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ETYMOLOGY. 



uqki-pi, our, ni-pi, yowr: as, mi6ii)6a, my child ; nidek^i, thy uncle; nisuijka, thy 

 younger brother ; uqkidiqdapi, our children. 



2. a. Nouns signifying relationship take as the pronouns of the third person, the 

 suffix ' ku,' with its plural ' kupi ;' as, suqka, the younger brother of a man, suqkaku, 

 his younger brother ; taqka, the younger sister of a woman, taqkaku, her younger 

 sister ; hihna, husband, hihnaku, her husband ; ate, father, atkuku, his or her 

 father. 



b. But after the vowel ' i,' either pure or nasalized, the suffix is either ' tku ' or 

 ' 6u ;' as, dek^i, uncle, deksitku, his or her uncle ; taqk^i, the younger sister of a man, 

 taijksitku, his younger sister ; <Sir)ksi, son, diqhiqtku, his or her son ; tawiq, a wife, 

 tawidu, his wife ; 6iqye, the elder brother of a man, 6ii)6u, his elder brother. 



Perhaps the origin of the ' t ' in ' tku ' may be found in the ' ta ' of the third person used to denote 

 property. See the next section. 



§ 23. 1. ' Mita,' 'nita,' and ' ta,' singular ; ' uqkita,' dual ; and ' uqkita-pi,' ' nita- 

 pi ' and ' ta-pi,' plural, are used to express property in things : as, mitaoqspe, my axe ; 

 nita^uqke, thy dog; they say also mitahoksidaq, my boy. These pronouns are also 

 used with koda, a particular friend, as, mitakoda, my friend, nitakoda, thy friend, 

 takodaku, his friend ; and with ki6uwa, comrade, as, nitakiduwa, thy comrade, etc. 



2. a. ' Mita,' ' nita,' and ' ta,' when prefixed to nouns commencing with ' o ' or 

 ' i,' drop the ' a ;' as, owiqi;a, a bed, mitowiq^e, my bed ; ipahiq, a pillow, nitipahig, 

 thy pillow ; itazipa, a bow, tinazipe, his bow. 



b. When these possessive pronouns are prefixed to abstract nouns which com- 

 mence with ' wo,' both the ' a ' of the pronoun, and ' w ' of the noun, are dropped ; 

 as, wowaste, goodness, mitowa^te, my goodness ; woksape, wisdom, nitoksape, thy 

 wisdom ; wowaoq^ida, mercy, towaoq^ida, his mercy. 



c. But when the noun commences with ' a,' the ' a ' of the pronoun is usually 

 retained ; as, aki6ita, a soldier, mitaaki6ita, my soldier. 



3. ' Wi6a ' and ' wi6i ' are sometimes prefixed to nouns, making what may be 

 regarded as a possessive of the third person plural; as, wi6ahuqku, their mother ; 

 wi6iatkuku, their father. 



TABLE OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS. 



