It is difficult with us to speak the words themselves.--The words
_odoon_, _onik_, _okod_, _ozid_, _okun_, do not mean respectively,
_mouth_, _arm_, _leg_, _foot_, _bone_; but _his mouth_, _his arm_, _his
leg_, _his foot_, _his bone_. By leaving out the letter _o_ we have the
words _mouth_, _arm_, _&c._ themselves: thus, _doon_, _nik_, _kod_,
_zid_, _kun_. The former is the usual way of speaking, the latter is
correct.
By the following illustration it will be better understood how words are
formed:
_my_ _thy_ or _your_ _his_
Nindj, _a hand_, nenindj, kenindj, onindj,
Nik, _an arm_, nenik, kenik, onik,
Doon, _a mouth_, nedoon kedoon, odoon,
Bid, _a tooth_, nebid, kebid, owebid,
Daih, _a heart_, nedaih, kedaih, odaih,
Kown, _a liver_, nekown, kekown, okown,
Kun, _a bone_, nekun, kekun, okun,
Skunze, _a nail_, neskunze, keskunze, oskunze,
Kod, _a leg_, nekod, kekod, okod,
Bowm, _a thigh_, nebowm, kebowm, obowm,
Dis, _a navel_, nedis, kedis, odis,
Pun, _a light_, nepun, kepun, opun,
Zid, _a foot_, nezid, kezid, ozid,
Yos, _flesh_, neyos, keyos, oweyos,
Yowh, _a body_, neyowh, keyowh, oweyowh,
Oose, _father_, noose, koose, osun,
Gah, _mother_, negah, kegah, ogeen,
Siyahn, _brother_, nesiyahn, kesiyahn, osiyayun,
Shema, _sister_, neshema, keshema, oshemayun,
Tahwug, _an ear_, netahwug, ketahwug, otahwug.