114 APPENDIX. [sect. 



„ , There is no gender expressed either in 



Genden r *• u «TK 



nouns, pronouns, adjectives, or verbs. Ine 



same particles are applied to the masculine, feminine, and 



neuter ; the same relative pronouns to both sexes. Hence 



the children of Missionaries, in speaking English, apply He 



and Him to both men and women 1 ." 



The genders are known by the addition of certain 

 words : — mothu means a person or individual (homo), and 

 may be applied to a country, as mothu eo thamaga, the 

 individual (country). 



Monona (vir) distinguishes sex, and implies ability. 



All male animals are distinguished by the word tona, 

 which when used towards things inanimate invariably 

 means large ; Ex. cukuru e tona, a he, or large rhinoceros. 

 A man after circumcision is called monona. 



The feminine is expressed by the addition of the word 

 ari, or gari. A woman after puberty is called mosari = " one 

 who brings forth." 



The genders of animals are known by the terms gari, 

 and namagari. Bx. khomu ea pholu, an ox ; khomu e noma- 

 gari, a cow, &c. 



Gender is expressed in inanimate things, as in French : 

 Ex. leincue ge lo tona, a large or he rock; leincue ge le nam- 

 agari, a smaller rock in the vicinity. 



The idea in the native mind is evidently that of large, 

 for males, and small, for females ; these latter are invariably 

 put in diminutives 2 . 



In the verb neither person nor number is 

 distinguishable, except by personal nouns or 

 pronouns, and the particles 3 . 



The Sichuana has an absolute, or substantive verb, 

 which, like that of the ancient Egyptian, is often expressed 

 by the same words which express the absolute noun 4 . 



1 Analysis, p. 17. 2 Ibid. p. 18. 



3 Ibid, p. 19. 4 Ibid. p. 2i. 



