BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 671 



These older forms are even more pronounced in Paren. 

 Kor. Paren eHek lamp intu'welpiy son-in-law 



Kor. Kam. a' ok intu'tdpiy 



Chukchee e'eh intu'ulpir 



The Chukchee cluster Ih is replaced by In in Kamenskoye. 

 Kor. Kam. ke'nmilnni root (Chukchee he'nmilhin) 



§17. Vocalic Ablaut 



The range of the ablaut is more restricted in the Koryak of Kam- 

 enskoye than in Chukchee. 



i changes into «, 



u changes into o; 



^i'tyZm«i!the3^ said Kor. 21.2 gewnivo'len he said Kor. 14.4 

 nu'tanut countr^^, land ya'nya-nota'lo foreigners 



but a as ablaut of e does not occur, both sounds being represented 

 by a neutral a. The Chukchee | is replaced by |, the same sound 

 that represents the ablaut of i. 



The neutral «is exempliiied in the following words of the Kam- 

 enskoye dialect: 



Kor. Kam. Chukchee 



kcd^ykm (stem kaVC) I'eliJrl'in (stem kd'^ 



im'tanut land (stem nuta) nu'tenut (stem nute) 



a'JcJcat sons (stem a'l'Jcd) ^^^d (stem tkl-e) 



aima'wikin thou approachest (stem eime'urkin (stem eiweu) 



ainiaw) 

 kama'na dish (stem kama) kerne' ni (stem kerne) 



Since a is neutral, these stems are also combined with weak vow- 

 els. For instance, 



i^th -kama'na heavy dish (from itti heav}", dear) 

 There are, however, cases in which the a represents the type o, 

 which requires the ablaut, 



e'vil-ta'mtam goitre, long tumor (stems ifvil long, ta'mfam 



tumor): Chukchee ta'mtam 

 qata'j^-^'mat load of food for winter use Kor. 86.17 (stems qatap 

 fish for winter use; hi it load); Chukchee qata'p-e'mit 

 An example of the occurrence of e, corresponding to Chukchee |, 

 is — 



me'yemey tear (stem meye); Chukchee nte'rhner (stem inere) 



gapefnyiJen she attacked her, Kor. 96.8 {si^m peny)', Chukchee 



pe'nfinen Kor. 95.10 {st&ni penf) 



§17 



