50 G. E. Fryer — On tlis Klnjeng people of Saadoivay, Arakcm. [Xo. 1, 



Or Gender. 



Gender is marked by affixes indicating sex ; thus, panto male, and 

 iciqhio female , are affixed to khlaung man, to express the gender. 



The general female affix is ' mi', signifying fecundity, as a nil a hen. 



The male affix for birds, and also occasionally for fish, is 'hlul', as 

 a hlui a cock. 



The male affix for quadrupeds and reptiles seems to be ' htsa', as kie 

 htsa a tiger ; hpo htsa a snake {male). 



The male affix for the dog kind is ' han', as ui han a clog {male). 



The following are forms derived from the Burmese, e. g. wok-hpa a liog ; 

 now hti a buffalo {male) ; mui bo an elephant {male). 



Or Case. 



Those relations of words to each other which in inflected languages are 

 termed Cases, are exhibited by the following particles affixed to the noun or 

 pronoun — 



ku or gu of, the genitive particle. 



a to or for, the dative particle. 



agu from, the ablative particle. 



The genitive particle is more frequently understood than expressed; the 

 Case is then indicated by the juxtaposition of the two substantives, the for- 

 mer being understood to be in the genitive case. 



Ok Pronouns. 



Personal Pronouns. The personal pronouns have two forms, (a) a se- 

 parate, full ; and (b) a contracted form.* In their contracted state they 

 blend themselves alike with nouns and verbs. 



The nominative case of each personal pronoun in its full and contract- 

 ed forms is here given in the three numbers : 



Singular. 



Dual. 



Plural. 



Full. 



Con- 

 tracted. 



Full. 



Con- 

 tracted. 



Full. 



Con- 

 tracted. 



1st Me 



I 



ka 



kie hni 



We tivo 



ma 



kie me 



We 



ma 



2nd naun 



Thou 



\ na 



naun nni 



Ye two 



\ ma 



naun me 



Ye 



\ ma 



3rd 



ayai ] 

 or 



m 



She 



> or 



aya£ hni 

 or 



They two 



> or 



ayatti \ 

 or > 



They 



L, 





ya ) 



or It. 



) nama 



ya nni J 



They two 



J na hoi 



yati ) 





J na liio 



* " Rosen states that the Circassian pronouns have two forms, a complete and 

 separable one, and an incomplete and inseparable one." Hodgson on the Mongolian 

 Affinities of the Caucasians. (Journ., Beng. As. Soc, 1853.) 



