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PRE POSITIONS— PARTICLES. 



There is no article, and the dual and plural nouns are formed by 

 the addition of particles ; thus : — 



Collective nouns have only the plural, and end in " it" as Iglu- 

 perksuit, a collection of houses. 



The genitive is formed by the addition of b, or of m if a vowel 

 follows.' The other cases are formed by adding the following par- 

 ticles, acting as prepositions : — 



Mik, with, at, through. 



Mil, from. 



Mut, to. 



Mi, in, on. 



Kut, through, over. 



Agut, round. 



At, underneath. 



Kut, above. 



Suk, beyond. 



Tuno, behind. 



Kingo, 



Ake, 



Iluk, 



Silat, 



Avut, 



Kit, 



Eange, 



Kujat, 



further end. 



opposite. 



inner. 



outer. 



farthest. 



seaside. 



landside. 



south side. 



Avanguelc, north side. 



(Where?) 



(Whence ?) 



(Whence ?) 



(Where ?) 



(How ?j 



(Time) 



(Time) 



(Mode) Okautsimik, with words. 



Nunama, 



Nunamit, 



Nunakut, 



Nunamut, 



Nunamik, 



TJkiume, 



Unukut, 



on land, 

 from land, 

 over land, 

 to land, 

 with land, 

 in winter, 

 in evening 



Particles. 

 The meanings of nouns are also varied in numerous ways by the 

 addition of particles. Of these the most common are the augmenta- 

 tives and diminutives. Suak or suit means great; as Nuna, land; 

 Nunarsuak, great land. Eingmek, a dog ; Eingmersuak, a great dog. 

 Nguak, is small ; as, Eingminguak, a small dog. Gasalc denotes what 

 belongs to or is part of anything ; as, Umiak, a boat ; Umiagasalc, 

 what belongs to a boat. Inak and tuak are only, as Iglu, a 

 house ; Igluindk, one house only. Ernek, a son ; Emituak, an only 

 son. Siat denotes ordinary size, neither large nor small ; as, Eakak- 

 siat, a middle-sized hill. Liak is a particle which denotes that the 

 thing indicated by the noun to which it is attached was made by 

 its owner as Iglerfik, a box ; Igerjiliak, his box made by him- 

 self. Siak implies that the thing was bought as Savik, a knife ; 

 Saviksiak, a purchased knife. Easik, piluk, and rujuk, are adjectival 

 particles, denoting respectively, folly, meanness, and depreciation, 

 as Innuk, a man ; Innukasik, a foolish man ; Innukjiluk, a mean man ; 



