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GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[of nouns.] 



EXAMPLES. 



Utenink (from Uteney, a city or town), in the 



town, in town 

 Utenink nda, I am going to town, or into the ; 



i own 

 Utenink noon, I am coming from or out of 



town 

 Sipunk (from Sipo, river, creek, water), to or 



into the river 

 Mbink (from Mbi, water), in the water 

 Hakink (from Hacki, earth, ground), in or on 



the earth 



Awossagamewunk (from Awossagame, hea- 

 ven 1 , in heaven 



Wachtsehunk nda (from Wachtschu, hill, moun- 

 tain ), I am going up the hill 



Wachtsehunk noom, I come from the hill 



Gamunk nda or noom, I am going over the wa- 

 ter or coming from thence 



Machtschikamigunk, in the hole (meaning a 

 hole in the ground) 



Ochunk, at his father's. 



OF NUMBERS. 



The singular has in general no particular inflections to distinguish it 

 from the plural, except in the third person, where it ends in I, but most 

 commonly in wall. The plural is variously inflected. There is a singu- 

 lar number combined with the plural, as in our fatlier, my fathers, and a 

 double plural, as in our fathers. These are distinguished by particular 

 inflections, the double plural, by the duplication of a syllable. Substan- 

 tives are generally combined with the inseparable possessive pronoun, 

 which in the singular is n for the first person, k for the second, and w or 

 o for the third. The inseparable pronoun is often omitted in the plural 

 and in the third person singular, and the sense is determined by the nu- 

 meric inflection, which is at the same time pronominal. Those inflec- 

 tions are na or nana in the first person, wa or waiva in the second, and 

 wall, ivak and ivawall in the third. The duplication of a syllable, asnff- 

 na, wawa, tvawawall, indicates the double plural. 



EXAMPLES. 



Wetoochwink, Father. 



Singular. 



Nooch, my father 

 Kooch, thy father 

 Ochwall, his or her father 



Singular with Plural. 

 Noochcna, our father 

 Koochuwa, your father 

 Ochuwawall, their father. 



Double Plural. 

 Noochenana, our fathers 

 Coocfaew&wa, your fathers 

 Ochuwawawall, their fathers. 



Gahotves, Mother. 



Singular. 

 Ngahowes, my mother 

 Kahowes, thy mother 

 Gohessal, his or her mother. 



Singular urith Plural. 

 Gohessena, our mother 

 Kohessuwa, your mother 

 Gohessuwawall, their mother. 



The double plural is formed as in the pre 

 ceding example. 



Sometimes the singular receives numerical inflections, and the substan- 

 tive itself is Bomewhal modified as we have already seen in wetoochwink. 

 rather, from winch are formed nooch, kooch, itc. So in the following ex- 

 ample : 



