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containing the stem or "root" — in the middle the stem 

 lengthened by a suffix, the result being a form not in use — 

 to the right, this last assimilated, being a word in ordinary use. 

 The suffixes, which can be eliminated from the intermediate 

 forms, are mostly current and well-known): 



Present forms Regularly constructed forms Present forms 



1. [atiiwoq] is big > *a7iiliwdq — [/[l] > [ciA'iwdq] becomes 



big, grows 



2. [a?iiwdq] is big > *a7iineq — [щ] > [an'9q] biggest 



3. [a/imdq] is big > *a?iitiqa-dq — [^^] > [а^сщ-^д] is as big as 

 4.[ikip-dq] is on fire ^*ikineq — [kn] > [ш'ед] fire 



5. [idiwdq] the hair has > *utineq — [fn] > [uweq] an unhaired 



loosened from it skin (from which the hair 



(the skin) has been taken off) 



Q.[katip-cn] joins them ■^*katineq — [tn] > [kaireq] joint 



together 



7. ['ynrat] heart > *o'm-atimik — [tm\ > [ü^m•am^ik^^ Instrumen- 



talis of o'mat 



8. \_)шр-а'Щ illness > *na2ra-'"timit — [trn\ > [naiya''''nvit\ Ablative of 



пар'а'Ч 



9. \_nipe\ voice > *tiipiliatvdq — [2)1] > [ni"'Å'iawdq] screams at 



the top of his voice 



\0.[fipiwa-] runs it '>*tipis-aq — -[ps] > [ti^''s-Siq] something 



ashore which has drifted ashore 



\].[kipiu-cf] shortens it > ki2ns-aq~[ps] > [kl"'s-a.q] short hair 



(once) 



I2.[kipiwa-] shortens it '> *kipilorpa- — [pi] > [ki^A-dvpcr] shortens it 



(once) several times 



\?,.[qupiwcf] cleaves it ~>*qupilorpa- — [pjï] > [цге'Х'ЩШ'] cleaves it 



lengtwise (once) several times 



[^.[qupiwa-] Ш\.о :> qupis'aq — [jP.s] > [qii"'s-uq] half(tfaseal 



which is parted in two lengthwise 



]h.[qipiwa-] twists it '>*qipineq — [pn] > [ql"'n-e,q] twist 



16. [s?'^>rw7r] (Lahr.) has > * simineq-~[mn] > [si^n'^q] that which is 



him or it as superfluous superfluous, that which remains 



