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These forms, however, have definite, augmentative, and diminutive 

 forms. 



ten good nite'nqin definite form nitanqe- 



na'chin (see § 63) 

 te'nicin (see § 55) augmentative form 



tanici'ynin (see 

 §98, no. 1) 

 ta'num-va'lin (see §T6) augmentative form 



ta' num-vah' ynin 

 tand'y a^n {see ^104.Z8) diminutive form 



tand'ya' nvuqai 

 In Koryak these forms are not found, as a rule. 



§ 46. SUFFIX -in. 



■-yn (Kor. 'in; Kamchadal -*w) expresses material of which an 

 object is made, and possession. 

 {a) Material. 



n'ttin wooden (Kor. u'ttin) 



ga'lgen iim evi'rit bird dresses 7.8 



ga'ihen i'rin bird clothes 14.3 



qo'rhi ne'lhpi reindeer-skins 14.4 



eHe^'lin qla'ij,l man of excrement 39.6 



vcLra'ni wu'lcwen house of stone 92.5 



Tco'nm made of horse (hair) (stem Tco'iie from Russian kohl) 



r^grighi made of hair 



Koryak: 



Tcuka'lcin gatai'Tcilin it is made of a kettle Kor. 78.1 

 mi'mtin (made) of a louse Kor. 78.1 



The same idea is also expressed by composition. 

 ga'lga-na'lhin bird-skin 

 u'tti-yu'ni wooden whale Kor. 40.9 



{b) Possessive. Used onlj^ in absolute form. 

 e'Tckin the son's (Kor. Kam. a'lckhi) 



(Kamchadal i'cxin the father's) 

 qg'ren the reindeer's (Kor. Kam. qo'yen; Kamchadal Icfo'jan) 

 cau'cuwen ne'wdn the reindeer-breeder's wife 48.6 

 e'lckin ygrg'ni the son's sleeping-room 53.8 



inpinaJkhUn eli' ginhi yoro'ni the old man's, the father's sleeping- 

 room 53.9 

 tu'mgin stranger's (see p. 689) 53.9 

 q7'a'weLhi aimaki'ynin a man's big body 90.14 



