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-mEmiJct blackened face 



-' {kiymatck spots, painted face 



-tckc stench 



-'(['.ES sweet smell 



-ts'.emEn sweetness 



-l!l bitterness 



-Lelam ten 



-Iclamdnak hundred 



-t.'owil experience (from t.'o 



good) 

 -'(ke)t!di 1 ^.^^ 

 -tloxotskin] 



The following are exceptions: 



Feminine 



-xti smokiness (= cataract 

 of eye) 



-Id hunger (subject of tran- 

 sitive verb) 



-t'.dxakamit (= good mind) 



cleverness 

 -Lhne'nxut lie of a male (sub- 

 ject of transitive verb) 

 -go' LgEle\\e of a female (sub- 

 ject of transitive verb) 

 -'wa^actof hitting (= to hit) 

 -Jcal'amit mind ( = to think) 

 -qalqt a wail ( = to wail) 

 -Ifux smell (= to smell) 



-Tui^o what is chewed 

 -qotck cold in head 



Neuter 



-xax sadness 

 -patseu red head 



-k'^Lil custom 

 -h'lLau taboo 



Plural 



-'xauyam what excites sym- 

 pathy 



-(ki)pd'lau witchcraft 

 -hatdkox cleverness 



(6) The verbal noun corresponding to the past-passive participle 

 is generally masculine, as : 



-' LxalEmax what is eaten 

 -tcxEmal what is boiled 

 -ctxul what is carried 



Exceptions to this rule are — 

 o'rriEl purchase money 



-h'.e'wulal what has been 



picked 

 -xotckin work 



hia' pona what has been 

 brought to him 



(7) Nouns formed from particles are generally masculine, as: 

 -yuL'.l pride (from yuL.'l) -gitqlup cut (from Lq.'u])) 



-Tc le'wax flower (from iDax) -ge' l !m eul !mEn syphilis 



-waxo'mi copper (from wax) from L.'mEn rotten) 



-Tc!wac^d'ini fear (from Tclwac) 



(8) No rules can be given for the gender of other nouns. 

 Masculine are, for instance: 



-md'ma pewter wort -gtco hair, skin with hair 



-L^a body -got eye 



-gtg head -Jcatcx nose 

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