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 Take, for example, the following:

Urdádrá, bow, mŭrápára;—«mŭrá, (wood) +pára, to bow, bowed or crooked);—pè, (prep. corresponding to the dative and locative case,)= supè, in, or to; nè or rè (pron.) = inè or irè, thou or thy;—xé (pron.) ixè, I or my, etc. etc.

22.—Syncope. There also are found various instances of letters dropt in the body of words, most usually in the agglutination of roots with suffixes or prefixes; ex: tãuasú, a hog, = tanhãuású (tanha, tooth+uasù, long); koatia-sába, painting, koatiara, + sába; kamerikára, a kneader, kamerike + ára [38,39].

23.—Apócope. The suppression of letters in the end of words is most generally noted in unaccented syllables; ex: akán, the head, akánga;—men(d)dr, to marry, mendára;—pôtár, to wish, pâtare; etc. etc.

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24.—Prothesis. Letters, as a rule, are added at the beginning of a word, to produce a nasal or more euphonical sound; ex: — mbaè, thing,=baè;—ikatú-reté, very good,=katú, good + eté, much or very; imŭra, wood, mŭra;—epỳa, the heart, pỳa;—epô, the hand, pô.