BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN" LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 699 



The forms -Jcl and -q1^ also -eM and -eql are used after some stems, 

 bat no definite rule in regard to their use can be laid down. 

 gu'muTc and gu'muql in my possession 

 yo'oqt in the wind (from yo'o wind) 

 ELa'qi at the mother's (from ELa' mother) 

 nelmde'M at the herd (from fie'lvul heed) 



veli'tke-laula'ki at the merchant's (from velitke-la'ul merchant) 

 Stems with the terminal clusters Ih^ &h, th, ?-g, ng may drop the 

 terminal sound in the locative: 



pi'lhin throat pi'lik in the throat 



gi'thm lake gi'tih at the lake 



mi'ngiLinin hand mi'nik at the hand 



The f orms pi' I hik^ gi'tkik, mi'vgik, however, are also in use. 

 Verbal nouns with the suffix -girg{in) (§ 106.44) have in the locative 

 -inkiov -rik: 



Tcafika' dirgin descent kafiko! cirinki and kafika'cirik 



titta'tirgin climbing up titta' tirinki and titta'tirik 



Note. — These two forms appear with distinctive meaning in the 

 locative of gito'lhin side: 



gito'linki on the side of the mountain 

 gito'lhik on the side of a person 

 This suffix is often weakened to -^, or even disappears entirely. 

 Thus we find nu'tek, nu'teg^ and iiu'te in the country; ya'rdk and 

 ya'ra at home; the Tc may also be replaced by i. The leu'ti on the 

 head 44.5; a' fiqa-io' rmi on the seashore 12.4 

 walqalrik in the jawbone house, 44.14 

 nute's'qak on the ground, 15.5 

 rag-to' rmik on the house border, 12.12 

 a'nqak on the sea, 13.3; Kor. 25.7 

 gi'lgilik on the sea ice, 13.3 

 iu'wlciJc on the ice-floe, 13.3 

 ti'mlciJc on a hummock, 62.7 



qd'tekithih on a thong of young walrus-hide, 62.8 

 lile'lc (Kor. I'^a'Tc) in the eye 

 Koryak: 



va'mnik in the river Kor. 32. 1, 2 

 ti'thinih in the armpits Kor. 18.9 

 ya'yah in the house Kor. 19.9 

 ■ulgu'viTc in the cache Kor. 80.10 

 yaqa'lik in the porch Kor. 80.13 

 i'ya'g in the sky Kor. 19.3 



qas'wuae'nki at the foot of the stone-pine bushes Kor. 21.7 



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