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singular, but (lio information is loo scanl.y to decido tho plural forma, 
e.g. : 
1 . he-tuj, I eat 
2. thla-tuj, tliou eatest 
3. yi-tuj , he, she, it eats 
1. asthla-tuj, wo cat 
2. asthla-tuj-yith, ye eat 
3. yi-tuj, they eat 
1. atsi-aihinkyi, wc kcep back 
1. he-aihinkyi, I keep back 
2. e-aihinkyi, thou keepest back 
3. y-aihinkyi, he, she, it or they keep back 
Other examples could be given shewing that h is the general prefix 
of the first person singular and plural, but the form he or ha sometimes 
adcls the tse particle, which is plural throughout the Chaco group and 
also in Mojo. The second person singular is frequently the root form, 
as aponik (cover it) ; and the thl prefix is also very usual with this as 
with the other members of the group, e.g. thl-isik (hold, grip). In the 
third person the y, i, e and t prefixes follow the order of both the 
Mataco and Guaycuru families, e.g. : 
Y, yanikiyo, fill in ; yapelosik, scrape, as skin. 
I, e, iyakhe, drink ; iwots-han, drive ; etokhe, far. 
T, tathkyi, grow, spring ; tekhoipii, boiling. 
G. The imperative of verbs and the interrogative is formed with 
the particle ma, as in Choroti, etc., e.g. : 
Ma ma, sleep (imp.) 
Ma matak ? art thou sleeping ? 
The negative and prohibitive follows the Vejoz negative suffix hite, 
( ita , etc.), e.g. V. Chuyu hita, he is not hungry. The Towothli has both 
the hete and kitik or kilaiki forms, tlius : 
Mape hete or Mape kitik, do not return 
Mooi kitaiki, do not bring 
7. The kyi suffix to verbs like the Lengua-Mascoy represents the 
actual present tense, e.g. Tath, grow ; Tath-kyi, growing ; L.-M. tip- 
kyi, growing. 
Ka is an intensivo partido used with nouns and verbs, tlius : 
Fetsuk, palm tree ; Fetsot-aka, another kind of palm, the pindó. 
Kocheta, sheep ; Kocheta-ika, goat. Cf. Toba : Kaigeta, sheep ; 
Kiták, goat. 
Mapel, return ; Mapel-ka, return quickly or in anger. 
Ii denotes trees and plants as in Vejoz, Toba, Choroti, and Suhin : 
Fenak, tobáceo, cf. L.-M. ik-Ilena ; Feluk, tree (generic), cf. 
V. Hala. 
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