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of the hill, &c. The termmanoa mg t is also sometime! 

 employ ed in thi ■ in the foUowii 



omkkning. In the place of wild rfc ■ 

 Monwggrwunikamji£. In the place ofSparrowa. 

 1 ' \g t In the place of the fallen tree, 4 •. 



•J. The dimimitiTe forma of the ooun arc indicated by sis, '-.-is, 6s, 



ami aua, as the final vowel pf Che word may r« ■quire. Thus ( >jib\vai, a 

 Chipj »w.ais, a little Chippewa : bud i, a man, inhv 



a l.ttle man: Amik. a heaver, amik-os, a young bearer: Ogima, a 



chi :". . a little chief, or a chief of littl- authority. Further ex- 



amples may h i add- . 



9TJCFLB i Diminutive form. 



— sis. 



nan 



wa 



K< kwaz-ais. 



A part 



Pi.na 



Pin-ais. 



A woodcock 



."Maimai 



Maim-ais. 



An island 



Miiuiis 



Mmnnr am 





Shonpsn 



Shomin-ais. 



A knife 



Mokoman 



— ecs. 



Mokoman-aLs. 



A Si 



Op 



Ossin-ecs. 



A rii 



B "bi 



Secb-ees. 





Oniimi 



Omim-' 



ion 



Tizhiki 



Pizhik-ccs. 



A pot • 



( )\v.n 



Opin- 



A bird 



Pinaisi 



—OS. 



Pinaish-ees. 



A nify 



M6z 



Moz-oe. 



An otter 



N L-ik 



Xiirik-6s. 



A reindeer 



Addik 



Addik-6s. 



An elk 



ik6s 



Mushkos-6s. 





Wa 



Waboasoe, 





Muknk 



— aus. 



Mukuk-6.s. 



\ 





Og-as. 



lal 



■ uia 



Shoni-as. 



A bowl 



, r U!l 



j-ans. 





Lgun 



\ i bag-auiw. 



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