56 G. A. Grierson— On the Kayniri Noun. [No, 1, 
Third Declension. 
Feminine nouns ending in ^ i-matra , 91 u-mdtra , or 
Tjf^j path 1 , a book. 
(a). Nouns ending in T i-matra. 
Nom. 
ijpq puth 1 (ii. i. 9). 
xft-zq pothe (11,33). 
Acc. 
iffal pothe (21, 33, 
q^sgsT pothyan (12,38). 
38, 40). 
TTjfa piith 1 (39). 
Tfm pothe (39). 
Gen. 
xfm pothe hand u 
xfmiT pothyan hand u (42). 
(42). 
Loc. 1. 
xfm pothe pyath, 
tfm«T pothyan pydth (52 
&c. (52, 53). 
53). 
Dat. 1. 
xfm fam pothe hyut u 
Mm* farT pothyan Icyut u (54, 
(54, 55). 
55). 
Concom. 
xim pothe sutin 
xfl'Sjir ^fcTST pothyan sutin (60). 
(60). 
xft'sft potliyau (56; i. 4). 
A gent. 
tftfa pothi (6, 56). 
Instr. 
Tflfa ^frfir pothi sutin 
tfrsh ' potliyau sutin (59). 
(33, 59). 
xfm pothe 
*fm* ^ffT*r pothyan handi 
handi sutin (61). 
sutin (61). 
Loc. 2. 
Tjlfa pothi andr a 
potliyau andr a (57). 
(57). 
Dat. 2. 
xftfw 3^ pothi putshy 
Ml'CTf pothyau putshy (33, 
(63)1 
63). 
TJW pothe 
Mm^T 3^ pothyan handi 
handi putshy (63). 
putshy (63). 
Abl. 
Mi fa f^TS^ pothi nig a 
tflWf potliyau nig a (65). 
(65). 
Similarly are declined, sjf*; nur'\ a lioof ; kbit*, a field ; 
cir\ a lottery ticket. 
If the penultimate of a feminine word contains the vowel u , that u 
becomes o in all cases except the nominative singular. Thus piith 1 
a book ; nom. pi. *fm pothe (33). 
