854 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



wnfitcimdskdtawa'^ his people 16.6 

 U(7^wawAn' their mother 154.9 

 u^w^^swawAn' their son 172.17 

 u^/W^fwawa'' their sons 172.20 

 u?w^caw66'wawa'' their children 160.13 



It should be observed that in certain terms of relationship, u- of the 

 third person is not used. Contrast oc/^e^mwaw'' their grandchildren 

 154.18 with koc/sem* THY GRANDSON 290. 21; o.sAn' his father 208.15 

 with ko.swawAn* your father 232.5 (owing to the exigency of English 

 grammar, Dr. Jones is forced not to be strictly literal in his transla- 

 tion); (okomeskv^ his grandmother 234.4, 6 and d7^?<weswawAn' their 

 grandmother 160.7 with \s.o'lxomese\\^\Vc\ our (inch) grandmother 

 262.3.— T. M.] 



§ 46. The Reflexire Pronoun 



Wliat stands for the reflexive pronoun in the absolute form is in 

 reality an inanimate, possessive combination. The thing possessed 

 is designated by a-, which has an essential meaning of existence, 

 being. The forms are — 



nl'yaw'^ myself 



Tci'yaw^ thyself 



u'wiya^w^ his self 



Tcl'yana'in} ourselves (I and thou) 



nl'yana'v} ourselves (I and he) 



Icl'ydwa'w^ yourselves 



uwl' yawa'w^ their selves 



These forms appear frequently as the object of a transitive verb; 

 and when so used, the combination of both pronoun and verb is best 

 rendered by an intransitive form. 



netd' fdneH"- nl'yaw'^ I am independent (literally, I own my own 



bodily self) 

 wd''pAciHmvA'g^ uwl'ydwd^w^ they are bad, sinful (literally, they 



defame their own bodily selves) 



§ 47. The Z>enionstrative Pronouns 



Demonstrative pronouns occur in absolute form, and number and 

 gender are distinguished. Some of the forms are slightly irregular 

 in passing from singular to plural and from one gender to another. 

 Three of the pronouns point to an object present in time and space 

 with much the same force as English this, that, yonder. 



§§46,47 



