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A Grammar of the Cashmeeree Language. 



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Examples of the short English i in bit. 



Hin, an accomplishment 



Hish ! to drive away fowls 



Phish ! to a child 



Mish, a splinter 



Dis, give him 



Phis, whisperings 



Kis, little finger of what kind 



Yim, these come to me 



Sis, a wart 



Din, they give 



Min, measure 



Pil, reach 



Nish, near 



Rish, spite 



Dish, country people 



Phish, a few threads or straws 



Nis, take away to him 



This, noise of a crack 



Yis, come to him 



Yin, are coming 



Yik, come thou 



Jin, melt 



Nin, take away 



Sil, disease of consumption 



Vil, a short space of time 



Gil, a kind of bird 



Tsit, loss of use of limbs 



Bit, power 



Gith, a rush of water, bothering 



Sit, sound 



Chir, stream of milk of animals 



sucked by a child 

 Jin, Genii 



Kil, a thrust 



Chil, a stake in the water, religious 



seclusion 

 Sir, a secret 

 Nit, taken away 

 Chit, mind 

 Gin, count 

 Zid, revenge, spite 



Example of the ee in the English see. 



Teer, rams 



Pheer, she rambled 



Cheer, I have squeezed, (f.) 



Veer, a willow 



Zeer, a punch in the ribs 



Heer, head of a sheep 



Sheer, I have arranged, (f.) 



Example of the 



Gur, a horse 

 Zur, grandson 

 Chur, have rinsed 

 Shur, a male child 

 Hur, surplus 

 Wun, have woven 

 Dun, have shaken 

 Jun, deep emerged 

 Num, have beaten out 

 Tul, have lifted 

 Kul, a tree 

 Kub, hump-backed 

 Shup, a sift 

 Tsup, silent 

 Dup, sunshine 



Neer, near! (feminine relation,) 



she came out 

 Geer, I have surrounded, (f.) 

 Sheer, a broom 

 Seer, crazy, (f.) 

 Yeer, we have 



short u in the English bull. 



Tuk, have torn with teeth 



Tsuk, sour 



Kus, who 



Hus, to set on, to quarrel 



Tut, tight, under restraint 



Rut, right, (not wrong) 



Jhut, a sip 



Kut, wetted 



Mut, evaporated 



Phut, a basket 



Buz, parched 



Wuz, bubbled up 



Huk, dried 



Kun, sold 



Kud, a name explained 



