Huron Language. 97 



Of the possessive pronouns, my, thy, his. 

 Tlay are tliiis expressed : endiunda hiamn — my knife, 

 I possess that knife ; isa sandahiamii—yowY \imic -^ ondaie 

 /wndahiavan—hU knife, or, lie poi^scsses this knife. A final 

 is adtied lo uncompoundcd syllables, as, endi aennaoa— my 

 kettle; isa sau/nifja— thy kettle; on'daie onnaoa—hU 

 kettle ; eiidia itsi vliia — my net. They are often made 

 I>ossessires without the addition o{ the a final, only by 

 usiuir the example s in the place of example chi ; for exam- 

 ple, mnitun cftiamsti — thy house is fine ; sandnchachen — 

 your coat is bad; except andaon— to have a hut, a house, 

 because it is conjugated by the example c/ti, and may have 

 a possessive signification, as endi^ondaon— my house ; 

 isa c/ihndarm—tUy house ; uinlaie ondaon — his house ; but 

 what belongs to parts of the body, as the hand, arm, &c. ue 

 use the paradigmric/i,or*,just as they are from their nature 

 of the paradigma*, or ch. Thus because ,afinresa—i\ie 

 hand ; ^aiuc/iut—thi' arni ; /toudia — the nose, &c. arc of 

 the paradigmarA/, we ^iiychiefiur'csa—t\\s\\ixm\;clticiachia 

 —thy arm. lint because aaeruc/iiu— the hair; osAuf a— the 

 hcM\ ; oacAm— the breast, &e. arc of the paradignia s ; we 

 Bay sero r/rm— thy hair ; sas/iota— thy head ; sauchiu^e, or 

 saaske — thy breast does not pain thee. 



Note— These posrcssivcs, my, thy, his, their, are often 

 expressed hy the wonl (loii/ma, of the fifth conjugation ; for 

 exani[)le, ajitoudof uiition d'a^on/isii n/itoudotumn — I have 

 thf o\\ n ofiiny clothes; satondotnulinn desonlina suto/idofa nan 

 —thou liast thron n (»flthy clothes; /lolo/uhtoiition d'a/ion/,»a 

 hotoudotnyum—he liasthroMU oti' his clothes; from foudotti, 

 clothes, and oiitiun — to throw. In composition we Fay 

 ontion, not in conii)osilion iilion. 

 But these poBHCBsive pronouns, I me, thou thte, he him, 



