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In the Dza'wadEenox" dialect, the forms -xwa and -sa do not seem 

 to occur; and in place of -xa and -sa, we find -xeda and -seda, which 

 are analogous to -eda of the subjective. In the Koskimo and Newettee 

 dialects, -xa and -sa are replaced by -xe and -se. 



The possessive suffixes are also formed from the fundamental series 

 of forms. 



III. POSSESSIVE SUFFIXES 



ITT {(I). Fii'xt I*erson, Incfiisire, E.irlnsivi', Second T*erson 



Demonstrative of- 



1st person, visible . 

 1st person, invisible 

 2d person, visible . 

 2d person, invisible 

 3d person,' visible . 

 3d person, invisible 



Prenominal. 



1st person, 



inclusive, i 2d person. 



exclusive. 



-g'ln, -g-ms, 

 -g-lnu^fu 



■En, -Ens, 

 ■Ennn>i 



-ois 

 -es 



POSTNOMINAL. 



With the endings of 

 the pronominal instru- 

 mental of the various 

 persons. 



The three forms for the second person for the demonstrative of the 

 second person seem to be used indiscriminateh'. 



In place of the double use of prenominal and postnominal posses- 

 sive forms, the prenominal or postnominal demonstrative possessives 

 alone are also in use for the first person, inclusive, and exclusive. 



ITT (ft). Third Person 



It will be noticed that in the third person, when the possessor and- 

 the subject of the sentence are the same person, the instrumental -s 

 is added to the prenominal element, leaving the postnominal demon- 

 strative to be added to the noun. When the possessor and the subject 

 of the sentence are different persons, the instrumental -s is added to 



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