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3. Nouifi characteristic. Occurs with all increments of absolute 



form of noun; i. e., with pronominal suffix (gwdH-a^m-fJc') , 

 with pre-positive (ha-gwdH-a^m) , and with pre-positive and 

 pronominal element Qm-gwdH-am-de) . 



4. I*re-profioniinal -x-. Occurs with pronominal suffix (dd'^-n-x- 



de^V) and pre-positive (ha-dd"'-n-x) , but never with pre-positive 

 and pronominal element. 



5. J^ronominal suffix. Occurs in two distinct forms: one for 



nouns without pi>e-positives {dd'^-n-x-de^V) , and one for nouns 

 accompanied by pre-positive Qia-da-n-de) . 

 A tabulated analysis of a few typical words follows: 



1 A point (.) shows the absolute form of the word. 



1. NoTTiinal Sterns (§ § 85, 86) 



§ 85. GENERAL REMARKS 



The stem is in a very large number of cases parallel in form to 

 that of a verbal base (e. g., with da^n rock, s'om mountain, mex 

 CRANE, cf. t!an- hold, s'om- boil, he'^m- wrestle). An extensive 

 number of noun-stems, however, are apparently amplifications of a 

 simpler monosyllabic base, and have all the outward appearance of 

 an aorist stem in the verb. It becomes, then, not only possible, but 

 fundamentally important, to classify noun-stems into types that seem, 

 and ultimately doubtless are, entirely analogous in form to cor- 

 responding verbal types. The noun-stem wili- house, for example, 

 can be conceived of as formed from a base wil- in the same manner 



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