The principal local inflections cealed, or not fully apparent. are ing and oong, which become aing and eeng as the terminal vowel of the noun may require. Ishkodai, fire ; hhkod-aing, Kon, Sebeeng, in or on the river on the snow Azhibik, rock ; Azhibikoong, in or on the rock, &c. The local form pertains either to such nouns of the animate class as are in their nature inanimates, or at most possessed of There is another variation of the local form of vegetable life. in or on the fire ; Sebe, river ;

snow

;

Kon-ing, in or

;

;

It is the noun, indicative of locality in a more general sense. formed by ong or nong, frequent terminations in geographical

names.

Thus, from Ojibwai (Chippewa) is formed Ojibwainong,

The termination ing is also sometimes

place of the Chippewas.

employed, as Monomonikaun-ing, in the place of wild rice, &c. The diminutive forms of the noun are indicated by ais, ees, final vowel of the word os, and aus, as the may require. Thus, Ojibwai, a Chippewa, becomes Oji^w-ais, Amik, a beaver, Amik-0.r, a young beaver

a little ;

Chippewa

;

Minnis, an island,

Minnis-fl/j, a small island ;

Shomin, a grape, Shomin-^/V, a little a small stone ; Sebe, a river, Ossin-m, stone, grape Seb-m, a small river ; Negik, an otter, Negik-w, a small otter ; ;

Ossin,

a

Wakiegun, a house, Wakieg-^wi, a small house. These diminu can be employed, supersede the use of ad

tives, as far as they