BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 705 



§ 43. POST-POSITIONS IN -nk, -nq, -riq, -{ti)qo, -nqoi'l 



-nqo (Koryak I) from, out of (not with the meaning across, 

 along). 



lela'nqo from the ej'e 



ega'fiko from heaven Kor. 33.4 



Tci'pla'gigifiko out of the bottom of the mortar Kor. 53.3 



merika'nqo {maM'nlco Kor. 33.7) whence 



woiia'nqo from here 



nanka'ngo thence 



fia'ndkanqo Kor. 42,3 



anka'nqc) from there 



vai'enqo from there (not ver}'^ far) 



-nqg^ -fiqo'rl (Chukchee) from, not free; only in the following 

 adverbs: 



me' nqo and menqo'ri whence {me'nlco 113.19) 



no'onqo and ho'onqo'ri from there (far ofl) {no'onko 76.5; 131.8) 



va'Enqo va'dnqo and va'dnqori from there (not very far) 



no'tEnqo and no'tinqori from behind the speaker i 



ra'Eiiqo from behind the person addressed i 



nu'nqu and nunqu'ri from there 



E'nqo, 86.18 EWqo'ro 65.18 and Enqo'ri from there 125.3; 



wo'tqo^ wotqoro 124.10 and wotqo'ri from here 



{fia'nqo means, however, simply here) 



fia'riko 12.7 From this is formed the ablative nan'Tcoi'pu. 



na'niJco there Kor. 32.1 



qoro' COME here! (Kor. qoyo is probably the exclamatory form 



for na'nqori hither. The latter form is rarely used. Kor. 



Kam. qo'yin hither is perhaps the ablative of the same form. 

 qoro' na'nko then come here! R 73.76 qo'ro 101.3 



-tile (Kamchadal). Used in most oblique cases. Since all Kam- 

 chadal stems end in consonants, this suffix requires a connecting 

 vowel which corresponds in character to the vowel of the stem. 



i, j', e -M, -w, |f, are found in this position. 



The allative always has the strong form of the connecting vowel. 



The suffix often takes the termination -e. 



sun the wood lid the eye 



sunlc from the wood lu'laiik from the eye 



so' nice to the wood lu'lanlc to the eye 



Tclx the sea E'riki there 



Ic'i'xelik from the sea no'nke there, thus 



Tce'xaiike to the sea ma' nice whence, whither, how 



3045°— Bull. 40, pt. 2—12 45 § 43 



