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achoynkma, good in an increased degree, 



achukma, good distinctly compared with others, 



achohukma, good and growing better. 



Comparative degree. 



achukma i shahU, 



Superlative degree, 

 achukma moma i shahli, 

 achukma kvt i shaht tahli, 

 achukma kvt i shaht taha, 



better. 



best. 



best, he completes it, subjective. 



best, it is completed, objective. 



The last two expressions are attempts to translate the English superla- 

 tive, and are not natural to the language. They are rarely heard. 

 Diminutives, 

 iskitini, small, iskitvnisi, smallish, 



okpulo, bad, okpulosi, baddish. 



kanomi, few, kanomusi, fewish. 



Sometimes it is expressed by a kind of lisp; as for ikchito, not large, 

 say iksito. 



§ 6. Numerals. 

 These are all parsed like verbs, but are here called adjectives, in accord- 

 ance with custom. 



