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Other examples: 



na'Peq floor 'xiJikaq front wall of house 



7id't^ermut to the floor 'ukkarmut to the front wall 



na'Perme (or narqane) on the \ikkarine at the front wall 

 floor 



uTckaJcknt through the front 



wall 

 uTxhathjut through the front 

 walls 

 i'meq fresh water 

 i'mermut to the water 

 i'rnerme in the water 

 imikkiit through the water 



Words ending in -Leq (local superlative ending): 



si'uLLeq the foremost one kly'uLLtq the last one 



s-i'iiLLeriiie at the foremost one I'iy'uLLerme at the last one 

 siuLLermih firstly Ix'nf uLLertnik the last time 



i'lovLeq the innermost one 'kiLLeq the most western one 



i'loTLermit from the innermost one 



ilorLernut to the innermost ones 'klLLermut to the most western 



one 

 iloTLikhut through the innermost 'kiLLikkut through the most 



one western one 



ilorLertiyut through the inner- kiLLerthjut through the most 



most ones western ones 



§25. LOCAL CASES— Continued 



In nouns ending in -k this sound has been assimilated by the forma- 

 tive endings: 



Absolutive . 



AUative . 

 Locative . . 

 Instrumentalis 

 Prosecutive . 

 Conformative 



Singular 



sawik a knife 



sawinimut 

 sawimme 

 sawimmik 

 sawlkkut 



sawittut 



Singular 



katak inner doorway in 



the house 

 katammut 

 katamme 



katannnik 



katakkut 



katattut 



Examples: 



'mrpimmik hy means of the tail (of a whale) {<sarpikj 

 uUu'Ummut to the mussel-place {<ullulik place where there are 



mussels) 

 noommit from the point of land ( < nook) 

 inutfMt as a human being (especially Eskimo) ( < inuk) 



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