BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMEEICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 947 



Alienable or more distant possession is indicated by another prefix, 

 ta^ which occurs in conjunction with the prefixes above given. 



fawi'cii his wife nifa'suH'e your horse 



t'^awo'ioasi his servant 

 Often, however, these forms are prefixed to a syllable wa placed 

 after the noun. 



wo'Foya'ke t'a'wa her clothing 



The noun to which fa'wa, etc. , refers may be entirely omitted ; as, 



wino'^'Ucala fa'wa ki'"- tyo'ta"^ waste' the old woman's was exceed- 

 ingly good 

 nifa'wapi Jii^ iyo'ta^ la'ta yours is exceedinglv scarlet 



Terms of relationship take in the third person a special suffix -ku. 



hu''^ka his mother 



hi^QAna'ku her husband 



atku'kupi their father 



su^ka'ku her younger brother 



tibAlo'ku her elder brother 



kii^'ku his mother-in-law 



tak'o'sku his son-in-law or daughter-in-law 



This suffix is probably identical with the ku in taku what, which 

 is used entire in f Ita'kiiye iiis relations and taku' toicaye kindred. 



After i or r, pure or nasalized, the k of this suffix either changes to 

 c in conformity with the tendenc}^ already noted, or a ^ is inserted 

 just before it. 



fauii'cii his wife k'xiP-'sltku his grandmother 



leksl'tku his uncles ti^Uiye'tku his master 



Many terms of relationship have a syllable s/, which evidently had 

 once some special significance, though it is now impossible to say 

 whether it is properl}' an affix or part of a descriptive term. Such 

 are leksl'tku^ ku^'sltku., and probably ta¥o'sku, above given; as also — 



mici'^'kkl my son lia^'kasi female cousin 



hoksl' boy tii^'kasila grandfather 



fa'^k'sl' 3"ounger sister fawo'wasl his servant 

 ta^ha'^'si my cousin (male) 



The following independent forms were observed in Fonca: 

 ^^j^'^^my 633.11, 635.6 

 wiwita my own 477.9, 492.12, 493.1 

 4ita thy 485.2, 635.4 § 44 



