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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.hytrielld.
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.