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An interesting class of substantives is derived from the third 

 person singular of the present indicative of the verb, by changing 

 the vowel sound of the first syllable, and adding the letter d to 

 that of the last, making the terminations in aid, dd, eed, id, ood. 

 ThuSj Pimmoossd, he walks, becomes pdmrnoossCid, a walker. 



Munnissai, lie chops. 



Ozhibeigai, He -writes. 



Nundowainjeegai, lie hunts. 



aid. 



Mrmissaid, A chopper. 



Wazhibeigaid, A 'writer. 



Nandowainjeegaid, A hunter. 



a. 



This class of words is rendered plural in ig — a termination, 

 which, after d final in the singular, has a soft pronunciation, as 

 if written ^jV/, Thus, Ndiaid, a dancer, ndmidjig, dancers. 



The derogative form is given to these generic substantives by 

 introducing ish, or simply sA, in place of the J, and changing the 

 latter to hid, making the terminations in ai, aishhid, in a, dslikid, 

 in e, eeshkid, in i, ishkid, and in oo, ooshkid. Thus, naindowainjeeg- 

 aid, a hunter, is changed to naindoivainjeegaishkid, a bad or unpro- 

 fitable hunter. NaiMd, a sleeper, is changed to naibdshkid, a 

 sluggard. Jossakeed, a juggler, to jossakeeshkid, a vicious juggler. 



