when combined with suffixes, an auxiliary 

 vowel is inserted before the suffix. 



pe'nfnwnKpmr-Tiin he attacks him 

 tei'Tcin{n<teilc-nin he made it 

 qena'iimue- <qena-tm-gi^ kill me! 



3. In a few cases auxiliary vowels are also introduced when two 

 consonants come into contact that would form inadmissible clusters. 



'pegtime'tilin<pegti-met-lin hauling a sledge 15.3 

 Among the tj^pes of assimilation of sounds may be mentioned — 



4. Stems with terminal u diphthong transform the combination v.g 

 into wkw. The following auxiliary vowel is ii. 



tim.a'rawlcwa^lc<ti-ma'rau-gq^k I quarreled. • 



tiinara'wkut<ti-marau-qit I blamed thee 



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i'wkwi^ <iu-gi^ he spoke 8.14 

 res'qi'wki^ <res'qiu-gi^ he entered 11.2 



When the diphthong is accented, and followed by a consonant with 

 which w would form an admissible cluster, the u has a vocalic char- 

 acter. 



mara'urkni he quarrels 



With those stems in which u is by origin a weak vowel or an unchange- 

 able vowel, the ^^of the suffix, being an intervocalic sound, drops out. 



i'u7'7cln he rows (perhaps from iyu) 

 te'urkin he shakes 



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tite'iia^n I shook 



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5. Stems ending in t change the initial g of suffixes into y. 



ewkwe' tyi^ <ewkv:iet-gi^ he left 8.7 

 tiye' tya^lc <ti-yet-gd^h I came 124.11 

 tewkwt/ tya^Tc < t-efwkwe't-gafk I left 



6. Stems ending in I change the initial g of suffixes into y or A. 



une'lyd^t<unel-gd^t they gathered fuel 30.6 

 ne'lya}t <nel-gd^t it became 12.2 

 qime'llii^ <q-nnel-gi^ gather fuel! 27.1 

 mi' ilhit <mi-yil-git let me give thee 121.24 



7. Stems ending in Z, r, ^, t^ with following Z, form l or L. 



gfLi7i<.g-fr-lin he has gone across 



gene' L 171 <gc-nd-lin he became 10.8 §72 



