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PHILOLOGY. 



The following examples will give some idea of the system of transitions in this lan- 

 guage, and of the extraordinary changes which the words undergo. It certainly would 

 not be supposed, without such evidence, that himkuniti and tatetut were merely inflec- 

 tions of the same verb. 



tgitfipatgitup maha, I love thee 

 tgitn-pintguo kok, I love him 

 himt3,pintgiwata tgii kuk, he loves me 

 hintgitapintgiwata tgii, dost thou love me 1 



tfihotatgop tgii, I see thee 



choton tyii, I see him 



himkuhoton kok, dost thou see him ? 



himkuhutotgofon tgii, dost thou see me ? 



himkuhoton kinuk, dost thou see them ? 



kinuk himkunhoton, do they see thee ? 



sit kok, give him 

 j iteto soto, give us 

 gineti kinuk, give them 



eia putetip maha kuska keutan 1 who gave thee that horse ? 

 gimma wala kotetat tfii, my father gave it to me 

 medji tikiimti, to-morrow I will give it to him 



" takumti gimma, thou wilt give it to my father 

 kitetat he will give it to me 



tatet&t thou wilt give it to me 



titetip I will give thee 



kitetiup he will give thee 



eia himkuniti, to whom didst thou give it ? 



himti gimma, I gave it to my father 

 w&yk tyii keek timyeti, I do not wish to give it to thee ? 



Of the remaining vocabularies little can be said beyond what may be gathered from 

 the vocabularies. In the languages of Kfj and Netela a few examples of plural and 

 pronominal forms were obtained, which may be worth preserving. 



woroit, man 

 kltg, house 

 hai/., mountain 

 i$ot, wolf 

 tihdrwait, good 

 tginui, small 

 yuptya, black 



pi. u-orordt 

 pi. kikitg 

 pi. hahaif. 

 pi. igigot 

 pi. tiriwait 

 pi. tit$inui 

 pi. yupinut 



KIJ. 



tokor, woman pi. totokor 



paityuar, bow pi. papaityuar 



wasi, dog pi. wausi (qu. wdvjasi ?) 



mohai, bad pi. momohai 



arawatai, white pi. rawanut 



kwauo?.a, red pi. kwauf.onul 



nlnak, my father 



ayoinak, our father 



