BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 693 



Chukchee Kor. Kacfi. 



ena'nvina scraper (stem ena'n- ena'nvuia (stem enanvinan) 



vrna'n) 

 kefiidne staff (stem kenu'nefi) 101.9 

 li'nli heart (stem lih) li'fiJin 



po'm/po mushroom (stem jtx???) po^'npo^n 



pi'mpi powder (stem pin) 



(4) A number of stems with consonantic ending have a double form 

 of the stem, one ending with the consonant, another one ending in «, 

 <?, or ^', which are sufExed to the stem. The absolute form is the stem 

 form without terminal vowel. 



Ai'wan an Asiatic Eskimo (stems ai'wan and aiwana) 

 intu'idpir son-in-law (stems intuulpir and intuulpire) 

 uwd^'quc husband (stems uwa^'qub and iiwa^quti) 

 ilir island (stems ilir and ilirl) 



(5) Irregular forms are — 



Chukchee Kor. Kam. 



H^'ni wolf (stem [l\^i^g) i^'yiy (stem i^y) 



'i^'tin neck (stem H^7iv) i^'nniin (stem \l\l^nn^ i^nn) 



ELu'e nephew (stem ELuwgo) iLo'yo (stem iLoy) 



inte' daughter-in-law (stem mtiyo) 



a'kan fishhook (stem a^n <*aqnli) 



ga'LE bird (stem galha) 



ve'hE raven (stem velve) 



H^'tit anser segetum (stem HHu) 



tu'ingin stranger (stem tumiXJc)\ 

 compare, however, the redupli- 

 cated form tu'mgitum companion 

 formed from tu'mgin (in com- 

 pounds -tu'mgin, as yice'tnit-ht'- 

 mgin brother) tu'muk serves 

 also as possessive form. 



§ 32 SPECIAL FORMS 



A number of pronouns form the absolute form in a special manner. 



(1) Personal pronouns. 



gum 1 (Kor. gUmma^ Kamch. Tci'mma) 

 git thou (Kor. gi'ssa; Kamch. Ici'ja) 



(2) The personal pronoun Ena'n (Kor. s'nnw, Kamch. Ena') he is 

 formed from the stem e?i-. 



(3) The personal pronouns of the plural are formed with the suf- 

 fix -i. In Koryak the dual has the suffix -^; the plural, -w. In Kam- 



chadal we find -a for the first and second persons. 



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