CHANGES OF LETTERS. 9 
(c) ‘d’ to ‘1,’ always; as the ‘d’ sound is not in Titonwayn; 
(d) ‘h’ to ‘g,’ always in the combinations ‘hb,’ ‘hd,’ ‘hm,’ ‘hn,’ which 
become ‘gb,’ ‘el,’ ‘eb’ and ‘gn;’ 
@)i ki ton, as ka? tolna;? 
(f) ‘m’ to ‘b,’ as (1) in ‘md’ which becomes ‘bl;’ and (2) in ‘m’ final, 
contracted, as ‘om’ to ‘ob,’ ‘tom’ to ‘tob;’ 
(g) ‘m’ to ‘p,’ as in the precative form ‘miye’ to ‘piye;’ 
(h) ‘n’ to ‘b,’ as (1) in contract forms of ‘6,’ ‘t,’ and ‘y,’ always; e. g., 
‘éantesin’ to ‘éantesil,’ ‘yun’ to ‘yul,’ and ‘kun’ to ‘kul,’ ete.; (2) in certain 
words, as ‘nina’ to ‘lila,’ ‘mina’ (/h.) to ‘mila;’ (3) ‘n’ final in some words, 
as ‘en’ to ‘el,’ heéen’ to ‘heéel,’ ‘wankan’ to ‘wankal,’ ‘tankan’ to ‘taykal,’ 
euce 
(i) ‘t’ to ‘6,’ as ‘Gistinna’ to ‘disdila;’ 
(j) ‘t’ to ‘g,’ as ‘itokto’ to ‘itogto;’ 
(k) ‘t’ to ‘k,’ as ‘itokam’ to ‘ikokab.’ 
(1) ‘w’ to ‘y,’ in some words, as ‘owasiy’ to ‘oyasin,’ ‘iwanga’ to 
‘iyunga,’ ‘wanka’ to ‘yunka,’ ete.; 
(m) ‘y’ to ‘w,’ as ‘eéon ye do’ to ‘eéon we lo;’ 
(mn) ‘day’ final generally becomes ‘la,’ as ‘hoksidan’ changed to 
‘hoksila;’ but sometimes it changes to ‘ni,’ as ‘wanzidaay’ to ‘wanzini,’ 
‘tuwedayn’ to ‘tuweni,’ ete.; 
(0) ‘way,’ as indicated above, in ‘a’ to 
‘yun,’ as ‘hewayke’ to ‘heyunke,’ ‘napéinwanka’ to ‘napéinyuyka,’ 
‘u,’? in some words, becomes 
‘iwanga’ to ‘iyunea,’ ete. 
§ 9. 1. When two words come together so as to form one, the latter of 
which commences and the former ends with a vowel, that of the first word 
is sometimes dropped; as, Gantokpani, fo desire or long for, of Gate, the 
heart, and okpani, to fail of; wakpiéahda, by the side of a river, from wakpa 
and iéahda; wiéota, many persons, from wiéa and ota. Tak eya, what did 
he say? is sometimes used for taku eya. 
2. In some cases also this elision takes place when the second word 
commences with a consonant; as, napkawiy and namkawin, to beckon with 
the hand, of nape and kawin. 
3. Sometimes when two vowels come together, ‘w’ or ‘y’ is introduced 
between them for the sake of euphony; as, owihanke, the end, from o and 
ihanke; niyate, thy father, from the pronoun ni, thy, and ate, father. 
§ 10. The ‘yu’ of verbs commencing with that syllable is not unfre- 
quently dropped when the pronoun of the first person plural is used; as, 
