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house." Bdd, " from ;" as um bdd, " from the house." Bran, " outside ;" 

 as um bran, "outside the house." Wo, "by or by means of." The final 

 6, in all these, implies " to, towards," which sometimes for the sake of 

 euphony, is pronounced vd. 



Tehee is the affix of the plural number with nouns, but it is not made 

 use of when numerals are employed, they being sufficient to express 

 plurality ; as um, " a house," and nu, " two ;" um nil, " two houses." 



Like the Burmese, the Khumis have only one affix to express the 

 female, whilst several affixes express the male of animals. 



Tchidu is a male affix for human beings. Tchd is a female affix for 

 human beings. Nu is the general female affix. Poh is a male affix ; as 

 tchi poh " a son ;" tchi nu, " a daughter." 



P'ting, is a male affix for large animals ; as tchie p'ting, " a bull;" tchie 

 nu, "a cow." Painoh p'ting, "a male buffalo;" painoh nu, "a female 

 ditto." Kounggnau p'ting, " a stallion ;" kounggnau nu, V a mare." K'sai 

 p'ting, " a male elephant ;" k'sai nu, "a female elephant." 



Loh is a male affix for smaller animals ; as ui loh, " a dog ;" ui nil, 

 ** a bitch." Miyaung loh, " a male cat ;" miyaung mi, " a female cat." 

 A'uk loh, " a male hog;" duk nil " a female hog." 



Luhi is a male affix for birds ; as da luhi, " a cock ;" da nu, " a hen." 

 Tawo luhi, " a male bird ;" tawo nu, " a female bird." 



Hdi is a superlative affix ; as haui hdi, " very beautiful." 



VERBS. 



The relations of verbs are expressed by affixes. 



Au is the substantive verb ; as kai au, " I am." 



The present -tense has properly no affixes ; as y6, " to fear ;" kai ye, " I 

 fear." 



The future tense and present tense are often used synonymously. 



There is an affix tdn, implying present time, used with some roots 

 signifying " quality ;" as khumdi tdn, " is cold," roch tdn, " is dear ;" but 

 it is very irregular in its application. 



The future is formed by the addition of the affix ndk, which, when the 

 roots end with a mute consonant, often has the euphonic vocal go, in- 

 tervening ; kai tdi ndk, "I speak, or will speak;" kai tchek gd ndk, *' I 

 go, or will go." 



