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Note, however, 

 lul (absolute form), lule'V < lul-V (instrumental), eye 



Auxiliary Vowels. — Auxiliary vowels are introduced to avoid con- 

 sonantic clusters originating by composition, although the corre- 

 sponding clusters may be admissible in the stem itself. All neutral 

 vowels perform this function. Although / is more frequent than 

 all the others, -u, e, ^, (a), are also found rather often. 



lule'V <lul-V eye 



tvetal tijk <t'vieta' t-jk I work 



Initial Clusters. — The prefix Ic! is omitted before Tc and Tc! 



Tc!d'Tkini7i he has come 

 The prefix fc before initial Ic and Tc! changes to x. 



xke'jxtiTc accept him 

 The prefix t of the first person singular is dropped before verbal 

 stems with initial t. 



txlin < ttxlin I struck him 

 The prefix t of the first person singular changes to 6 before 

 verbal stems with initial ti or ci. 



Ici'inma cicl'ninijlc < t-cinin-jTc I sew 

 Compare also 



Chukchee Kor. Kam. Kamchadal 



e^'tqin a'ccin e'ckeldx the bad one 



wuwdelka'Uiin detce'lnin tl'xcax shrew 



Stems with the initial clusters Xk and rfc, when appearing at the 



beginning of a word, add a preceding vowel. 



i'lTcaruje < Ik-r-jc (Chukchee qati'rkin < Iqat-rkin) he leaves 



In other cases the Chukchee I or r of these clusters is replaced 



by 6. and c respectively. 



cMa'ujJcKcMau-jk (Chukchee Tcila'urkin<rkilau-rkin) he runs 



§ ^4. Accent 



In all three languages the accent usually recedes to the beginning of 

 the word, even as far as the fourth or fifth syllable from the end. 



Chukchee pa'riLinin shoulder-blade 



Kor. Kam. niqe' shiqenat those two that have been bought 

 Kamchadal h.'ta'tilkajuhnan they began to perform the cere- 

 monial 

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