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§ 122. Consonantic Shifts 



It has been stated before that the consonants I and 6 are closely re- 

 lated. A comparison of the parallel forms in I and c show that the 

 former sound applies often to generalized terms and continued actions, 

 while the latter expresses the special term and single momentary 

 action. This explanation applies well enough in some of the follow- 

 ing examples, but not by any means in all of them. 



It would seem as though this process were no longer free. Still, a 

 few times I heard the change introduced as though it were still 

 functional: 



palomtE'lirkin a.nd padomtE'lirlc in he listened 

 The following examples will illustrate the differences in meaning of 

 the parallel forms: 

 leivu, ceivu to walk 

 I forms: 



ga'mga-notai'pH, nilei'vuginet they traveled through every country 



17'9 

 gamga-vairge'pib nilei'mtqin he traveled to every being 18.5 

 nute's'qak pagtalTcoi'pii, nilei'vugin he traveled through the clefts 



of the ground 22.6 

 yei'velqdl Icu'liTcd ralai'mnnoi an orphan child shall (from now on) 



travel alone 24.10 

 Iceimi'tild lei'vuk rd^' nutqditi ge'ild to traveling shaman small 



things must be given 25.9 

 gumna'n atca'ta lei'wukin mi'ilhir ' give you the means of trav- 

 eling secretly 93.4 

 atia'ta qdlei'wui^ walk about in secret! 93.5 



notai'pu lei'wulit lu^'ninet he saw them walking about in the coun- 

 try 113.11 

 iaJm nilei! vuiku-i-gir why don't thou wander about (all the time)? 

 87.18 

 t forms: 

 Lautitkina' ta tei'wuikid^ he walked (for a little while) on the heads 



8.6 

 Icita'm. mitei'vutkud^lc let me go 79.27; 80.10 

 qla'ul puTci'rgi^ ieivatkulin a man arrived walking 86.26 

 irga'tiTc etei'vuikukd mi'tyd^k tomorrow not walking let me be!, 



i. e., tomorrow I shall not go 87.9 

 ne'me cei'vutkid^ again he went 87.25; 88.1 



ne'me tvei' vutkurkin again he was going (for a short while and 

 once only) 88.7 

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