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М’. THALBITZER. 
Absolutive Relative Absolutive 
(his) (their) (his) (their) (his) (their) 
Singul. | 37 ernera 43 егпегап 46 ernerdta 52 ernerdta pia pian 
Dual 38 ernerdk 41 ernerdk 47. ernerdta 53 (2) — — — 
Plural | 39 ernerdn 45 ernerån 48 ernerisa 54 ernerisa pian pian 
(his own) (their own) (his own) (their own) (his own) (their own) 
Singul. | 55 ernine 61 ernertik 64 ernerme 70 ernime pine pilin 
Dual 56 ernin'e 59 ernitik 65 ernerme 71 ernime — — 
SEER . т ne . : 9 on cl 
Plural | 57 ernine 63 ernilik 66 ernerme 72 ernime pine, (ij) pilig 
Further Examples. 
First person.—1 panina ‘my daughter’ (< panik). Шега ‘my cousin’ (< 64). 
— 7 panerpun ‘our daughter.’ — 8 panip'un ‘our two daughters.’ ifiwun ‘our two 
cousins.’ — 9 panip'un ‘our daughters.’ — 10 iferma or ilima ‘of my cousin.” — 
13 ii’ta ‘of our both cousin. — 16 nund”’ta ilane ‘in a part of our country.’ 
Second person.—pane'n ‘thy daughter’ (<pani-in). tit ‘thy cousin.’ atit ‘thy 
name’ (<aléq)sarqisil ‘thy kaiak’ <sarqin. — 20 panik:tk ‘thy two daughters.’ ifi®k:ik 
‘thy two cousins.” — 21 panitin ‘thy daughters.’ iti’tin ‘thy cousins.’ — 25 panice 
‘your daughter.’ 
26panis’e ‘your two daughters.’ il'erse ‘your two cousins.’— 28 il‘erpe 
‘of thy cousin’. cinp‘twit ‘of thy boot-lace’ (< cineq). — 34 ilise ‘of your cousin,’ — 
36 Il’ise ‘of your cousins.’ 
Third person.—37 раша ‘his daughter.’ ifiwa ‘his cousin.’ ania or anina 
‘her younger brother.’ — 39 il‘{wän ‘his cousins.’ — 40-42 рашак ‘their both daughter 
or daughters.’ — 43 il aiwa ‘their cousin.’ — 45 Ifiwdn ‘their cousins.’ — 46 it-iwdta 
‘of his cousin.’ aniäla or ana‘la ‘of her younger brother.’ — 48 ifiwisa ‘of his cousins.’ 
— 58 IC Ya'lwåta ‘of their cousin.’ — 54 itiwisa ‘of their cousins.’ 
Fourth person.—55 panine ‘his own daughter.’ — 63 pitik, pilin ‘their own 
things.” — 63 anakicsartik so-leqita’ ‘the beginnings of the angakok pupils.’ — 64 if ime 
‘of their own cousin.’ 
IV. Casal and Local Inflection. 
S 40. — The ablative case known from the grammar of West- 
ereenland and formed with the suffix -mit is unknown in EGr. Add 
to this that in many instances the WGr. allative case (-mut) is also 
unused, as the very frequent instrumentalis is preferred in verbs of 
movement to designate the goal of the movement (or sometimes its 
starting point). Finally the endings of the three actual cases pass 
into each other in a manner often rather confusing, partly on account 
of the indistinct pronounciation or downright change in pronunciation 
(not only t>n and А > п, but even n > п), and partly because the 
passing over of the vowel и > i is penetrating into these endings. 
Accordingly there seems to exist a strange, individual uncertainty in 
the use of all these endings, a grammatical fluctuation due to the 
arbitrary employment of the final groups un, in, un and in which 
often seem to act as substitutes for each other without any difference 
in the meaning. Perhaps there are new differences developing (Ce. g. 
-(i)’nuy ‘from or of mine —, -(i)®nin ‘from or of yours’ —?). When 
