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The ky prefix in L.-M. is used in the construction of other verbs 
and nouns, e.g. : 
Pángmát-kyi, to glow (as leaves) ; 
Kya-pángmát-kyi, to glow (as fireflies). 
Anotlier and similar prefix frequently used in the plural is kil, e.g. : 
Mathná-’kyi, to sharpen a tool ; 
Kil-máthná-kyi, to ask for ; to sharpen tools. 
These prefixes distinguish two important divisions of verbs and their 
derivativos in the language, and the ruling characteristic is the absence 
of the k in tho íirst porson singular and plural., the d marking the íirst 
singular of all verbal nouns. The íirst person is common to both sexes, 
but in form approximates to the feminine in all three divisions : 
División 
lst p. m. & f. 
2nd & 3rd p. mase. 
2nd & 3rd p. íem. 
Englisli 
i. 
s-ik-To 
áp-To 
ik-To 
food 
ii. 
s-el-Ma 
áp-kil-Ma 
el-Ma 
possessions 
iii. 
s-ey-Ispo 
áp-ky-Ispo 
ey-Ispo 
cigar 
It is evident, therefore, that the Choroti is not alone in preserving 
its k section of nouns, and excluding that letter from the First person 
singular. Furthermore, it appears to be a more primitive type, with 
perliaps an underlying idea of man’s and woman’s speech as in both 
u the Chiquita and Lengua-Mascoy. Consequently the Vejoz and other 
dialects have developed the original anomalous form into a regular de- 
clension, and prefixed their own pronominal partióles, e.g. : 
Choroti 
1 . ish-uti 
2. 
aky-uti 
3. iky-uti 
pipe 
Vejoz 
1 . o-chuti 
2. 
a-chuti 
3. li-chuti 
5 > 
Choroti 
1 . ey-o 
2. 
aw-o 
3. iw-o 
neck 
Vejoz 
1 . o-wo 
2. 
a-tvo 
3. li-wo 
5 > 
21. From 
the illustrations 
of this 
chapter we 
may, therefore. 
reasonably deduce these two principies regarding word formation in 
Choroti, that : 
(1) The vowel is the basis of the word. 
(2) The consonants are additions in the nature of pronominal in- 
flections or to indícate a difference of meaning ; thus, from o (the body) 
is derived ky-o (the hand), iv-o (the neck), thl-o (a seed), o-t (the chest), 
ihl-o-p (a nest), etc. 
22. Arising from these conclusions are severa! minor points worthy 
of note : 
(a) The second person (being the root form) is the basis of pro- 
nominal infiection, e.g. OT (thy chest). 
