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Some few other nouns that are rarel}'^ used except in the third per- 

 son are treated in the same manner, 



*tukik (third person tukeya) the long side of it 



*missik {niisseya or missaa) line between two points, propor- 

 tional line 



*terLLik {terLLeya) his or its safe side (the side from which 

 nothing evil is expected) 



qilik {qileya) its bone peg (viz., the bone peg of the throwing- 

 stick) 



milik {mileya) that which obstructs a passage or channel 



nalik {naleya) its equivalent 



erneq a son, ti'kcq forefinger, 'tiLLeq pulse, pulsation, also 

 belong here: 



emeq (pi. ernerit) a son. 



1st per. sing. . 



2d per. sing. . 



4th per. sing. . 



1st per. pi. . . 



2d per. pi. . . 

 4thper.pl. 



3d per. sing. . 



3d per. pi. . . 



Absolutive 



Singular 



ernera my son 

 ernerit thy son 

 erne his own son 



ernerput our son 

 ernerse your son 

 ernertik their own son 



ernera his (ejus) son 

 ernerat their ( egrum ) son 



ernikha my sons 

 {ernitit or ' 

 \ernisit 



ernine his own sons 



thy sons 



\ermwutoT\ 



{ ) our sons 



\emir)ut \ 



ernise your sons 



\ernitik or 1 their own 



\ernisik J sons 



ernere his sons 

 \ernere or] 



[ernerit 



their sons 



Relative 



Singular 



ernerma 

 ernerpit 

 ernerme 



erniwtta 

 erniiesse 

 ernermik 



ernerata 

 ernerata 



Plural 



ermma 

 erniwit 

 ernime 



ernvntta 

 ernivsse 

 ernimik 



ernerisa 

 ernerisa 



§ 29. LOCAL CASES OF POSSESSIVE FORMS OF NOUNS 



The local case-endings (§ 24) ma}- be used with the possessives, the 

 local ending always l)eing placed after the possessive one: (house) 

 MY IN, YOUR FROM, etc. The combination is not brought about by a 

 mere addition of the endings, but the forces of assimilation and analogy 

 have modified the compounds in the development of the language. 



The local endings -xt, -e, -it^ -ik, are augmented by an ?i (thus, -nut, 

 -ne, -nit, -nil) when joined to a possessive inflected noun; and the 

 prosecutive ending -ijat or -kut is apparently augmented by -ti (thus, 

 -tiyut). In first, second, and fourth persons, -nut, -ne, -nit, -nik, seem to 

 be joined to the relative possessive forms of the nouns (though the first 



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