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With nouns designating animate objects, the suffix -nk designates 

 the pot^sessor. 



2?ti' clink thi'zhmin it is the son's 

 The suffixes expressing directions to and from of the Kam- 

 chadal also contain the ending -nk, while in Chukchee and Kor3'ak 

 they are formed by the endings -gti, and -gupu (see §§ 40-43). The 

 distinct origin of these elements may still be recognized in Kam- 

 chadal by the fact that the termination for toward always, that for 

 FROM generall}'', causes ablaut, while the -nk of the locative is 

 neutral. For direction from we find, for instance — 



Icist house ki'stenk in or from the house 



ke'stank to the house 

 kix' river hi'x'enk in or on the river 



Tce'x'anTc to or from the river 

 txiilntxun darkness txu'ntxv.nlc in the darkness 



txo'ntxonlc to the darkness 

 a'timim village a'tinunk or a'tinuk in, to, or 



from the village 

 These forms may be related to the possessive form of the 

 Koryak proper names (see § 39). 



§ 39. PERSONAL NOTJNS 

 -{l)nd. Subjective and possessive of proper names of persons and 

 of a few appellative nouns. 

 Yt' tiling, Yetilin's 



a'tena father's {a'tE father, in the language of children) 

 apgi'nina grandfather's {apai'mn<epe-ynin grandfather, in 



the language of children) 

 epeqd' ynid gi'Sindmother^s {ip^'ggi<epe-qai grandmother, in the 



language of children) 

 tumgi'ing friend's {tumgi'nind^ in the pronunciation of women) 

 TeXpune'rid lo^'o things seen by Telpune K. 379, no. 142 title 

 Tno'tirgina ti'lqdtyd^lc I go to Tno'tirgin 120.36 

 ni'rke- a certain one, qui another one (§ 60), all personal demonstra- 

 tives and interrogatives (§ 58) have the same forms. 



-{T)nak (Kor. Kam.). Probably formed from the suffix -{i)na 

 and the possessive -k. 



Miti'nak Miti's Kor. 15.11 



PiH' qala^ndk Bird-Man Kor. 16.4 



Atiepnidk A66e'pin's 



tvu'tininalc this one's 



mi'Tcinak who Kor. 12.7 



§39 



