Comments: Cf. also Kar. Arch., Anch. heƛ̣:-, Cham. Gig. hiƛ̣:-. k- in Kar. is an old preverb. Reasons for -n-conjugation in And. are not clear. In Tindi there also exists a word ƛ̣:o 'a particle of indirect speech ("says")', reflecting an old Ablaut stem.