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476 AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST [n. s., 6, 1904
19. Di'biiig - pi. nke animate noun di'bi, sitere na chipi di egwu, di egwu, ojoo, ebe Ekwensu si. Ụdị ndị ọzọ nke otu na-eme, asj'tbaibg, ti'piug, bi'biiig.
A na-achọpụta aha na ngwaa n'ihe ndị na-emekọ ihe ọnụ, nke na-ewere ma suffixes na prefixes. Adverbial na pronominal affixes na-ewu ha n'ime ngwaa; ihe dị mkpa (dị ndụ ma ọ bụ ihe na-adịghị ndụ) mate) na ntinye aha na-eme ka ha bụrụ aha.
Ọzọkwa, enwere obere ọdịiche dị n'etiti intransitive ngwaa na aha ndị nwere nhazi aha njirimara, e. g., nUgawt' M na-arahụ ụra, ma ọ bụ ụra m; nunu! M na-anwụ, ma ọ bụ ọnwụ m.
Ndepụta ngwaa nwere element n!(tUtn) ma ọ bụ a'(dam), men- E depụtara ya na ahịrịokwu 5:
ị ga-agụ agụụ, ma ọ bụ, agụụ; siwd'tum ime ebere. sụ sụ t'e gude ẹnya; chu'ntum inwe mmetụta.
wiktutn inwe mmetụta ịhụnanya; jokwa'tutn ime ngwa ngwa.
qu'tshtutn ka ọ dị ụtọ; pu'dum ka ọ na-anụ ihe.
nutu'dum ichoputa site n'iju; muddtimdmo inwe mmetụta ọjọọ ma ọ bụ na-arịa ọrịa.
Maka nkọwa ndị ọzọ na Mohegan-Pequot morphology hụ Prince na Speck, " Nkọwa okwu nke asụsụ Mohegan-Pequot," Ameri- nwere ike ọkà mmụta gbasara mmadụ, n. s., vol 6, Nke 1, p. 18-21.
