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In tlie text, Nimo nau oputo aue iuio Sabath, we to one place come- 

 great Sabbath day. In MacGregor, oromoito, to deep water ; potoito, 

 to shallow water. The suffix -gido, used with pronouns, is found 

 with Proper nouns also. Ogu lesugido, come to Jesus ; erudomoti 

 lesugido, pray to Jesus. 



{$) The Ablative is shown by the suffix -gaut, from. Opu-gaut, 

 from the ground ; solo mere-gaut, from a little child ; roro %ugu moto- 

 gaut, from thy holy house ; sirio dirimorogaut, from many lands ; 

 Oraduhu na mere ougaut ororua, God's son came down from heaven ;. 

 uha tanar eheriti nimogido girop-gaut, bad deeds take away for us from 

 the heart ; sirio daricbi a mimahi notma tuogmit, many men and things 

 (are) from his hand. 



(/) The Locative appears to be formed by the suffix -ato. It is 

 apt to be confused with the Dative. 



lesu oiiato omiei, Jesus dwells in Heaven ; poputo omiei, to kneel,, 

 rest on knees ; nou teapariato omiei, he stayed in a barren place. 



§ IV. — Adjectives. 



1. Many adjectives are used in a simple form as uha, bad; eTce, 

 small ; geso, tvade, good ; auo, big. 



2. Adjectives are formed, as in Miriam, by the reduplication of a 

 noun. Tamatama, thin, skinny, from tama, skin ; ipuipu, dirty, from 

 ipua, dirt ; ururu, deep, from ur, sea. 



In many cases the root of a reduplicated adjective is not separately 

 found. Borohoro, rotten ; galugalu, cold ; Jcolohoho, weak ; uniumue, 

 whole, entire ; torutoru, easy. 



The usual effect of reduplicating a simple adjective is to intensify 

 the meaning. Ekeluri (k), little ; ekehuriehehuri (k), very little ; 

 auo, big ; auoauo, very big. 



3. Adjectives expressing the negation of a quality are formed by 

 the suffix -tato, which corresponds in meaning to the Miriam hilc, 

 Saibai igi. Kawilcawi, crooked ; hawitato, straight, not crooked ; 

 iuaitato, dislike ; numaiutato, poor, no things. 



Some times the ordinary negative pua is found instead of the suffix. 

 Adina pxia (m), bad, not good. 



4. The suffix -na seems to form a noun from an adjective. See 

 Nouns, 1. 



5. Adjectives are also found with a suffix -imi, but the meaning is 



