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3. gd refers to the unseen, also to what follows; it designates prob- 

 ably originally what is near the person spoken of. 



gd ta^'he t'd I shall see that 28.2 



gage hndfe fai-ede you should have eaten those 28.10 

 gdniflke lidzi (^i^ade tai (that) }^ou shall be called grapes 550.7 

 gdi'i^ JIdgige is an'ga teViiai that one Hagige killed his brother 



for him 235.8 

 gd^a^ i^^in' gian-ga put that on something for me 121.14 



4. e refers to something referred to before. 

 eni that water (referred to in line 2) 559.12 

 e gi^a-hiamd it is said she rejoiced at that 21,1 

 e sf i 7na'^4a'^' i fe that too they stole 85.8 

 ega^ gaga-hazi'i-gd lui do not ye do thus! 618.8 



5. d/u is a form which is comparatively rare, and seems to designate 

 what is near the speaker. 



duak^a this one here 58.5 



uJip'e fe duafe the bowl on this side 574.1 



dilda this way 191.8, 192.15 



dudika this way 553.3, 556.5 



6. gii is also comparatively rare, and designates what is farther off 

 than du. 



gudiha that way 587.15, 614.1, 630.20 



§ 44. Possession 



Inalienable or at least very intimate possession is indicated bv pre- 

 tixing the objective personal pronominal prefixes, and suffixing -j>i fov 

 plural forms. The dual is distinguished in the same manner as in 

 the subjective and reflexive pronominal prefixes. 

 Examples: 



mlci^'lcsi my son 



hu his leg 



fa'^l'e' yapi their sister 



n'^c^d^'te our two selves' two hearts 



u^c^a^'tepi our hearts (more than two) 



Sometimes ma is used instead of mi; and, according to Eiggs, this 

 is when those parts of the body are referred to which exhibit no inde- 

 pendent action. 



ma'p^a my head mano'ge my ears 



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