6, 7. Many _abstract nouns_ are formed by the addition of the particle
ragua, as v?de, joyously; v?deragua, joy; d?ni, good; d?niragua,
goodness; d?hme, man, or people; d?hmeragua, humanity; and so
di?sragua, divinity. Others, substantive nouns, applied to certain
places end in s?ra, as, om?s?ra, canebrake, from om, cane, and s?ra,
in or among; hu?rigos?ra, reedfield; h?paros?ra, mesquitscrub: and so
a town is called Op?s?ra, because it is among some trees called op?,
elm.
8. The _verbs are substantives_ likewise, and as such are declined as
much so as the same words are conjugated when verbs: thus, nem?tzan,
I bewitch, is also wizard, and hi?sguan, I write, is scrivener; but
it is to be observed of these substantives, as well as of those which
end in daugh, that they too have equally their times, as nem?tzan,
the wizard--that is now, in the present; nem?tzari, the preterite that
has; nem?tzatze, the future that will, with the difference that these
terminations are active, while those in daugh, etc., are passive.
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ADJECTIVE NOUNS.
TERI, EI, RAVE, E, I, O, U.
9, 10, 11, 12. The many _adjective nouns_ ending in t?ri, and ei,
signify quality, as, bavit?ri, elegant; aresumet?ri, different or
distinct; tas?quei, narrow; as?quei, thick; s?tei, white; and so of
the rest signifying color.
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