NO. 4
��TWO PHONETIC SHIFTS OCCURRING IN MANY ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES
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��gishkdge i MEET ; nintangishkawd \ KICK HIM, nintangisbkdge i KICK ; nindlbcu&awa i BELIEVE HIM, nindelnultagos i SPEAK THE TRUTH, nindeb- wctage i SPEAK THE TRUTH ; nindddawo. i DO IT TO HIM, nindodadis i DO IT TO MYSELF, nindodas
I DO IT TO MYSELF, dodddiwin MUTUAL TREAT-
MK\T, ninnigitawa i GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD FOR HIM, kinigitagmua HE is BORN TO YOU, ninnigildg
HE IS BORN TO ME.
(b) From Jones's Ojibiva Texts, Part i uflndanuncicin TELL ME 92.7, kigaivlndaiu^u i
WILL ADVISE YOU 2O.I, UWindailWgdn HE WAS
INFORMED S8.iS;ogi'i'fi'a'cdnidkaivAn HE MADK HIM RETRACE ins WAY 18.17, ka' icndcv a~ jan'ici-
'kiiifltt HE WAS DRIVEN BACK FROM THAT PLACE
18.18; k&'i'fitQngickaw&t HE KICKED HIM 34.21, kttanfickogut HE WAS KICKED BY 172.10; ninga- tOlawa i WILL DO TO HIM i^2.i^,kiwanitotau'ninvi
WE NEARLY DID A MISTAKE TO HIM 130.14, tdtA-
gut HE \v.\s TREATED BY 9O.2I, wdntdtotawit
WHY HE SHOULD TREAT ME I 1 0.5, tdtOtOtit THAT
THEY SHALL DO TO EACH OTHER 38.23; nSndawiyan
IF YOU HEAR ME 2)4.12, kinondawHl SHE HEARD THEM 4. JO, HgindlltilU'it HE HEARD THEM 134.9,
unontawa HE WAS HEARD 124.17, nondagusi HE WAS HEARD 238. 17, ningijcki'ton [so read] I SHALL
BE ABLE TO MAKE IT 224.28, klCpitl gftcki't<>\<ni IF YOU CAN MAKE IT 224.27, kl'kici'tffwat THEN THEY WERE DONE WITH IT 226.3 [F x -'/'-,
-'to-, -'/<?-]
ALGONKIN
ninondawa i HEAR HIM, kinondon i HEAR THEE, nondagosi HE is HEARD, nondage HE HEARS; ninii- nolotawak \ TREAT THEM WELL, to/a-widjik THOSE
WHO TREAT MK, IlimhlOtOlagO I AM WELL TREAT- ED, niinotoiiiiitik TREAT EACH OTHER WELL, piyndau'a IL EST ECOUTE, opi^indiigon IL EST
ECOUTE DE LUI, kipttfndag TU ES ECOUTE DE LUI,
pizjndatik ECOUTEZ-VOUS LES UNS LES AUTRES ; for examples of -amaw-, -amo-, -ainn-, of the double object, see paragraphs 222-225.
��POTAWATOMI
nito' towa* i TREAT HIM, to'ta'kt'win TREAT- MENT ; nino'towa' i HEAR HIM, nota'ke'ivin HEA- RING; nide'bwetoiua i BELIEVE HIM, tS'bweta'klt A BELIEVER; niurltimo'wa i TELL HIM, ivi'lamaW
win INFORMATION.
PEORIA
wcndamawatci' SHE ADVISED HIM, windatnakotc
HE WAS INFORMED ; Ult'tldaWdtC HE HEARD HIM,
nnndako'watch THEY WERE HEARD.
DELAWARE
npendawa i HEAR HIM, n'pendawawak i HEAR THEM, pendawake IF i HEAR HIM, pendamte IF HE HEARS ME, pendawate IF HE HEAR HIM, pendawil
DO THOU HEAR ME, k'pmdohn I HEAR THEE,
n'pendagttn HE HEARS ME, k'pendugitii HE HEARS THEE, pendagol HE HEARS HIM, k'pendagiiwa HE HEARS YOU ; n'petawawak i BRING TO THEM, k'petawi THOU BRINGEST TO MK, pcttnuil BRING
THOU TO ME, pCtawik BRING YE TO ME, petOWlte IV HE BRINGS TO ME, fetaWOte IF HE BRINGS TO HIM, k'pfloleil I BRING TO THEE, petdgol HE BRINGS TO
HIM, n'petaguneen HE BRINGS TO us (excl.), k'pe-
tagllWCl HE BRINGS TO YOU.
Addition Nov. ist, 1920. This paper was written nearly three years ago. An abstract will be found in the Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, 9.333.334. Ottawa, Passamoq noddy, and Penobscot should be added to the list of languages (given above) in which the changes take place. The inferences regard- ing Ottawa are drawn from unpublished ma- nuscripts in the possession of the Bureau of American Ethnology ; those appurtaining to Passamoquoddy from a number, of sources ; those concerning Penobscot, Speck's material published in this Journal, vol. 1, p. 187 ff. It may be well to give a few examples showing
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