185 1 .] Notes on the Dophl/ts and their Language. 1 3 1 



Boro, younger brother. Burma, younger sister. 



Nidldbd, boy. Niame, girl. 



Sex in the inferior animals is expressed by the post-fixes Bo or Pd 

 male and Ne 'female. These terms are applied only to the last syllable 

 of the noun if it happens to be a word of more than one syllable. 



Male. Female. 



Bos, Six ; Sii-bd, Sii-ne. 



Dog, Ek-ki ; Ki-bd, Ki-ne. 



Deer, Cha-chor; Chor-bd, Chor-ne. 



Tiger, Som-nyd ; Nyd-bd, Nydne. 



There are a few exceptions to the above rule ; as in 



Chibi, monkey. Chibi-bepo, Chibi-bene. 



Saben, goat. Bobla, Bene. 



Number. — There is no grammatical form to express a plural num- 

 ber ; the idea of plurality is generally conveyed by such terms as Pang 

 all, Arok many, &c, added as post-fixes to the noun, When a 

 numeral adjective is employed, the noun undergoes no variation ; e„ g. 

 Ekki kanag, seven dogs, Sii ak-ple, six cows. 



Case. — Cases are formed entirely by post-positions, and, as may be 

 supposed, their number may be very readily increased. 



There is but one regimen or mode of declension for all nouns, nor is 

 this in any way perplexed by refinements expressive of either gender 

 or number. 



Ou, a house. 

 Nom. Ou, a house. 



Gen. Oug, of a house. 



Dat. Oug-bd, to a house. 



Abl. Oug-gam, from a house. 



Ace. Oum, a house. 



Instr. Oug-mona, with or by a house. 



Loc. Oug- aid, in a house. 



Of Adjectives. 

 From the principle that seems to prevail in the language, of placing 

 the adjuncts after the objects to which they are attached, the adjective 

 generally follows the noun it serves to qualify ; thus, 

 Esi harak, cold water. 

 Bangui nia, a young man. 

 Sangna atepa, a great tree. 

 Takar kanag, seven stars. 

 Comparison is expressed by the incrementory particle Ya or Eya. 

 The former is annexed to adjectives ending in a vowel, but where the 

 final letter is a consonant, the latter is invariably employed. Example, 

 Karuk, bad. Karuk-eya, worse. 



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