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Let the same persons remain in the singular, and let the noun be 

 in the plural, and the forms would be — 



netA'nemdhem.A'g' my dogs 

 ketA'nemdhem.A'g'^ thy dogs 

 utA^nemohemai''^ his dogs 



The word for rock is A'sen\ a noun of inanimate gender. The forms 

 of the three persons of the singular used with the noun in the singular 

 would be — 



netA' seni^m^ my rock 

 hetA'seni^m^ thy rock 

 utA'senVm.^ his rock 



The forms with the same persons in the singular and the noun in 

 the plural would be — 



ne'^^s^riimA^n' my rocks 

 ke'^^senimA^n' thy rocks 

 u'tAsenimA^n^ his rocks 



The consonant m of the suffix is often omitted with certain classes 



of substantives : as — 



In terms denoting relationship. 



no's^ my father 



ke'gy^ thy mother 



u'taiyd^n^ his pet (referring to a horse or dog) 



In words expressing parts of the body. 



ne'ta'^ my heart 

 \ie'gaTc^ thy chest 

 u'wlc^ his head 



In some names of tools. 

 neto'^pwdgA^n^ my pipe 

 ke'me'td^'^ thy bow 

 u'mp^ V his arrow 



[It should be observed that under special stress the vowel of the m 

 suffix is split into two vowels (§ 6); likewise it should be noticed that 

 under unknown conditions t is not inserted after ne, ke, u, before initial 

 vowels: then the terminal e of ne and Jce is elided, while a glide w {§ 8) 

 is inserted after ti. 



Examples of possessives with the m of the suffix, from the Texts, 

 are — 



nesimii' my younger brother 330.16 

 netekwdnf' my sister 84.2, 12, etc. 

 nCcwmahAg' my little brothers 282.13 

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