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third person -\- the 2 p. -ra-; in-si-la-e^ ' he will pay to him ' : i, the 

 perfective vowel -|- 11 = remote object ' it ' -1- si directive ; mu-si-la-e, 

 ' he will pay to me ' ; the tonal mu of the i p. -{- directive si; mu-e- 

 si-la-e, ' he will pay for thee ' : demonstrative m -\- tonal u of the 

 second person + perfective e; i{n)-ni-la-e, 'he will pay upon (^ 

 for) it ' = perfective i-[- remote object w -[- perfective i again -|- 

 ni, really^' therein ' ; i{n)-na-ni-la-e, ' he will pay to him upon it ' ; 

 same as the above with the directive wa-insert ; ib-ta-la-e, ' he will 

 pay from it (out of it)'; perfective z-|- nearer object h; i(n)-na 

 (b)-ta-la-e, 'he will pay to him from (out of) it'; same as above 

 with directive na -f- nearer object b; ib-da-la-e, ' he will pay together 

 with it ' ; better ' by means of it ' ; ib as above with the da oi means ; 

 mu-e-da-Ia-e, ' he will pay together with thee ' demonstrative m 

 with tonal u of the second person -|- perfective e -\- da as above. 

 Poebel's whole set of infix-paradigms may be explained satisfactor- 

 ily following this system. 



