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PHILOLOGY. 



quently throwing the accent upon a different syllable. Hence the number of cases must 

 be numerous, if, indeed, it is proper to call all these suffix forms cases. 



21. The noun init, a house, is thus declined : 



Nom. init, house 



Gen. ininm, of a house 



Ace. inina, house 



1st Dat. initph, to or for a house 



2d Dat. initpa, in, on, or upon a house 



1st Abl. initki, with a house (instrument) 



2d Abl. initpkinih, from a house 



3d Abl. initain, for the purpose of a house 



(The pronunciation does not show clearly that there is a different form of this word for 

 the plural ; it would properly be Unit.) 



There are other suffixes which may be considered adjective or adverbial, as : 



initash, the place of a house 

 initpama, belonging to a house 

 ininot, without (or destitute of) a house 

 initin, having a house 

 initiih, like a house 

 initsim, only a house 



22. Nouns ending in a, i, o, and u, make the genitive by adding nm ; as hama, 

 hamanm ; hatsu, hatsunm. Those ending in ai, k, m, and s, by adding nim, as, 

 tahai, tahainim; witk, witihinm (see 8); shikam, shikamnim. Those ending in /and 

 n, except it be in in, by adding m, as haswal, haswalm ; titokan, titokanm. Those 

 ending in in change the n to shnim, as, himin, himishnim. Those in p add im, as, 

 piap, piapim. Those in at add um, as miohat, miohatum. Those in it change the t 

 to nm, as, iskit, iskinm. Those in kt drop the t and take nm with a vowel preceding, 

 as, taulikt, taulikinm ; nukt, nukunm. 



23. The accusative is formed from the genitive by dropping the m (and i when it pre- 

 cedes it) and adding a ; or if the m is not preceded by n, by adding na, as, iskinm, 

 iskina ; witihnim, witihna ; miohatum, miotiatna. 



OF THE ADJECTIVE. 



24. The adjective is declined in the same way as the noun : as 



SING. rum. 



Nom. tahs \taOts] good titahs 



Gen. tahsnim litahsnim 



Ace. tahsna titaftsna 



1st Dat. tahsph titahsph 



2d Dat. tahspa titahspa 



1st Abl. tahski titahski 



2d Abl. tahspkinih titahspkinih 



3d Abl. tahsain titahsain 



