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tinct from the absentive, and is easily recognized, being invariably preceded by 71100 (ma in future), meaning not; while the absentive case conveys the idea of existence though apart for the time.

The dative is rather a locative case, marked by the termination /a, a contraction of 111004, of which the original form may be seen almost complete, in Ix'lcebooktoo/c, meaning in, at, or from Halifax, the [(768wa or U/xtre— (7001:! (great harbour) of the Micmncs; the short- ened termination is found in wigzudmk and kwédmzk. This case when used with names of persons denotes their place of residence, as Polek, ‘at Paul’s place.’ There is little danger of confounding the termination for the dative case with that of the nominative plural animate, for in common usige animate subjects were combined with distinguishing pronouns, and rarely duplicated by the same person; for instance, I have one weapon, one net, one kettle, one sun, one moon, etc. The Vocative termination does not differ from the nominative in the singular of nouns or combined nouns and pronouns, except in the family terms noo, my father, n‘keje, my mother, 7z’wkey'e, my sister, and ”Kim, my younger brother. Inanimate nouns, like neuter in Latin, retain the same form in accusative as nominative.

DECLENSION OF trénum, A MAN, (ANIMATE). Singular. Plural.

Nominative. lcélzzmz. a man. lcémmzook. Dativejcémmzzlctook, from, with or by a man. tcenumooz'leloo/c.

Accusative, lu‘zmmool, a man (objective). lcemtmoo. Vocative, 2552mm; ! 0 man ! tcémnnootool. Absentive, tcénmuok, an absent or dead man. tcénumoongk.

Negative, moo lcémmzenoo/e, not a man. moo tténumooenook. Terminative, z’rémmzfi. a man (and that ends it). tcmumoogwoo.

DECLENSION or zuz'gwdm, A DWELLING (INANIMATE).

Singular. Plural, Nom. wigwdm. wigmimel. Dat :uigrrzvdm/c. avzgrc‘ameliktook. Ace. wigrr‘dmool. ritzgwdmao. V oc. wigwdm. Ii'lfft’dMOUl‘OOl. Abs. wigwdmo/c. reign/[zmoo/ti/ié. Neg. moo :vz'gmimezzoak. 72100 ridge/(72111006710043, Term. m’gm‘zmfl. wigwdmoagrc'oo.