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forms in each single case to have taken place; the hypothetical 

 intermediate forms are, as usual, marked with an asterisk, 

 but I may remind the reader that for several of these forms 

 there are real parallels in the West Eskimo dialects and that 

 closer acquaintance with these dialects will undoubtedly lead to 

 the discovery of many more forms which will establish the 

 correctness of those given here merely as hypothetical: 



Present Greenlandic 



Sing. 



atcci a name 

 па1щ a floor 

 ÜQq anus 

 qiteq^ middle 



Plur. or 



Possessiv 



Original and 

 Intermediate Phases of Plural Formation regular Plural 



or Possessiv 



dsqit <C *aq-if <; *atqit 



na^rqit <; *naq'it << *natqit 



erqo (his a.) >< *irqa <; *itqa 



qevqa (its m.X *qirqa •< *qitqa 



miteq eiåev ånck merqit <.*mirqit <i*mitqit 



<С *ateqit 



< *nateqit 

 <; *iteqa 



< *qiteqa 



< *miteqit 



\ a,-°rf it or 

 cr^weq walrus ; 



- j A-^p-tt 



aleq harpoon-line SiVÅit 



iwik grass i<p'it 



qipik featherbed qi^kit 



'tupeq a tent to^'q'it 



nimeq band n&rmit 



akuneq interval, akornit 

 place between 



< *a-'^"<ppit < * a' writ < *a4verit <: *a'weqit 



< *alrit < *alerit < *aleqit 



•< *iwqit < *iwipt <. *iwikit 



<C < *qipikit 



< *aÅpit 



<1 *qitvkit <; *qipkit 



•< *tuwqit <C *tupqit «< 



< *tupeqit 



<C *ninnit < *nimrit < *tmnerit < "nimeqit 

 <; *akurnit <; *akunrit << *akunerit < *akuneqit 



Similar series of phases of development can be drawn up 

 for a number of derivatives which are formed with suffixes 

 whose meanings are known from their combinations with other 

 words, for example : 



With the nominal suffix -useq, a means (instrument) by which 

 sometliinff is done: 



{ermnseq <S'iymusQq<,*imruseq<.*imerns&q<i*i'mequseq 



a dipper 

 erwTiuseq < irwr/useq < irmquseq < tmr^iiseq ? 



