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Present forms Regularly constructed forms Present forms 



ll.[kiioiwa'] sinks it >*kiwisaq — [ws\'>'^li'i"'s'aq'>[kisdiq\ an anchor 

 down (under the water) or what is used for an 



anchor (stone etc.) 



18. \ka-wip"dq\ turns > *k(nris-a<j — [tes] > [^ч< •"'.'?• a '^j whirlwind, 



round, spins round whirlpool 



The intermediate forms in no. И and no. 14 are still used 

 as regular participial forms. The other intermediate forms are 

 regularly constructed, but only the corresponding assimilated 

 forms are used at present. 



A number — perhaps the majority — of the labiali/.ed 

 consonants (""A:, "'f etc.) occurring in the language have no 

 doubt originated after the analogy of the cases given here. 

 We catch a glimpse, as it were, of a general phonetical change, 

 which is perhaps not yet completed. 



The same may be said of the following series of phe- 

 nomena. 



III. A fricative (r, g, 6-, w) between two similar vowels is 

 apt to disappear completely, so that the vowels are assimilated 

 (cf. the previously cited nutmik — nu'k) : 



Constructed forms 

 > *т1П11щак-а — [au] 



Present forms 

 29. [nunidiydq] gathers 

 berries 

 20.{риар-а-\ cuts it apart '>*pila<^aq — [au\ 



1{.\}ns-crir:)q\ disgorges ^*nis-a-qa(j — [aa] 

 the food which has been 

 swallowed, belches 



22. \пппа.г2щ] keep some > *mina^aq — \aa\ 



of the food until one comes 

 home; take some of the food 

 with one home 



23. [turs'àvpd] works to '> *na'su^aq — [aa\ 



end something 



Present forms 



> [nunia-ka] my gathered 



berries 



> \pilivq\ that which 



is cut asunder 



> [nis'ii-ql that which 



is disgorged 



> [miHU'q] that which 



one has taken 

 along home 



> {7i(rsivq] an omen of 



disaster, especially 

 an omen of death 



