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ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND PHILOLOGY OF THE 
ma-nak’-mi-a, my daughter. 
na-nak’-mi-a, thy daughter. 
ko-nak’-mi-a, his daughter. 
ba-kw’-pe, my brother. 
da-ku’-pe, thy brother. 
ko-a-ku’-pe, his brother. 
ma-shu’-a, my head. 
na-shu’-a, thy head. 
i-shu’-a, his head. 
bi-sas’-ku, my horses. 
di-sas’-ku, thy horses. 
i-sas’-ku, his horses. 
bi-ru-ba-sas’-kuk, our horses. 
di-ru-di-sas’-kik, your horses. 
i-ru-i-sas’-kik, their horses. 
ba-sali’-e, my mother. 
da-sali’-e, thy mother. 
i-sali’-e, his mother. 
mu-a, my wife. 
nu’-a, thy wife. 
wa, his wife. 
ma-nak’-ba-tse, my son. 
na-nak’-ba-tse, thy son. 
ko-nak’-ba-tse, his son. 
ba-smi’-a, my sister. 
y) 
da-smi’-a, thy sister. 
b) 
ko-i-smi’-a, his sister. 
bas-ba’-ze, my boat. 
das-da’-ze, thy boat. 
is-ba’-ze, his boat. 
mi-ba-rut’-shik, I have got good sense. 
a-mu’-kak, I saw or have seen. 
i-rud’-mi-ié/-ish-ék, they love me. 
bet-dis-i¢’-a-da, you love each other. 
16. The adjective-pronouns are quite numerous: 
First, distributive, as, ko’-ta, each, every, or all ; bi-rup’-tse-pi’-ra-ka-ko’-ta, each one ten charges 
of powder ; ma-e-ha’, neither, or something else. 
Second, demonstrative, as, hin-e’, this or that; hin-e-ma-nu’-a, this object or thing; hi-ded, 
these ; hi-déd-bi-ruh’-pa-ke, these persons. 
Third, interrogatives, as, sap, or sa’-pa, what? sa-pe’, who, or who is it? sap’-te, why, or why 
is it? sho or sho’-rak, where, or where is it? 
VIII. VERBS. 
17. (1.) In Aub-sa’-r0-ke verbs, there are three moods, indicative, imperative, and infini- 
tive. 
(2.) Three tenses, past, present, and future. 
(3.) Two numbers, singular and plural. No dual form has as yet been observed. 
The following list of forms, imperfect as it is, will convey some idea of the character of 
the conjugation of the verbs in this language. 
ba-shik’, I am dead. 
sa-hik’, thou art dead. 
ka-rish’-e, he is dead. 
ba-stk’, we are dead. 
ka-re-sik’, they are dead. 
sa-ha’-kek, to die, or it is dead. 
sa-match’-e (imp.), die. 
