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G. A. Grierson —On the Kagmiri Noun. 
[No. 1, 
cnrj^r watul u , a low-caste man ^Tff5T ivaty”. 
tathiil u , a wooden vessel tathvj'*, a small ditto. 
^ V£ * * ' A 
(6) Words ending in the suffix «fra m»Z w , form the feminine in 
wajen , thus :— 
3KTT^T gar a ivol tl , a house-holder gar a wajen. 
The word wol u , ‘a ring’ is not formed with this suffix. 
(c) Other words in Z M form their feminines in sr thus :— 
A 
gul u : a kernel 
JT5T^ guy*, a small ditto. 
Words in ^fr^T ol n change *ft o to WT d , thus:— 
wol u , a small ring 
3T5T waj* 9 a small ditto. 
A 
iTT^r viaj^j a mother. 
A 
Uraj ». 
mol n , a father 
tsrol u , watchman 
Irregular is— 
(g-^r dul u . a large bowl dulij *, a small ditto. 
^ y| * ' ^ 'J ^ • «/ 
(5) Words ending in ^ 7c w , ^ 7c/& tt , Jl g u (and also in A:, 
Ich, 3T g ; but no examples are given) change 3R 1c to c, ^ kh 
to W ch, and JT g to 5T j (yi. 9), thus :— 
Feminine. 
batuk u , a drake 
battc* 1 , a duck. 
hokh u , dry 
l 
hwach ii . 
A 
^jt dyiig u , a ball of string 
fT* dtjv, a small ditto. 
A J 
The vowel changes are those prescribed in the declension of nouns. 
I^vara-kaula occasionally spells batvc 11 bat a c. 
Exceptions are (vi. 10.) 
khukh 11 , one who speaks through khukh 
his nose. 
^ ksok 11 , sour 
* 
tswak*. 
A 
