BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 649 



-ling diminutive (§ 98, 7) 

 ga — ma comitative (§ 100, 15) 

 -mail comitative (§ 100, 17) 

 -qa6, -qal^ by the side of (§ 101, 26) 

 -yanv^ -yan, provided with (§ 104, 38) 

 -ygdh, -ggdh, receptacle (§ 105, 40) 

 -yg passive participle (§ 107, 47) 

 fing^ -rig. inchoative (§ 110, 63) 

 -dhat., verbal suffix expressing contempt (§ 110, 66) 



In the following sketch the symbols ^ and ^ have been used wher- 

 ever clearness seemed to require the exact statement of the character 

 of the vowels. Wherever the character of the vowel is irrelevant or 

 the changes due to harmony of vowels are obvious, the symbols have 

 been omitted. 



In a few words, i is apparently a neutral vowel ; as in 



ya'tirgm (stem ye't) the act of coming 

 Jcanka'^b'gin (stem hetikel-) the act of descending 



In these cases the i has originated through palatalization of the 

 preceding consonant and the elision of ^, which, after t and , has 

 hanged to h (see §§7 and 10). 



ya'tirgin < ya't'-hirgin < ya't-girgin 



Tcankdbirgin < TcankaJt'-Tiivg^n < kanka'd-gp'gin 



In pronunciation, «, and |, |, differ ver\'^ little. The pronunciation 

 of the last two is, of course, identical. The manner in which the ablaut 

 occurs with e, while it is absent in |, demonstrates, however, their 

 etymological difference. 



elet'e'i'km he feels dull I / f / \ 



ala7'a'ma while feeling dull ) ^^ ' ' '' 



mfremer tear ) , 



° °, ° . , V - (stem inere) 

 mere gti to a teai \^ ® "'^ 



pine'pil snowstorm ) ^ . , 



'a " \^ ^ £ . > (stem pine) 



J)€^no,-%pu trom a snowstorm \ ^ -r a ^i 



lieto'rTiin (stem keto) he remembers 



o o ^ o o / 



In most cases a precedes or follows q^ or is followed by the 

 glottal stop ^, which has probably originated through a loss of ^e 

 With few exceptions, a is a weak vowel. 



a^qa' -mi/ mil bad water, brandy 



a^'qalpe quick! hurry! 



qai'O,' fawn 



aHqe'p nail 



d^mu'lni workinofman 



