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i^Le^n<i^7^-liu the one who crosses over • 

 a^ttooLe'ti qj! initio i^ say to the one in front! 

 In Kor3'ak the corresponding forms are not contracted. 

 te'La^n the suffering one 

 e^'yla^n the one crossing over 

 In Kor3^ak the same suffix is used with transitive verbs to express 

 the actor. 



pela'la^n the one who leaves 

 In Chukchee the same form, when derived from transitive verbs, 

 requires the prefix hie- or the sufiix -tku. 

 mapUa'lin ) ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ 

 pUa'tk^lin ) 

 In some cases both forms in -Ii7i and in -Icin (see § 47) are used 

 indiscriminately. 



na'thilin (Kor. Kam. na'ihala^n) or na'tEn'Tcen that to the left 

 mra'lin (Kor. Kam. mya'la^n) or mraHcen that to the right 

 Similar forms in -la^n occur in Kamchadal. These seem to be due 

 however, to the influence of the Koryak. 



ki'stila^n and Ici'stiin that of the house 

 atino'la^ii and atino'an that of the village 



§55. SUFFIX -t'J«- {-l-<fn) 



-Gin {-ve^n) (Kor. Kam. -ca^n, Kor. Par. -sa^n) is used principally 



to express the comparative. The form -cfn is used after the 



single terminal consonants ?t, r, I. With this ending, the 



object of the comparison assumes the locative form. 



me'lde^n the better one (Kor. Kam. ma'Ua^n) 



meinicin the larger one (Kor. Kam. inai'nica^n\ Kor. Par. 



rnei'nisa^ri) 

 ia'm rni'Tcicin ine'ilirlcni ta'aq, mei'nidin um qine'ilhi^ why do you 

 give me the smaller bundle of tobacco? Give me the larger one 

 {ia'm why; mlc large; im-yil-i-rlcin you give me [§ 67]; ta'aq 

 tobacco; 7nei'n large; iim particle expresssing slight emphasis; 

 q-ine-yil-gi^ give me ! [§ 67]); (Kor. Kam. me'nqanqat iplu'da^n 

 me'ydi ta'waq^ mainica^n qiyie'yil; Kor. a^' cHnita^n the worst 

 Kor. 30.7) 

 ga'mga-qla'ulik qe'tvucium I am stronger than all others {gevige- 

 every; qla'ul man; -Tc locative; qe'tvu strong; -iwn [§ 73]); 

 Kor. Kam. ga' mga-qJa' widak ina'n qa! tvuceguni) 

 It would seem as if the older meaning of this form were related to 

 -thin THE PARTICULAR ONE. We find, for instance, 

 §55 



