850 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F, - 
GENDER, 
Inflection.—As regards gender, F. Tuckfield shows that worth is 
at 5 2 : 
a feminine suffix: Kurenyemerworthk, “ She-with-the-small-eyes. 
Worok, gorok, and goruk are variants of the word. No mention 
is made of a masculine suffix ; and the feminine can be traced in 
the names of persons only. 
From the subjoined table it will be seen that gender in nouns 
was more commonly expressed by different words :— 
Wod-dow-ro. 
Masculine. Feminine. 
Amerjig. White man Amerjigorok. White woman 
Kuly. Man. Bagoruk. Woman 
Pedong. Father Gnurdong. Mother 
Wordong. Brother Bermborok. Sister 
Wagnakik. My younger brother Bermboragik. My younger sister 
Dedeik. My youngest brother Dajerik. My eldest sister 
Dajorongbullok. Eldest sister of 
two 
Mommomik. My son Wong-gongik. My daughter 
Tanddopek. My uncle Male koragik. My aunt. 
Dantgurt. 
Amerdeit. White man Amerdeitair. White woman 
Tamtambora. Woman 
Be-bi. Father Gner-rong-gi. Mother 
Wordi. Brother Ko-ker. Sister 
Ko-ko-gnun. My youngerbrother Towelja. Aunt 
Gnum-i. My uncle Ka-ki. My elder sister 
Kolijon. 
Amerdeit. White man Amerdeitgoruk. White woman 
Tharong. Man Nodnoat. Woman 
Ma-ma. Father Ba-ba. Mother 
Derda. Brother Banget. Sister 
Koromboit. My younger brother 
Ka-gnet, My uncle Malankaugnek. My aunt 
Dattonget. My eldest sister 
It may be noted that wererwp a common term for the 
“sorcerer” of a tribe, can have no feminine, women never filling 
that office. 
Lapmolong, widower, and pondak, widow, no doubt belong to 
one of the three dialects; but Mr. Tuckfield has merely hsted 
them in his general vocabulary. 
NUMBER. 
He gives only one example of the change of a noun singular to 
plural, viz., mir, eye ; mera, eyes.’ 
* See example of parsing. 
