'j'jZ The American Naturalist. [September, 
Among the curiosities of Cherokee etymology, those pertain- 
ing to the pronoun are specially curious and interesting. Prof. 
Duncan says : 
"The properties of the pronoun are chiefly person and 
number ; though case is not altogether ignored. In English, 
the pronoun we may have a variety of applications ; it may 
include the first and third persons, excluding the second ; or 
the first, second and third ; or the first and second, excluding 
the third ; or the first and third, excluding the second. The 
Cherokee pronoun has a different form for each of these ideas ; 
in some cases, tivo forms for the same idea. The last two 
ideas, in Cherokee, are dual in number. Thus : 
^ j Atse-, (i + 3—2) ; derived forms, atsa-, atsa-, atsa-, atso-, atso-, 
I Ake-, (i-f 3—2); " " aka-, aka-, aka-, ako-, ako-, 
2 I Ete-, (1+2 + 3); " " eta-, eta-, eta-, eto-, eto-, 
\ Eke-, (1 + 2 + 3) ; " " eka-, eka-, eka-, eko-, eko-, 
3. Ane-, (1+2— 3); " " ana-, ana-, ana-, ano-, ano-, 
4. Aste-, (1 + 3— 2); " " astii-, asta-, asta-, asto-, asto-, 
2d Per. Sing. 
He (thou), derived forms, ha-, ha-, ha-, ho-, ho-. 
2d Per. Plu. 
Etse-, (you), derived forms, etsa-, eta-, etsa-, etso-, etso. 
2d Per. Du. 
Este-, (you, 2), derived forms, esta-, esta-, esta-, esto-, esto-. 
A-, or 0-, (he), 3d Per. Sing. 
j Ane- (they), 3d Per. Plu., derived forms, ana., ana-, ano-, ano-. 
\ One- " " " " ona-, ona-, ona-, ono-, ono-. 
Each of these pronouns may be converted into the reflexive 
form by suffixing the syllable da, thus, Oda-, (himself); Hada-, 
(thyself) ; Akedii, (ourselves). 
Besides these simple pronouns, there are a few compounds 
which bespeak two different persons at the same time, said per- 
sons being in different cases. The English sentence, " You help 
me," would stanfl in Cherokee thus : Skestalb. Here the pronoun 
ske-, carries the meaning of both English words, {yoii-me.) Ske-, 
original ; derived forms, squa-, squa-, squa-, squo-, squo-. 
