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tive form, made in aw, ees, 6s, or as ; a derogative form, made in 

 ish, eesh^ oosh, or ash; and a local form, made in aing, eeng, ing, or 

 oong. By a principle of accretion, ttie second or third may be 

 added to the first form, and the third to the second. 



EXAMPLE. 



Serpent, s. Kinai'bik. 



s. diminutive. ons, implying Little serpent. 



s. derogative. ■ ish, " Bad serpent. 



s. local. ing, " In (the) serpent. 



s. dim. and der. onsish, " Little bad serpent, 



s. dim. and lo. onsing, " In (the) little serpent. 



s. dim. der. and lo. onsishing, " In (the) little bad serpent. 



4. More attention has, perhaps, been bestowed upon these 

 points than their importance demanded; but, in giving anything 

 like a comprehensive sketch of the substantive, they could not be 

 omitted ; and, if mentioned at all, it became necessary to pursue 

 them through their various changes and limitations. Another 

 reason has presented itself. In treating of an unwritten language, 

 of which others are to judge chiefly from examples, it appeared 

 desirable that the positions advanced should be accompanied by 

 the data upon which they respectively rest — at least, by so much 

 of the data employed as to enable philologists to appreciate the 

 justice or detect the fallacy of our conclusions. To the few who 

 take any interest in the subject at all, minuteness will not seem 

 tedious, and the examples will be regarded with deep interest. 



As much of our time as we have already devoted to these lesser 

 points of inquiry, it will be necessary, at this place, to point out 

 other inflections and modifications of the substantive, to clear it 

 from obscurities, that we may go into the discussion of the other 

 parts of speech unincumbered. 



Of these remaining forms, none is more interesting than that 

 which enables the speaker, by a simple inflection, to denote that 

 the individual named has ceased to exist. This delicate mode of 

 conveying melancholy intelligence, or alluding to the dead, is 

 effected by placing the object in the past tense. 



Aiekid-opun aieko Garrangula-bun. 

 So the deceased Garrangula spoke. 



The syllable bun, in this sentence, added to the noun, and t)pun 

 added to the verb, place both in the past tense. And, although 



