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Derivational Changes211

(13) Personal Terminations

     1st Person:
          Singular  -n-en-an-al
          Plural    -m-em-am-ƒm
                   um-om-m

     The um suffix is detached from the old form of the past finite verb šeydum.

     2nd Person:
          Singular - …-,,-ai-ƒy
                     - i

          Plural   - um, uŒga˜
                    m-im.
                                   …r-ir.

(14) Different uses of ƒm (syncope of ƒgum) as super-suffix

     i. ƒm post-fixed to the verbal noun formed with the suffix al, expresses permission.
     e.g. pgalƒm, may go.

     ii. ƒn post-fixed to the finite verb expresses hearsay or rumour.
     vandƒnƒm, they say (or I hear) that he came.

     ƒm, as an ordinal suffix and expression of assent, has already been treated of.