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... plural may , in most languages , be transferred to the adjective ; and , in the Sioux , the plural sign pee , added to the last word of the sentence , be it noun , verb , or even adverb , makes the whole sentence plural . The plural of ...
... plural may , in most languages , be transferred to the adjective ; and , in the Sioux , the plural sign pee , added to the last word of the sentence , be it noun , verb , or even adverb , makes the whole sentence plural . The plural of ...
Page 172
... plural ; " Ninenoo - en oolanook najamooloktau , " One of us will go this evening to see you , ' is the special or definite form ; and it is obvious that , ' one of us ' contrasted with you , ' excludes the person spoken to . The k ...
... plural ; " Ninenoo - en oolanook najamooloktau , " One of us will go this evening to see you , ' is the special or definite form ; and it is obvious that , ' one of us ' contrasted with you , ' excludes the person spoken to . The k ...
Page 173
... plural , viz . k : iglo , a house ' ; dual , igluk ; plural , iglut . In all the other languages , the inflection of nouns is the same for dual , definite , or indefinite plural . The pronouns are alone affected by the distinction , and ...
... plural , viz . k : iglo , a house ' ; dual , igluk ; plural , iglut . In all the other languages , the inflection of nouns is the same for dual , definite , or indefinite plural . The pronouns are alone affected by the distinction , and ...
Page 176
... plural form . The feminine gender in the Onondago , the inanimate or animate in other languages , are distinguished by a varied inflection . The degrees of comparison are in almost every language expressed by words , corresponding to ...
... plural form . The feminine gender in the Onondago , the inanimate or animate in other languages , are distinguished by a varied inflection . The degrees of comparison are in almost every language expressed by words , corresponding to ...
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... plural in some other languages . In the Sioux also , the general termination pee , designates alone the plural in many instances ; and the plural sign te , prefixed , performs the same office in the Cherokee with respect to the ...
... plural in some other languages . In the Sioux also , the general termination pee , designates alone the plural in many instances ; and the plural sign te , prefixed , performs the same office in the Cherokee with respect to the ...
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Abenakis adjectives Algonkin Algonkin-Lenape American amongst animate appear Athapasca belonging Boston called Capt Captain Carolina Catawbas Charlevoix Cherokee Chicasas Chippeways Choctaw Christian Indians colony conjugation Creeks degree of north Delawares dialects dual east eastern enemy English ermikp Eskimaux father Five Nations French Gookin Grammar hundred Hurons Indian languages inflections inhabitants Island Lake lands Lenape living lungiha Massachusetts mentioned Miamis miles Mississippi Mohawks Mountains mouth Muskhogee Nanticokes Narragansets neen north latitude nouns object plural possessive praying Indians prefixed principal probably pronouns Red River respect Sachem Sauks second person settlements Shawnoes sing singular Sioux Six Nations South Carolina southern speak Susquehannocks tenses termination territory thee third person thou thousand souls tion tokchě transitions treaty treaty of Easton tsheeng Tuscaroras Tuteloes verb vicinity villages vocabulary wadchan warriors western Woccons wonni words Wyandots Yamassees