■OAB] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHBE 657 



rt>U (IS) Mt-tel''kilc<tur-tei'Tcik newly made 



nn>gn (14) teg-ne' lhin<.ten-ne'lhi7i good skin 



nn>gn (14) teg-ne'us'qdtKten-ne'us'qdt good woman 62.13 



ny > nd' (15) mindi' Iqamnik < minyi'iqanmik let us go to sleep ! 



d^' ndilhd^n<d' nyilhii^n let us give it to him! 

 ny>nd' (15) tand'a'n<.tan-ya'n a good one 



nr>nf (16) nu'nfi<,nu'nri there (to the right or to the left 



side from the speaker) 

 i!/>x (17) $re7«yaii/i<^|'-/(^a^-/in he departed 



61>l{\1) inaLu'mniifi-va'iin<mad-l'Q/'mnuft,-va'lin some- 



what lazy 

 rl>L (17) tuL'if'k<tur-lu^'k just on seeing it 



U>L (17) a^Uo'oLa'ut<aHto'ol-la'ut front head (the star 



Arcturus) 

 gtne!Lin<gt-ne'l-lin he has become 116.21 

 lr>rr (18) girgo'r-ra'wkin<girgo'l-ra'mkin "upper peo- 



ple" (i. e., the beings supposed to live in the 

 world above) 

 lft>lh (19) ge'lhilin>ge'lnilin (auxiliary verb, active) 



mynn (20) tun-ne'lhin<tur-ne'lhin new skin 



r6>td (20) t^t-dai<tBr-cai new tea 



vjalka' tcinin <walka' r-&inin the jaw-bone house 

 59.8 

 lck>gTc{^'2) mug-kuke'7ii<7n'iik-kuke^fii numerous kettles, a 



number of kettles 

 kq > gq (22) mug-qora'fii < muk-qoi^a'ni a number of reindeer 



kn > fin (23) pe'ecvan-na'lvul <pe'ecojalc-na'hnd one- year rein- 



deer-herd 

 ^n>nn (23) ten-nito'rkin<teg-nito'rkin ^^^ goes out; i. e., 



young bird hatches 

 kg>%vkw (24) miikwui' gun<7nuk-gui' gun many block-houses 

 ^9>99 (24) 7?i%-$ra'££<m')i^-$ra'i£ many birds 



y$'>y^ (only in H^qqdi<H^g-qdi little wolf; but H^g-quU'qul 



suffixes) (25) wolf's voice 



^^>^y (26) ne'lyi^ it became 9.11 



tg > ty (26) ri'tyd^ thou shalt be 



§ 8. Auxiliary Voivels 



(1) When clusters of more than two consonants are formed by com- 

 position, the clusters are broken up by an auxiliary vowel, ordina- 

 rily 7. 



Before ly, v, the auxiliary vowel is u. 



Before or after a p which forms part of a consonantic cluster, the 



auxiliary vowel is ii. (8 



3045°— Bull. 40. pt. 2—12 42 



