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p'im-a- salmon 31.1; 32.4 (absolute pi'm. 30.10, 11; 31.3.) 

 do'l¥am-a,- rectum (cf. variant do'lTcHm-i-) 

 ma'f!agw-2i,- shoulder blade (absolute ma'pIaV'^) 

 yaw-&- rib 194.10 (incorporated ya-v^) 

 a;M/-a- water 58.6; 156.19; 162.13 (absolute xV 162.7, 8, 14)' 

 2>.%-a-fire 118.4; 168.19 (absolute p.'^ 88.12, 13; 96.17) 

 All nouns in -xah- take -a- as their characteristic, e. g., sge' ^^xah-a-fJc' 

 MY HAT (from sge'^^xap' hat) 



3. -i-. Examples of nouns with -i- as their characteristic are : 

 du^'gw-i- shirt 13.4; 96.26; 192.4 (absolute duF"^ 96.16) 

 hu^hin-i- arm 31.4; 172.4, 5, 6 (absolute lu'^Wn 23.2, 4, 9) 

 t'gwi'nfgwin-i- shoulder 

 ts-!ugul-\- rope (cf. absolute ts-luk') 

 ¥u%-i- hair, skin 24.8; 160.6 



iiluJd-i- hair 27.1, 4; 126.11; 136.20; 158.1; 188.4, 5; 194.7. 

 Halts !-\- sinew 28.1 (absolute Ida'l's 27.13) 

 6a°6-i- seeds (sp.?) 34.1; 79.9; 94.19 (absolute laf) 

 Helw-i- basket bucket 170.14, 16, 18, 19 (absolute HeH 186.17) 

 maH-\- spear-shaft 156.1 (absolute mat 28.7, 9, 10) 

 duH-\- spear-point (absolute dul 28.8, 9; 156.19, 20) 

 luH-\-{x-) throat 25.2 

 muH-'i- lungs 

 t!egilix-i- skull 174.3 

 fgalt'gil-i-{x-) belly 

 ts'!e¥ts-!ig-i-(x-) backbone 112.4 



ham-i- father 158.3 (e. g., Tiam-i'-H" your father, but wi-ha^m my 

 father 138.19) 

 A number of terms of relationship show an -i- not only in the second 

 person singular and plural and first person plural but also, unlike 

 Jiam-i- father, in the first person singular, while the third person in 

 -xa(-a) and the vocative (nearly always in -a) lack it. They are: 

 wi-¥ahai my son (23.2, 3) : ^'a6a'-xa his son 138.16 

 [wi^-o&i my elder brother : o'p-xahis elder brother 48. 3; 62.2 



(46.10) 

 [wi-fo&i my elder sister : fo'2>-xahiseldersister55.14;56.6 



^y^-Z:.'a'si my m at er nal : Z;.'a's-a his maternal grandparent 

 grandparent 14.2; (15.12) 16.1, 2; (154.18) 



wi-xddi my paternal uncle 

 wi-hasi" my maternal uncle 

 wi-fadi" my paternal aunt 



a;(Za-xa his paternal uncle 

 Jia's-Si his maternal uncle 

 fa'd-Si his paternal aunt (63.9; 



22.14 77.14) 



wi-xagai my maternal aunt : xaga'-xfi his maternal aunt 

 wi-ts.'ai my (woman's) : ts.'a'-jLO, her brother's child; his 



brother's child 22.1 ; 23.8, sister's child 



10; my (man's) sister's 



child 148.19; 150.4 

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