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§ 98* The IPossessive Pronouns Proper 



The possessive pronouns proper are formed by prefixing to the 

 personal pronouns rt, e^^ etc. , the article Ie or Ae, or the denaonstrative 

 pronoun tE. These forms may be regarded as loose prefixes. 



The second person singular Wye has resulted from the combination 

 lE + e^. This phonetic irregularity remains unexplained. The forms 

 li'ya and la occur before nouns having dj- vowels (see § 7). 



d/yu dll'ye hefQ, hyf-aJixs surely, true came my dream 100.14: 



la^ hwina'e^wat ll'ye iluwe'Hcts that one is looking into thy heart 



14.8 

 jyl^'nts ll'ya hxla bend thy foot 120.13 

 hdn ye'es la^ L.'k'its into his mouth she poured it 102.12 

 la^ hanh he' is kala'lis these shall be our two subjects 124.6 

 haltlyu naP'nt he'lin c^alctalwas too great (is) our work 68.27 

 Lowa'kats he'il equate living is their mother 84.21 

 I'd l! aha! was her clothes 110.3 

 LOwa'kats la a' la his child remained 110.10 

 xd'nis le'xwin e'k^hdtc sick is our (dual) father 126.18, 19 

 %c la'tsU le'ic e'k^Ldtc you two go and gQt your (dual) father 20.13 

 Hx kwiskwl'wat le'ux e'k^Ldtc they two were informing their (dual) 



father 20.25 

 l^yuwi'ltE le'cin so'wel! wiggle your fingers! 122.8 

 'Q,tsxa'u! wat hanh tei^ mi'nkatc 1 will kill that my son-in-law 26.22 

 tl'yex e'k^Ldtc hanh la^ k'i'LoHs tl'ye ix' thy father will find thy 



canoe 64.11 



A peculiar form of the possessive pronoun for the first person singu- 

 lar is the frequently occurring neQ,. This form may be explained as a 

 reduplicated stem, in which the first n is, so to speak, the article for 

 the first person singular, formed in analogy to Ie or hE. 



neQ>pkd'katG hanz 'qJc'Uo'wU my grandfather I shall see 

 aiai^wd'yu ney, hl^'ine killed were (all) my children 62.18 

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