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114 DECLENSION [117-119a. With the suffix -ka, conveying a diminutive or contemptuousmeaning, very rarely used derivatives are formed from the pronounsti, ya, sa, and asd,u: ta-kd tliaf little (110. 3), yd-ka 7vko, which (114 &),sa-kfi (only N. s. f.sa-ka), asakau N. s. f. that little(VS.).h. With the comparative suffix -tara derivatives are formed from i,kd, yd., and with the superlative suffix -tama from the latter two(op. 120) : i-tara other, ka-tara lohich of two? ya-tarfi, %cho or which oftivo ;ka-tam& tvho or which of many? ya-tama who orivhich of many,118. a. With ti derivatives with a numerical sense areformed from ka, ta, and ya : ka-ti liow many 1 (Lat. quot) ;td-ti so many (Lat. toti-dem) ; ya-ti as many. No inflectedforms of these M'ords occur. They appearthe N.A. pi. only.in the sense ofb. With yant expressing the quantitative meaning ofmuch derivatives are formed from i and ki :1-yant so much :n. s. N. iyat, pi. iyantif. s. D.;iyatyai ; ki-yant howmuch ? :sing. N. n. kiyat f.; kiyati. D. m. kiyate.L. kiyati (for kiyati).c. With vant are formed derivatives from personal pronounswith the sense of liJ\e,attached to ;and from others inthe quantitative sense of great ;thus tva-vant like thee,ma-vant like vie, yuva-vant devoted to you ttvo (only D.yuvavate) ; yusma-vant belonging to ymt (only L. pi.yusmavatsu) ;eta-vant and ta-vant so great ; ya-vant asgreat; i-vant so great (s.N. n. ivat. D. m. n. ivate.G. ivatas :pi. A. m. ivatas) ;ki-vant lioic far? (G. s.kivatas).Indefinite Pronouns.119. a. The only simple pronoun which has an undoubtedlyindefinite sense is sama (unaccented) any, every.The six forms that occur are : m. s. A. samam. D. samasmai.Ab. samasmad. G. samasya. L. samasmin.PI. N. same.