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As in Chukchee and Koryak, the interrogative appears in syn- 

 thetical form mi'nen, which corresponds to Chukchee me'fiin 

 (see p. 726.) 



me'tian-lctxoj-gol which road along- ? 

 but the oblique cases are also used in attributive form. 



mi'nenV hvanV ckan with which knife have you made it? 

 From the demonstrative and interrogative pronouns verbal forms 

 are derived in the same manner as from nouns. I give here a number 

 of examples. The verbal forms will be found discussed in § 82. 

 Euqanai'-git this art thou 20.7. 

 wotqana.i' -gum this am I 43.5, 121.14 

 wotqana' -me' re here we are 69.5 

 fni'Jc-i-ilm who am I 



mi'Tc-i-git who art thou; mi'lc-i-or 127.11 

 ini'iv-mu'rl who are we 

 mi'g-iidri who are ye 120.9 

 I Kor, Kam. wutinnalai-gum this am I Kor. 22.1 

 Possessives: 

 Eni'n his 17.13 

 Enqa'nen of this one 50.10 



m.i'lcin whose (possessor sing., object possessed sing, and pi.); 

 Kor. Kam. mi'lcin, dual rai'lcinat^ pi. mikina'wgi (possessor 

 sing.; object possessed sing., dual, pi.), vocative miko'n (§ 36) 

 Kor. 34.4 

 mi'lcirgin (possessor pi., object possessed sing.), ^ni'Mrginet 

 (object possessed pi.), whose; Kor. Kam. mi'kichhi, dual 7ni'- 

 Tcichmat, pi. ini'hichinau (§ 34); Kamchadal Tclen, pi. Tcle^n 



§ 59. Indefinite Pronoun rqq 



The non-personal interrogative and indefinite pronoun is, Chukchee 

 raq; Kor. Kam. ya{q), yax; Kor. II ta{q); Kamchadal seq. 

 The following are the forms with post-positions: 



stem . 



Absolute 



Plural (dual Kor.) 



Plural Kor 



Instrumental 



Locative 



Allative 



Ablative 



Designative (see § 94) 



Comitative (see § 100) 



1 Men's pronunciation ra'^veet. 



Chukchee 



raq 



rd^'nut 



ra'^nuti rd^'nutet^ 



rc'qd 

 re'qak 

 raqe'tl 

 •a'giipu) 

 [raqe'pui 

 re'qu 

 gara^'ma 



rd^nute'td 

 rd^nutek 

 ra^nota'gii 2 



ra^notai'pu ' 



Kor. Kam. 



yaq 



yi'nna 



ya'qat 



yaqu'icgi 



ya'qa 



ya'qak 



yaqe'tl 



yaqi'nqo 



ya'qti 

 gaya'qa 



^ra^naa'gti. 



^ra^naai'pu. 



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