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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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There are two set of typical signs of the plural common to both 

 nouns and verbs. Here we are concerned chiefl}^ with the first set, or the 

 pure dual and plural endings. The dual or plural signs of the other 

 set are closely connected with or incorporated into the other inflec- 

 tional endings, for which reason they have been more or less com- 

 pletely united with them in form as well as in meaning: e. g., the 

 plural n in iLLune in the houses, as compared with the 7n in ihLwne 

 IN THE house; or Ic in ernilika my sons, as compared with r in ernera 



MY SON. 



West Greenland 



Singular 



a e 

 q I- t 



Dual 



(by adding 1i) ak uk ih 

 (by substitution) h 



Plural 



at ut it 



t 



Examples: 

 Nouns: nuna land 



Illo house 



isse ej'e 

 Verbs: atoraa he using it 



atorjpoq it is used 



Bafiin land 



nunak two lands 

 iLLuk two houses 

 issih two eyes 

 atoraak they two 



using it 

 atorpuk they two 



are used 

 atoi'ik he using two 



Singular 



nunat lands 



■iLLut houses 



issit eyes 



atoradt they us- 

 ing it 



ator])ut they are 

 used 



//* >jv' If'yif 



Dual 



P>^1 



Plural 



t^^y'nP 



Examples: 



^Qiuna land (Boas VI, 109) 

 ^igdiu house {ihid.^ 101) 

 ^ale'rtse stocking {ibid.^ 98); 



anu're wind {ihid., 99) 

 *tidugaq raven {ibid., 113) 

 ^ nigirn south wind (Gr. nigeq) ; 



nirdUrn goose (Boas I, 664), 



of. Gr. nerheq 

 ^ugjuk a thong-seal (Boas VI, 



114) 



"^ irdning son {ihld.^ 102) 

 ^angun paddle (Boas I, 659) 

 ^patalaugluk let us two strike 



(Boas II, 347) 

 ^^ humg maqong tikitong two 



men are coming(Boas 1,621) 

 ^^qingmit dogs (Boas VI, 105); 



ujarpa he searches for 



them {ibid.) 

 ^^tigmidjen the birds (Boas II, 



340)' 



river 



Singular 



Mackenzie 



(cf . Petitot p. L) I ^ > k'' k^ > f t^ > n^ 



§ir 



Dual 



k^"" or ^^ 



Plural 



