HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 



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§ 47. SUFFIX -kjn 



-Mn (Kor. Kam.-Mri; Kamchadal -irif -»i) pertaining to. This 

 suffix is added to all kinds of stems, — nominal, pronominal, verbal, 

 and adverbial. 



anqa'ken of the sea 69.9 (Kor. Kam. anga'qen Kor. 76.17) 

 tele'TiJcin pevtaimng to the remote past (^e/^'w-ye^ long ago); Kor. 



Kam. Mikiye'pkin (stem anki-ye'p) 

 Erga'tkin pertaining to to-morrow (Kor. Kam. miti' wTcin) 

 pi'lhihin pertaining to the throat 9.3 



a^ttwile'hin pertaining to the people of the boats 11.9; 1'2.1 

 a^'itwukin pertaining to the boat 14.6 

 qe'jpttkln pertaining to the back 16.10 

 tile'lcin pertaining to motion 16.10 

 7ne' mliTihi pertaining to water 25.6 

 Icele'Tcin pertaining to spirits 104.26 

 o'rgiikhi pertaining to a sledge 62.11 

 qgi'ma-rg'lcen pertaining to the rear sleeping-room 55.8 

 nute's'qdhin ti'inkilhin a ground hummock 62.5 

 telenye'pkin belonging to olden times 61.5 

 menlco'lchi whence belonging'^ 113.20 

 wane'Tcen working, referring to work (from wane) 

 yilqd'tkin referring to sleep 



Forms with post-positions are rare. 



girggllchia'ta by the one belonging above 126.6 

 The possessive of the personal and of some demonstrative and in- 

 terrogative pronouns, with the suffix -Tcin (Kor. Kam. -kin) expresses 



THAT PERTAINING TO — 



Chukchee 



murike'kin 



tite'kin 



7ninke'kin 

 menko'hen 



wutke'kin 



Kor. Kam. 



muyka'ki7i (dual) 

 m.utka'km (pi) 

 tit a' kin 



Kamchadal 



ite'aoi^ ite'nan 



minkakin Kor, 

 66.11 



wutda'kln 



m.inka'kinau 



ya'qkinau 



nanka'kenat 



nil neiii 



t a' 11171 



one being with us, 



one of ours 

 one of our country 



from what time be- 

 ing 

 from where be- 

 ing, belonging 

 to what country 

 belonging here 

 whose? Kor. 60.4 

 of what kind (pi.) 



Kor. 64.14 

 the two belonging 

 there Kor. 70.22 

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