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the final consonant drops out entirely, which may also happen, the 
preceding vowel is often faintly nasalized. 
$ 41. Case Suffixes. — 
Simple suffixes. 
Allative | Instrumentalis 
Locative | | Prosecutive 
SEEST р a EE wey | т 
ERIC k . 6 .: 
-те | -тип, (mun) | -ти (р) or -mne (7) | -gin, kut, k if 
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Element of compound suffixes. 
| ; |. ко .k Ble neers es x: arf 
-ne | -nun, пт | “NU, Шу -kut, kit, Ki, 
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Compound suffixes (local —- possessive). 
Locative | Allative | instrumentalis Prosecutive 
Person | sing. plural. | sing. plural. | sing. plural. | sing. plural. 
First |-ne -ti®ne (on un) -tien’un | -YVnun, Vn'in -ti®n ug \-®”kuft), #ku -wk'ut 
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| ae .k 00 
-I UNI -Dfigin 
4 me D _S; > Га 5 . 9 | . .. п 1,0 .. . 59 . 
Second | -“rne -*ine | rnin: nun, nip kin, tigin -cigin 
| -esigin 
-@пе -An’e |-@nin "ni “ni |-"gin -“sigin 
; ; Spee, | И. и. CAP в сн 
Fourth |-tne -те |-minin? me D i-migin? — 
-me'n? | -me'n? = 
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Examples. 
Locative.—{upi®n'e ‘in my tent (or tents).’ — lupitivne or -nin ‘in our tent 
(or tents).” — fuperne ‘in thy tent (or tents).” — fupicine ‘in your tent (tents).” — 
ciane ‘in front of it.’ 
Allative.— kapimun ‘towards the interior part (of the coast). akimun ‘to the 
opposite side (coast).’ orgumun ‘to the south.’ kim-un ‘to the east.’ am-un ‘downwards.’ 
ilim-un ‘inwards.’ — пипатиу ‘to land.” asimun e'rlawon ‘he moves to the place be- 
yond. canimuy ‘sidewards.’ АЁегтий ‘to the contrary side, inverted, inversely.’ — 
tunuwn'un or lunuwnun ‘to the space (or place) behind me’; Пигий ‘into my 
interior’; pilasadn°on ‘to or for my capture.’ — sargarvtin uy ‘to our sunny side.’ — 
loa’nin or toa‘ne® ‘in the direction of it, towards it.’ 
Instrumentalis.—asimin ak’erpon ‘he approaches from the place beyond.’ — 
erniwnun ‘from (by) my son.’ nakiwiwn'in ‘from (by) my father.” — nakiwitivnik ‘from 
(by) our father (or fathers).” qulätiwn’ik ‘from our ceiling.’ — ernin'in ‘from (by) thy 
son.’ nakiwin'in ‘from (by) thy father.’ parpale’liwnik ‘with thy hammer.’ — erneranin 
‘from (by) his son.’ parpale:ta‘nik(j) ‘with his hammer.’ — parpale'me‘(y) ‘with his 
own hammer.’ pila‘*tame:n ‘with his own knife.’ gim'ime‘m uweqalerpon ‘she began to 
have her dog as husband.’ anake-nerme’n ‘by means of his ability as angakok.’ — 
ernersiwnik ‘from (by) his or their (own) sons.’ 
Prosecutive.— ima‘gin ‘through (by) the sea.’ sikik'ut ‘by (over) the ice.’ 
stlak-it ‘through the air.” gamucik'it ‘by sledge.’ — it'i“k-ut ‘by (over) my (our) sleeping 
platform.’ — if-eragin ‘by (over) his platform.’ — it‘icsvgin ‘by (over) your platform.’ — 
iterasigin ‘by (over) their platform(s).’ naldsigin ‘by (at) the time of their arrival.’ 
