BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN" LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 691 



Marker combination-suit (stem Tcer)-^ Kor. I key'key (stem key) ; 



kerke'rgupu and ke'rgupu from the combination-suit; ke'rkerik 



in the combination-suit 

 na'wker woman's suit 

 nimni'mgupu from the settlement 10.12 



gelgeh' tkinik on the ice fields 7.3; geli'tkinik on the sea-ice 9.2 

 memli'tkinik on top of the water 9.3 



Note 3. — It is not impossible that the forms 



yara'ni house 1 , „ ,„, 



,~ I . (see § 30) 



yoroni sleepin^-room J 



yoro'fii sleeping-room 

 ya'rar drum 



contain reduplicated stems in which the initial r has changed to y. 

 § 30. SUFFIXES -n, -ni 



Stems ending in a vowel take the suffixes, in Chukchee -n, -ni, in 

 Kor^'ak -ne, -na^ according to dialect. 



lu'metun name of a spirit 22.6 



kuke'ni kettle (Jcu'kek 75.13); Kor. Kam. kiika'na; Kor. Par. 



kuke'ne 

 yoro'ni sleeping-room 107.9 



yara'ni house 7.8; 30.11 (Kor. yaya'na Kor. 22,4) 

 keme'ni dish 86.23; 87.31, 33 {kama'gti to a dish 88.24) (Kor. 



kama'ni Kor. 64.3) 

 qora'ni reindeer 51.6 



ripe'ni stone hammer 77.13, 16 (Kor. yipa'na Kor. 43.2) 

 H"ni wolf 78.2, 96.28 

 upa'fii broth (Kor. ipa'na Kor. 28.6) 



Stems ending in two consonants, or in consonants that can not form 

 clusters with the terminal w, take the ending -n with a connective 

 vowel, /, e; after q the connective vowel is a (Kor. Kam. a). 



poi'gin spear 97.27 {poi'ge 117.29) (Kor. poi' gin) 



na'ngan belly 43.9 (Kor. Par. na'nqdn) 



riggo'lgin cellar 36.8 {riggolge'ti to the cellar 36.10) 



re'mkin people 8.8, 10 {re'mku 107.20) (Kor. ya'mkin Kor. 39.7) 



tu'mgin companion 38.12 itiiJmga 37.7) 



gi'thni lake 37.4 {gi'thik in a lake 37.5) 



upa'lhm tallow 87.4 (upa'lha 86.23) 



gi'lhin skin 23.9 



gUa'rgin gray fox 96.14 



e'iin fat (Kor. a'Hin Kor. 15.4) 



ELi'gin father 73.10 (stem l) 



