TERI, EI, RAVE, E, I, O, U.

9, 10, 11, 12. The many _adjective nouns_ ending in téri, and ei,

signify quality, as, bavitéri, elegant; aresumetéri, different or

distinct; tasúquei, narrow; asóquei, thick; sútei, white; and so of

the rest signifying color. Some ending in ráve, denote plenitude; for

example, sitoráve, full of honey; composed of sitóri, honey, and ráve,

full; seborráve, full of flies; ateráve of até, louse, etc.; others,

ending in e, i, o, u, signify possession, as, esé, she that has

petticoats; cúne, she that has a husband; guásue, he that has land for

planting; húvi, the married man, from hub, woman; nóno, he that has

a father, from nónogua, father, and sutúu, he that has finger-nails,

from sutú: and they, moreover, have their times like verbs, since,

from esé is formed esei, preterite, she that had petticoats; cúnetze,

future, she that will marry, etc.; and afterwards they are declined

as nouns, as, _Nom._, eséi; _Gen._ eséigue. (For other form of the

possessive, see section 19.)

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