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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 



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yito'lkin he pulls out 

 time'Tcin thou killest it 



nito'ykin he goes out 

 nivo'lkin he begins 



yigi'lcin or shi'lcm he digs out 

 yi'yikin thou untiest it 

 yi'ssik to untie Kor. 39.2 



yissi'lilcin thou puttest down 

 viya'tekin he lets go (an ani- 

 mal) 

 vuyalannivo' yhm a snow- 

 storm set in Kor. 13.10 

 yigu'ikin thou bitest it 

 ya'wiTcin thou piercest it 

 yii'lika to eat Kor. 57.1 

 yu'ikin he eats 

 yina'ikin he flees 



lelapitdonvo' ylcin he looks 

 up Kor. 42.8 

 Irregular is — 



iya^'ikm he arranges a rein- 

 deer driving-match 



gaito'len he has pulled out 

 ga'nmilen he has killed it 



Kor. 43.6 

 ganto'len he went out Kor. 48. 6 

 ganvo'len he has begun Kor. 



48.3* 

 ga'shilin he has dug out 

 gayyi'Un he has untied it 

 nassi'nvogmn the}" are unt3dng 



me Kor. 39.3 

 gassi'lin he has put down 

 gavya'len he has let go 



gawya'lyolen there was a snow- 

 storm Kor. 13.1 

 gaigu'lin he has bitten 

 gana'wUn be has pierced it 

 ganu'linat they have eaten 



(transitive) Kor. 57.2 

 gayi'nalin he has fled (intransi- 

 tive) 

 agaLopnivo' yJcin he looks bad 

 kor. 13.8 



gali'yaHin he has arranged a 

 reindeer driving-match 



Dropping of Suffixes. — It may be mentioned here that all dialects 

 of the Koryak tend to drop the last syllables or sounds — mostly 

 suffixes — when these are not accented 



Kor. Kam. mini'lqanmiTc or mini'hjat (Chukchee mini'lgdnrnik) 



let us go! 

 Kor. Kam. gaa'Lin, Kor. II (village Qare'nin) geye'Lin or 



gey e' LI (Chukchee ge'ehin), he has colne 

 Kor. Kara, vi'tvitpilu Kor. II (village Voyampolka) vi'tvitpi, 

 small seal 



Kamchadal (§§ 19-23) 

 i 19* Vowels 



(1) Weak vowels 'i i e u u e 



(2) Strong vowels e e a o o 6 u 



(3) Neutral vowels i e i a a u 



§19 



