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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUCKCHEE 



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The Absolute Form (§§ 28-32), 



§ 28. ABSOLUTE FORM EXPRESSED BY STEM 



The absolute form of the noun serves to express the subject of the 

 intransitive verb and the object of the transitive verb. It shows a 

 great variety of formations. 



The absolute form is expressed b,y the nominal stem. This form 

 can occur only in those cases in which the terminal sound is a vowel or 

 a single consonant. Since no ending occurs, the stem has no ablaut. 

 Examples are — 



(1) Stems with terminal vowels: 

 kitve'yu old walrus 8.12, 14 

 ELa' mother 30.6 

 qe'li cap 

 lo'lo penis 45.1 



O O -C^ 



(2) Stems or compounds with single terminal consonant (including 

 diphthongs in l and u). To this class belong words ending in ?/, ^f, 

 />, m, t, n. A', c, r, q, I. 



ri'Lu carcass 65.14 



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d^s'qe'ku a barren doe 97.17 

 venke'nfu a mother doe 



ELa'qai little mother 35.5 



ni'nqai little child 37.14 



nii'rgeiv a suit of armor 116.24 



r^'in whale 73.4 



inpine'io old woman 19.5 



tinu'j) blue fox 96.17 



re'liip quid 



ve'em river 37.3 (Koryak vf'- 

 ytni^ va'yam Kor. 17.6, ac- 

 cording to dialect) 



ret trail 37.1 



le'ut head 44.11 (Koryak 7a'- 

 vjwfKov. 82.11) 



ne'wdn wife 36.3 (Koryak na'- 

 wan) 



Ai'wan the Ai'wan 7.1 



na'nqan belly 43.9 



uwd^'qut husband 105.12 



i6'/?(9r wolverene 78.2, q^per 

 92.21 {ke'pei^d 78.11) (Kor- 

 yak qapay) 



Icri'mqor three-year-old doe 

 117.9 



wanqa' s'qor two-year-old doe 

 117.10 



e'lhar polar fox 92.19 

 nitu'ulpir son-in-law 80.6 

 a' net thong-seal 70.7 

 pe'nvel two-3'^ear-old buck 



117.12 

 ms'mil seal 96.4 (Kor3?^ak we'- 



mil Kor. 90.6) 

 lu'mnil stor}'- 61.5 

 pe'lcul butcher-knife 85.23 



(Kor. pa' qui Kor. 78.23) 

 ne'lvul herd 49.3 

 qe'ptiril backbone 51.3 

 qla'ul jxm.n4:2> A (Kov. qJa'wuI 



Kor. 17.4) 

 uwi'Jc body 35.11 (Kor. 32.. 5) 

 Jca'mdk evil spirit 61.6 (Kor. 



35.5) 

 ai'vnaJc carcass 81.17 

 gin7ii'Tc game 84.28 (Koryak 



gi'ynik Kor. 61.8) 

 e'ek lamp 68.12, 106.18 

 pu'req white whale 96.9 

 o'Laq sea-lion 65.16 



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