Of the grammar of this language I pretend to little knowledge, but the following observations upon some points may perhaps be worth attending to. The most striking circumstance, is the frequent use of the words noo and ka; the former of which seems to signify of, or the 's of the English language, as will appear in choo noo ka, a man's skin, or the skin of a man; oÓshee noo stÍnnoo, the bullock's horn, or the horn of the bullock; and in moo noo kee saw'teeyoong, to dig potatoes out of the ground, or, literally, potatoes of the earth to dig out.

Ka, it will be observed, is used to denote skin, and also seems to signify a receiver or enclosure, as is expressed in the words meÉzee ka, a well of water, meÉzee being water, and ka, the place containing the water; and in ya ka saut eÉchoong, to go out of a place, ka in this instance expressing the enclosure, ya you, and sawt eÉchoong to go out from, as eÉchoong signifies to go.

The adjective is for the most part placed before the substantive, as teeshoÓee Íckkeega, an old man; wÚsa ya, a mean house; and wÓckka innÁgo, a young woman.

There is little variety in the termination of the verb, the tenses being expressed by other means. I have throughout the vocabulary considered the termination oong to denote the infinitive, and have translated it as such, even when the sense points to another mood, merely to preserve consistency; there are, however, a few exceptions to this, and some of the verbs will be found to terminate in ang, ing, awng, ong, and ung. Those ending in oong seem generally to make the participle terminate in ee, as wÓckkayoong, to separate, makes the participle wÓckkatee, separated. The negative termination of the verb is generally nang or rang, as noÓmang, not to drink, is the negative of noÓmoong, to drink; meÉrang, the negative of meÉoong, to see; and noÓboorang, the negative of noÓbooyoong, to climb or ascend. Na is also used as a negative, coÓnsoona, not to rub out, being the negative of coÓnshoong, to rub out.

Nang, nÁrang, and nÁshee are negatives used with a substantive, and are always placed after it, as koÓmoo nang, no clouds; meÉzee nÁrang, no water; and feÉjee nÁshee, no beard.

Some peculiarities will be found by referring to the following words: deaf; the sole of the foot; head-ache; palm of the hand; the toe; and the wrist.