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rule is not reciprocated, and minno^ and mmdiddo, and gilizzi] and 

 all words similarly situated, remain unchangeably animates. The 

 word imngee is limited to the expression of quantity, and its cor- 

 respondent, uggaushi, to size or quality. Kishedd (hot) is restricted 

 to the heat of a fire ; heezliautd^ to the heat of the sun. There is 

 still a third term to indicate the natural heat of the body ; kizzizoo. 

 Mitshau (large) is generally applied to countries, lakes, rivers, &c.; 

 mmdiddo, to the body; and gitshee, indiscriminately. Omsh/'shin, 

 and its correspondent, onishishshd, signify handsome or fair, as 

 well as good. Kioonaudy, a. a., and hconaudyeivun, a. i., mean, 

 strictly, handsome, and imply nothing further. Minno is the ap- 

 propriate personal form for good. Mudjee and monaudud may 

 reciprocally change genders, the first by the addition of tee, and 

 the second by altering ud to izzi. 



Distinctions of this kind are of considerable importance in a 

 practical point of view, and their observance or neglect is noticed 

 with scrupulous exactness by the Indians. The want of inani- 

 mate forms to such words as happy, sorrowful, brave, sick, &c., 

 creates no confusion, as inanimate nouns cannot, strictly speak- 

 ing, take upon themselves such qualities ; and when they do — as 

 they sometimes do — by one of those extravagant figures of speech 

 which are used in their tales of transformations, the animate form 

 answers all purposes ; for in these tales the whole material crea- 

 tion may be clothed with animation. The rule, as exhibited in 

 practice, is limited, with sufficient accuracy, to the boundaries 

 prescribed by nature. 



To avoid a repetition of forms, were the noun and the adjective 

 both to be employed in their usual relation, the latter is endowed 

 with a pronominal or substantive inflection ; and the use of the 

 noun in its separate form is thus wholly superseded. Thus, om- 

 shishin, a. i., and onisMshsha, a. a., become ivdnisJiisldng, " That 

 which is good or fair," and ivdnishishid, " He who is good or fair." 

 The following examples will exhibit this rule under each of its 

 forms : — 



COMPOUND OR NOUN-ADJECTIVE ANIMATE. 



Black, Mukkuddawizzi, Makuddiiwizzid. 



"White, Waubislikizzi, Wyaubishkizzid. 



Yellow, Ozahwizzi, Wlizauwizzid. 



Pied, Miskwizzi, Maskoozzid. 



I Strong, Songizzi, Swongizzid. 



