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Nom. Sing. 



1 Sing, citera my name 



2 » [ar^'^Y] tliy name 



3 Sing, [arga] his name 



Nom. Plur. 

 atik'a my names 

 atifif thy names 

 [åvqe] his names 



4 I) [?Lvqe] his (Lat. suus) name afine his (Lat. sui) names 

 3 » [arga^j their name [arç/^] or [arqe] their names 



Genitive Sing. 



1 Sing, aterma my name's 



2 » (iterpit thy name's 



3 » [dsqata] his name's 



4 » aterme his (suus) name's 



Genitive Plur. 

 atima my names' 

 atiwit thy names' 

 [ar^ts«] his names' 

 atime his (sui) names' 



4) in certain verbal derivations, for instance: 



[гв'егрэс] goes in, comes in > ['erg'?^*'«*] carries or brings it in; 

 (i/s*'er/?'a'] hides it > ['ers4<jf9''(r] hides himself from him (children 



at play) ; 

 \nim^tq\ cord, band > [/г'ег»<'^ф"|(г] binds him or it. 



Cf. the regular mode of formation (with the same suffix 

 -up'a') in ariiarpoq, rubs, files > ацщга', rubs something against 

 something else. 



I shall here give a number — probably the greater part — 

 of the Greenlandic nouns that are inflected after the analogy 

 of ateq name, arqit 1) names, 2) thy name, arqa his name ; cf. the 

 M. dialect where we have atépeït or atkpe'it names, atkpen thy 

 name, atkpa his name, and NAl. atka his name; SEAL at^ka or 

 atWa my name : 



nateq floor — narqa its (the house's etc.) tioor; cf. M. natkpo. 

 qiteq middle — qerqa its middle, cf. M. dialect kpitkpa. 

 iteq anus — erqa its or his anus, cf. L. ittervik a door-way, 

 NAl. ilka vent, SEAL itVIira his entrance. 



