PRONOUNS. 15 
ma, my, ni, thy; Dual, un, (my and thy) our; Plur., wy-pi, our, ni-pi, your. 
These express natural possession; that is, possession that can not be alienated. 
(b) These pronouns are prefixed to nouns which signify the different 
parts of oneself, as also one’s words and actions, but they are not used alone 
to express the idea of property in general; as, mitanéay, my body; minagi, 
my soul; mitawacéin, my mind ; mitezi, my stomach; misiha, my foot; miéante, 
my heart; miista, my eye; miisto, my arm; mioie, my words; miohay, my 
actions; untaynéay, our two bodies; untayéanpi, ow bodies; nitanéanpi, your 
bodies; unnagipi, owr souls; wjéaytepi, our hearts. 
(c) In those parts of the body which exhibit no independent action, 
the pronoun of the first person takes the form ‘ma;’ as, mapa, my head ; 
manoge, my ears ; mapoge, my nose; Mawe, ney blood, ete. 
§ 22. 1. The pronouns of the first and second persons prefixed to nouns 
signifying relationship are, Sing., mi, my, ni, thy; Dual, ujki, (my and thy) 
our; Plur., ujki-pi, ow’, ni-pi, your: as, midinéa, my child ; nideksi, thy uncle ; 
nisuyka, thy younger brother; wyki¢inéapi, our children. 
2. (a) Nouns signifying relationship take, as the pronouns of the third 
person, the suffix ‘ku,’ with its plural ‘kupi;’ as, suyka, the younger brother 
of a man, sunkaku, his younger brother; tayka, the younger sister of a woman, 
tankaku, her younger sister ; hihna, husband, hihnaku, her husband ; ate, father, 
atkuku, his or her father. 
(b) But after the vowel ‘i,’ either pure or nasalized, the suffix is either 
‘tku’ or ‘éu;’ as, deksi, wncle, deksitku, his or her uncle; tayksi, the younger 
sister of a man, tanksitku, his younger sister; Ginksi, son, Gynhintku, his or 
her son; tawin, a wife, tawiéu, his wife; Give, the elder brother of a man, 
éinéu, his elder brother. 
Perhaps the origin of the ‘t’ in ‘tku’ may be found in the ‘ta’ of the third per- 
son used to denote property. See the next section. 
§ 23. 1. The prefixed possessive pronouns or pronominal particles of 
the second class, which are used to express property in things mainly, pos- 
session that may be transferred, are, ‘mita,’ ‘nita,’ and ‘ta,’ singular; ‘uykita,’ 
dual; and ‘unkita-pi,’ ‘nita-pi,’ and ‘ta-pi,’ plural: as, mitaoyspe, my axe ; 
nitasuyke, thy horse; they say also mitahoksiday, my boy. These pronouns 
are also used with koda, a particular friend, as, mitakoda, my friend, 
nitakoda, thy friend, takodaku, his friend; and with kiéuwa, comrade, as 
nitaki¢uwa, thy comrade; also they say, mitawin, my wife, tawiéu, his wife. 
2. (a) ‘Mita,’ ‘nita,’ and ‘ta,’ when prefixed to nouns commencing with 
‘o’ or ‘i,’ drop the ‘a;’ as, owinza, a bed, mitowiyze, my bed ; ipahiy, a pil- 
low, nitipahin, thy pillow ; itazipa, a bow, tinazipe, his bow. 
