BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEB 669 



The sound r appears in Koryak 1 folk-lore as characteristic of 

 several monsters and evil spirits. It is also used in Russian loan- 

 words. 



Ica'rman pocket (from KapMaHi.) 



preka'ssek commercial agent (from npHKamaKi) 



Ha'qar' sugar (from caxapi) 



In the last of these the r is palatalized. 



(7) In Koryak II, r is used in the same way as in Chukchee, and 

 also sometimes replaces the 7 of Koryak I. 



Tca'mak-ru (village Reki'nnok) ] ,, . » -.. 



, , , , .V *=• - . ' \ small image or a guardian 

 Kamak-lu (Kamenskoye) J 



In other cases r is replaced by t, s', 6, as in Koryak I. 



Chukchee Kor. Kam. Voyampolka, Kamchatka 



ti'7'lcitir sun ti'ykiUy Kor. 19.3 ti'tkitit 



e'ner star a'nay e'nei' 



mu'ri we rmi'yi (dual) mu'ri (dual) 



(8) The Chukchee f is replaced by y or by palatalization of the 

 preceding consonant in Koryak I, by t in Koryak II. 



Koryak I, gape'nyilen he attacked him. Kor. 96.8 (Chukchee 

 pe'nfinml^ov. 95.10, Koryak II, gape'ntilen, Kor. 96.26) 



(9) In the dental series, s appears chiefly in place of Chukchee r; 

 6 sometimes replaces y; id often replaces tk. 



missaa'lomi we shall hear (Chukchee mirraa'lomi) 

 di'hiJ tongue Kor. 56.4 (Chukchee yi'litl 7.10) 

 gitda'f legs Kor. 57.2 (Chukchee gitka't 51.4) 

 qilu'ttu drum! Kor. 59.4 (Chukchee qilu'tkui^) 



(10) y often replaces Chukchee g. 



yikta'vekin he makes haste (Chukchee gaita'urkin) 

 tayyenivo'ylcin he began to cough Kor. 84.20 (Chukchee teggi 

 102.35) 



(11) V often replaces Chukchee w. Initial v is much more fre- 

 quent than initial w. 



vdlo'm Kor. 55.7 (Chukchee ivalo'm 32.7) to hear. 



(12) d' of the Kamensko^^e dialect is analogous to the same sound 

 in Chukchee, and appears after palatalized n. 



Kor. Kam. naw-i'nd'ula^n<naw-i-nyu-la^n the one serving for 



a wife (stems naw woman; nyu to watch the herd) 

 Chukchee neu7id'u' lin <.neu-nyu-ljn (stems new^ -nyu [Tiu\) 



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