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person plural and the second person singular take a ver}^ irregular 

 form in the compounds), but in the third person the same endings 

 seem to be joined after the absolutive possessives. 



Endings 



Absolutive ihLo a house, the house -o 



Relative Illuj) of the house -j> 



Fourth per. possessive . iLLume his (her) own house -me 



or houses 

 Allative iLLummiit into his own house -nut 



or houses 

 Locative iLLuinine in his own house or -ne 



houses 

 Ablative iLHiininit from his own house -nit 



or houses 

 Instrumentalis .... iLLuminik by his own house or -nik 



houses 

 Prosecutive .... iLLum iyut thvoxxghhisov^nhowae -yut 



or houses 

 Conformative .... iLLumisut like his own house or -sut 



houses 



The IjOgative Case (-??f) Possessively Inflected 

 iLLo house; iLLatne in a house, ix the house. 



In the second per.son the possessive locative ending -me is also 

 common; e. g., 



ki^FFarne {^ki^FFunne) at tliy servant (< ki^FFCiq servant, porter) 



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