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denotedby adding ki ( aki , iki, oki, km, etc.) to a noun (Ex. 7). Many 
little partióles or words are added to denote this idea throughout the 
group, as ivo, lo, ma, hi, cha, etc., and tliese are eonstantly shifted about 
as prefix or suffix, or from one word to another, so to malee the presen t 
suffix clear a great many examples would liave to be shewn. But the 
main principie of eliding the k is not touched. 
(c) In Choroti and Toba the tree or plant is denoted by adding 
k ( ek , ik, uk, yuk, etc.), to the word for fruit (Ex. 5). In Vejoz and 
Suhin the word for fruit may have a final j ; e.y. V. ahai-yáj ; S. ahai- 
yij ; Ch. ayit-a, fruit of mistol. In Lengua-Mascoy the same word 
oxprosses treo and fruit, e.y. 'iioaa, fruit or treo of mistol. ]f it is ro- 
quired to distinguish either tho one or the other, sepárate words aro 
used, viz. yithna, fruit ; yokthloho, tree or whole, i.e. the body. In 
Mojo thus, mee, fruit ; mee-kie, tree of algarroba. 
(d) Certain words have a masculine and feminine form and one 
plural comrnon to botli (Ex. 4). The feminine form consisting of the 
suffix ki, and the plural form being the letter s, added in botli cases to 
the masculine or radical, e.y. ico, wo-ki, wo-s, servant. 
(e) In Ex. 8 we have some examples of words in Vejoz and the other 
dialects differing slightly from the Choroti, chiefly by the omission or 
addition of the ki suffix, e.y. viiyo, miyo-ki, eagle. The word for 
“ finger ” resembles the form of the wórds treated in section D if treated 
inter-díalectally : 
Ex. mase., V. fwu-j ; S. fyu-j : Ex. fem., Ch. liyu-ki : 
Ex. pl., V. fum-s ; S .fyu-s 
(/) In Ex. 1 the final k denotes the masculine (the sy Hable so to 
speak closed with the k) ; the feminine has the open syllable ki. 
ki-man-ik (mase.) ki-man-ki (fem.) 
In Ex. 3 the singular is indicated by the final k, and the plural by 
the dropping of it. 
tet-ik (sing.) tet-i (plur.) 
This principie is general, the masculine and singular on the one hand 
and the feminine and plural on the other having points of resemblance, 
e.g. : 
Toba chik-nik (mase.), bow chik-na (fem.), arrow 
chik-nik (sing.), bow chik-nika (plur.), bow 
Note. — Though this rule is very general and many words are in- 
flected in this way, there are exceptions : the ki suffix is not always 
feminine, e y. T. yafai-ki or yayai-ki, oíd man ; yafai-na or yayai-na, 
oíd woman ; L.-M. yowai-ki (mase.) spider. 
