1898*] G. A. Grierson — On the Kcigmln Noun. 55 
Similarly, when the penultimate is yu , it becomes * before i-matra 
or is, and e in other cases, except the norm sg*. (77, 78); thus,— 
Nom. sg. «r t£iyun u , a wall; acc. sg. tsinis; gen. sg. spqcj 
t&enyuk u ; ag. sg. tsin*; instr. sg. tseni sutin (not i- 
matrd ); nom. pi. tsin * ; acc. pi. tsenyan ; ag. pi. tsenyau. 
. ■ . t : 
[The word nyul' w ) bine, however, has i throughout. Thus, gen._ 
C\\J 
sg. nilyuk w ; iustr. sg. ^frT*T nili sutin; acc. pi. 
nilyan ; ag. pi. nilyau. 7 - 
So also in ^ yyiit how much; <3J?J tyut w , so much ; *nj yut u , this 
much ; change the ^ yu to i throughout (ii. iii. 27). Thus, yit* » 
how many (nom. pi.) ; tit* ; it*, pr. yit\~\ 
The u in fnr kut u , how many ? (ii. iii. 25, 26) becomes ^ u , in 
all cases except the nominative singular. In the obi. cases of the 
plural, it may optionally become ir ai. Thus — 
Singular. Plural. 
Nom. fpr hut*. 
Acc. kutis . 
gipr Tcut\ 
| 5* 
fsHT*T kutyan or kaityan. 
Ag. i wP hut 1 . kutyau or kaityau. 
Its fern, is 'g^kuts®. 
The word kith, or hah , a certain person, is declined as a 
feminine ending in a consonant (ii. iii. 29). 
