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Imperative 
TA-ith 
PA-ith 
NA-ith 
Indicative 
Ták-thleyi 
Pák-thleyi 
Nák-thleyi 
Mák-thleyi 
Wák-thleyi 
to bite, nip, prick (action of teeth, thorn 
or finger) 
to gather, pluck off fruit (one) 
to gather, pluck off fruit (many) 
to be serrated, notched, broken off 
to bréale out, be torn off, as eye of needle or 
piece of dress caught in a nail. 
Pók-thleyi, to crack, burst, bréale ; causativo, Path-kát-kyi, to split, 
cause to crack, bréale, burst ; tho action of an instrument, viz. of 
TA-wa, axo, or P()-te, axo, i.e. tho bíter, broaker, cracker. Comparo 
the Toba words chipi , to split, crack, burst ; ha-chipe, axe. 
XIX. The Consonant XI 
Al. The letter m is not very general in Choroti. It is closely connected 
with w and p on the one hand, and witli n on the other. 
Ala, interrogative partióle ; ma akna ? are yon going ? maka upe, ? 
are you returning ? 
Ala, movement, motion. 
Ma, sleep, dream. 
Ala, light, day, dawn, East ; thlo-ma, day ; i-mut, at dawn ; máanuk, 
east ; lemi, white. 
Ma, say, speale ; kam-tiui. talle ; ma-hi, say. 
Ala-ha, yellow, green. 
Mák, meal ; V. mok, muk ; S. mak ; L.-M. nik. 
Miyoki, eagle ; V. miyo ; T. wiyik ; L.-M. mewá. 
Alosek, spirit ; V. husek (mind). 
Met, partióle denoting motion towards ; homet, come. 
XX. The Consonant P 
P-k. The letters p and k whether as partióles or initial letters primarily 
shew relation, and form many important contrasts throughout the 
group. 
P, article. The most interesting use of p in Choroti is to linio up words 
in sentences : Alaiyi p-ala, bring the wood ; Aliana pa kyuni, 
I loilled a tiger. In Suhin the use is identical : Ta thle p-atsat ? 
what is the ñame of thy house ? In Lengua-Mascoy k is used, 
e.g. Áptasi-k enthlit (the man is good), where it is always attached 
