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Show 272 NOUNS. man woman father mother hatswul pitin askap kauis boy girl brother sister Nouns may be classed as common and proper, as in other languages Proper nonns usually express some sentiment; as- La- la- kol- so- te ( the bat that flies by day), Indian name of Lawyer, late head- chief. Objects as the snn and moon are not designated by different Dames, the word hisamtnks being applied to both, showing that the language is not affluent in nonns. Oender. Only to a very limited extent is distinction of gender expressed as- hama aiot pisht pika Bnt boar is hama hokhok, man swine; sow is aiot hokhok, woman swine, and so with most of the inferior animals. Number. Only a few nouns form the plural. Some form the plural by repeating the first syllable: as, hama, man; haham, men; hatswtd, boy5 hahatswtd, boys; pitin, girl; pipitin, girls. Other nouns from the plural by prefixing ha; as, aiot, woman; haiot, women; askap, brother; haaskama, brethren. The plural of names of inferior animals or inanimate objects is expressed by the use of numerals, or the indefinite words tatash, some; ilani, many. Declension. Nonns are thus declined: Nom. hama ( man) Poss. hamanim Ac. hamana Nom. watash ( earth) Poss. watashnim Ac. watashna Norn. John Poss. Johnniin Ac. Johnna NOTE.- Whenever the thing possessed is in the accusative- as, He teaches John's sons- then the possessive takes the sign of the accusative. Also the nominative often has the termination of the possessive. The vocative case is indicated by the words a and kam. The nominative is sometimes written after its verb, and the objective before the verb governing it, but nsually the order is otherwise. In this it differs from other Indian languages, as the Choctaw, where both the subject and the object are always before the verb. Remarks. Nouns are formed from adjectives; as- kapskaps strong kapskapsnawit strength Nouns are formed from verbs; himtaksha to teach himtakawat a teacher hitaminwash a school hipsha to eat hipt food komaits komaiitswit as- hipinwash tamiasha tamiawat tamiawash sick sickness kitcben to trade trader trading- pcst |