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In the above words, the quantity is original, i. e. the cause 

 of the difference in quantity is unknown, and there is probably 

 no connection between the two words of each pair (except 

 between игоащ — uwari'a^ mcuva — ma-n-a). 



In the following words, the differences in quantity are most 

 likely due to sound-assimilations caused by the addition of 

 suffixes ("gemination", "geminated sounds"): 



[atdvpa] is it used? 



[nwwa] land 



[kame-] his or their boots 



[-a-we] I compounded verbal 

 \-a'tit\ \ personal suffixes in 

 [-a-Tia] J the singular 



[ptn'e\ the pretty one 

 [ptvqip-':)q\ he is well 



[a^orpa-] he uses it [a] 



[nuna'] his land 



[karn-e] his own (suus) boot 



[-crn-e] ) 



P . -. [ the same suffixes in 



*- -' [ the plural 



[-a'Ti'tt]} 



[pin-e-] the ugly one 

 [perqrp'dq] he is not well, is ill 



When a word is used interrogatively, the last syllable is 

 often lengthened. In the case of ila, the meaning becomes 

 strongly differentiated besides : 



[ila] certainly, of course 



[ila-] is it not so? am I not 

 right? 



It is very difficult to find words which have two forms but 

 only one meaning. In Kl. dictionary: qmnaq = quma-q (an 

 intestinal worm). Yet my memoranda of tales etc. now and then 

 seem to indicate that occasionally long sounds may be shortened 

 and short sounds, lengthened, as in [ujavdiq] for \uja•rщ^^ stone; 

 [{wer^oTO"^] for [огщюгд'<1\ he is said to be ready; [po'ci-] for 

 [piya] his bag, sack, etc. (cf. pag. 120). 



Very often I heard an interchange of [i] and [c] in the 

 syllable -Л, when it occurred at the end of a word: [smvct] for 

 [sMWïY], what are you doing? what do you want? [a"'"^-«"^] for 



