woman, becomes Eckwai-if/V^, a becomes Nebe-^, strong water ;

Webeed, a tooth, becomes Webeed-tfw.f, a decayed or aching The rule is nearly universal that the final sound of sh 9

tooth.

in any of its forms, is indicative of a faulty quality.

Substantives have, therefore, a diminutive form, made in ais^ or aus ; a derogative form, made in isb, eesb, oosh, or ausb ; and a local form, made in aing, eeng, ing, or ong. By a ees, oSj

principle of accretion, the second and third the first form, and the third to the second.

may be added to

While substantives have their primitive and derivative forms, they also appear as compounds. Among the primitives may be found dissyllables and possibly trisyllables ; but as a principle, all polysyllabic words, all words of three syllables, and most

words of two syllables, are compounds. 3. Adjectives. It has been remarked, that the distinction of words into animates and inanimates, is a principle interwoven

intimately

throughout the structure of the language, constituting indeed its fundamental In the plural only of the substantive principle. is the One set of adjective symbols express adjective indicated. the ideas peculiarly appropriate to animates, and another set is

exclusively applicable to inanimates.

Good and bad, black and

white, great and small, handsome and ugly, have such modifica tions as are practically competent to indicate the general nature

of the objects referred to, whether provided with, or destitute And not only so, but by the figurative

of, the vital principle.