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A poss. pro. “my.” Thus,, “my elder sister.” , “my elder brother.”

,, Sometimes  is found for the 2nd per. sing. per. pro. “your,” and as such short for or, “you” and “ye.” Thus:—, “your younger brothers.” The full way of writing this would be. See and.

,, Sometimes  represents the 2nd per. sing. per. pro. “you.” As:— “Have you come from Tokkari?” The more usual way however of using such phrases is by substituting for,  being a contraction of , “you.”

,,  is sometimes used for the 3rd per. sing. per. pro “he,” “she”; and even sometimes as the rel. pro. “who.”, “he is calling you.” , “the person who was here.”

,, Used after verbs , sometimes hardened into , expresses interrogation, and sometimes affirmation. Thus “Is there”;, “there is,” which is intended being determined by the  tone of voice. Syn: 

,, A tine. A tooth. A prong of a fork, spear, or harrow. Thus:—, “a trident.”

,, ''rel. pro.'' Who. Which. As:— “Who struck you.”

,, inter. Ah. Oh. Alas. As:—, “Ah, my master”! , “Ah, you dog”; Syn: .

,, adv. Yes. '''Syn:. . .'''

,, adj. and adv. One. One of a pair. Entirely. Wholly. Thoroughly. Quite. As:—, “one eye”; also. Syn: ; .

,, v.i. (sing). To sit. As:—, “to sit on a mat.”, “sit still.” , “to be sitting.” , “he is sitting.”

,, v.i. To burn. As:—, “the fire is burning.” '''Syn:. .'''

,, adj. and v.i. To be in plenty. Luxurious. To be.

,, interj. Ah. Ah. [sic] Alas. See.

,, n. An adopted child. '''Syn:. .'''

, v.i. and adj.  To be