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§ 50. KAMCHADAL SUFFIXES 



-lax f- fax J is added to stems expressing qualities: 



o'm-lax (from dm) deep (cf. Chukchee num-qin broad) 

 iuldx (from iul) long (cf. Chukchee n-iu'l-d-qin 

 o'lo-lax (from olo) small. 

 The plural of these is formed with the usual suffix -(/)% 



ololax-i'n hi'sti^nd small little houses. 

 In post-positional forms the attribute forms a compound with the 

 noun: 

 o'lolax-ke' sUaTike to the small houses. 

 Several adjectival forms borrowed from Russian and Koryak 

 II are also used. 



vo'stroi' xvaU, ni'ruqin xvaU a sharp knife. 

 nve'ihaqen u^h a straight tree. 

 Here vo'stroi is Russian, ni'ruqin and nve^'thaqen are Koryak ii. 

 The last forms the Kamchadal plural nve'thdla^n u^'Tii^n. 

 k! — in {-ffan) corresponds to the Chukchee and Koryak forms in 

 n{i) — qin (§ 49), and is used with verbal themes expressing 

 qualities as well as with intransitive verbs. 

 Tcl-ni'ta-iii (Chukchee ni-gite'p — qiii) clever 

 Icl-nxi'-in (from nu to eat) voracious 

 Icf-reta't- an (from vetat to work) laborious 

 k!-klnin seems to correspond to the Chukchee and Koryak forms 

 in ge — lin (§ 48), and is used with intransitive verbs. 

 Tc! -nu' -Icifiin (from nu to eat) the one who ate 

 Both of these suffixes are also used with the transitive verb, Ic! — in 

 with verbs of Type I (see § 70, p. 744), Td—lcinin with verbs of 

 Type II (see § 71, p. 746). These forms have a passive meaning. 

 'kiVf pi. -kiVa^rif forms the personal noun of intransitive verbs. 

 nu']cu\ pi. nu'Tcira^n^ the one who is eating 

 veta'tkal\ pi. 'vetatkaTa^n^ the one who busies himself 

 Golkei\ pi. colkeVa^n^ the one who lies down 

 With transitive verbs it expresses the same idea. 

 txlkiV the one who beats 

 Ice'jkiV the one who keeps 



Suffixes in -l{n) 1151-55 



§ 51. GENERAL REMARKS 



A considerable number of nominal suffixes have the termination -n 

 in the absolute form. Some of these occur only in the absolute form. 



-Ihin (Kor. -Inin) 



-limn,- iLifiin (Kor. -linin) 



-thin (Kor. -drlin) 

 §§ 50, 51 



