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OE J,AS LENGUAS AMERICANAS EN PARTI CULAR

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Exceptions to these t wo rt1les will be found áccented in the

vocabuJary.

Nouns

Sorne of the noLms, beginning witlt

e,

,q,

h

and

ic,

drop their

initial wben governed

by

possessive pronoLm. whicb are joinecl

to

the noun in tbe forro of prefixes.

Own,

motber.

Yan,

my mother.

Man,

thy mother.

Dan,

bis or her mother.

Ucwcm,

our mother.

1lfecman,

your mother.

JJecdan,

their mother.

Ushwan,

our mother.

Meshnian,

your mother.

Deshdan,

thC>ir mother.

H eno,

fri end.

Yeno,

my friend.

ilf.eno,

t.hy

trielld.

Deno,

bis

or her friend.

Umoeno,

our friend.

,lfemneno,

your friend.

Decdeno,

their friend.

oa..

nco,

father.

Singular

Dunl

Plur;ü

Ywnco,

my father.

Ma.nco,

thy fatber.

Danco,

his or

uf\L'

father.

Ucwanco,

our father.

,lfecmanco,

your father.

f)ecdanco,

their fatber.

(J.shwcmco,

our fa,thllr.

.1.l!feshmanco,

your father.

D'éshdanco,

their father.

1'Vamcen,

becl, seat, etc.

Yaiicen,

my becl.

Jlfaiwen,

tby bed.

Daiicen,

his

or

her bed.

7Tcwaiwen,

our bed.

Jl!fecmaiwen,

your becl.

IJ/,cdaiicen,

t heir berl.