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 240 SYNOPSIS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES. [iNTROD, adjective accompanies the noun, the plural prefix is in some instances added to both, and in some others to the adjective alone. Examples. tlukung, a tree, ekwoni, a river ; atsutsu, a boy. tettlukung, trees ; tsekwoni, rivers ; anitsutsu, boys. ekwahi tlukung, a large tree ; usti kihli, a little dog. tsekwahi tetlukung, large trees ; *tsunasti kihli, little dogs. asi sunkuta, a good apple ; asi seti, a good walnut. tanasi sunkuta, good apples ; f tsasi seti, good icalnuts. The nouns have no inflections expressive, as in the Latin and Greek languages, of cases. When the inseparable possessive pronouns are combined with nouns, the dual is expressed by a varied inflection in the pronoun alone. But a distinction is also made in the dual and plural of the pronoun (of the first person) between ' our,' meaning of you and me, and 'our,' meaning of him or them and me, and in all the numbers of the third person, (his, their), according as the person or persons may be absent or present. But from the two examples given, those inseparable pronouns are not always the same. my, thy, his, of one present, his, of one absent, our, of thee and me, our, of his and me, your, of you two, their, of them two present, their, of them two absent. our, of you all and me, our, of them all and me, your, of you all, their, of them all present, their, of them all absent. Examples. house. tsinelung, hinelung, ka nelung, ka nelung. heart aki nahwi, tsa nahwi, tu nahwi, u nahwi. ini nelung, asti nelung, isti nelung, tuni nelung, ani nelung. kini nahwi, akini nahw] sti nahwi, tuni nahwi, uni nahwi. iti nelung, atsi nelung, itsi nelung, tani nelung, ani nelung, iki nahwi, aki nahwi, itsi nahwi, tuni nahwi, uni nahwi. f The animate prefix an used for apple ; the inanimate ts for walnut.
 * In this instance the two prefixes ts and un are used.