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session of the object; these are, for nouns beginning with a 
vowel: 
v, my. k, our. 
av, thy. Ww, your. 
rr, that one’s, ®, their. 
Thus, vochoch, my house, avochoch, thy house, rochoch that 
one’s house, kochoch, our house, yvochoch, your house, cochoch, 
the house of those. And in this same way many other nouns 
are declined, as vahawah, my lord, vahtih, my master, vetam, I 
know or arn acquainted with, an expression used to signify 
that one knows or understands some art. 
The following particles are used with words beginning with 
a consonant: 
nu, my. ha, our. 
a, thy. y, your. 
ru, of that one. gut, of those. 
As, nuvach, my face; avach, your face; ruvach, his face; 
kavach, our face; yvach, your face; quivach, their face. In 
the same way the following and many other words are de- 
clined: 
nutata, my father, nuque, my heart. 
nute, my mother, nuguicotem, my joy. 
nuXahol, my son, nughahomonel, my wash-wo- 
man. 
numial, my daughter. nuhalon tzih, my false testi- 
nuyavabil, my sickness. mony. 
nutztk, my clothing. nulzih, my word. 
nuqazlibal, my soul. nupixa, my word. 
nuqazlem, my life. numac, my sin, 
All the following nouns are declined by these particles v 
and nu: 
nunimial, my elder brother. 
nuchas, my younger brother. 
vana, my sister. 
numama, my ancestor. 
vatit, my ancestress. 
