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&c. Beauty is also expressed by inlle, affixed to any sign. 

 Ex. mothu o moinlle, a beautiful person, &c. ' 



XV. Entity, or existence, is expressed by the affix 

 on ipng), as eofi, liofi, &c. Ex. Mo cotle tse ri eon, things 

 all that which exist, or all things in existence. Non- 

 existence is expressed by the ga, not, and eo. Ex. gaeo, 

 no one. Khomu gaeo, there is no ox. 



XVI. Time when is expressed by the affix re, and ra, 

 as ere, lire, &c. Ex. lore lo riha, when ye make, &c. 



This account of the Signs, gives, to a great extent, a 



view of the structure of the language; hence remaining 



remarks can be brief. 



"Many of these have their origin in the 

 Nouns. . / , , ■ . 5 



conjugations ; the changes necessary to give 



them the substantive form being effected in the initial and 



terminal portions of the word, while the radical remains 



entire 2 ." 



Personal nouns are formed by prefixing mo, and chang- 

 ing the termination into i, thus riha, work ; morihi, worker. 

 Hera, to preach ; moreri, a preacher, &c. 3 



All verbs having vocal initials, as a, i, o, u, e, e become 

 nouns by changing the initial letter into k, and the terminal 

 letter into o. 



Ex. a, aha, to lie = Jcako, falsehood. 

 i, ila, to hate = kilo, hatred, &c. 



Other nouns are formed from initial changes too numer- 

 ous to mention here 4 . Nouns and personal pronouns are 

 formed from any part of the verb. 



A neuter noun is formed by the prefix se, thus ; vera, 

 to preach ; thero, a preaching ; or serero, a sermon, &c. 



Nouns derived from the causative conjunction form 

 their terminations by sho. Ex. ya, eat; yela, eat for; yesa, 

 cause to eat; seyo, food; seyelo, seyeso, something which 

 one has been caused to eat, = poison 5 . 



1 Analysis, p. 16. 2 Ibid. p. 31. 3 Ibid. p. 32. 



4 Ibid. p. 31. 5 Ibid. p. 32. 



