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Kamchadal has another form for what, somb^thing, evidently 

 corresponding to the demonstrative in Enk-. 



Absolute E'nlca 



Instrumental EiikaV 



Locative Enlca'iik 



Allative Enlca'nk 



Ablative Enlca'nlc 



Verbs derived from this stem are formed as in Chukchee and 

 Koryak. 



enTca'neji what are 3'^ou doing? 



Under Russian influence, these forms are going out of use, and 

 are being replaced by post-positional forms and verbs. 

 Enka'nke Ic/djc why, or for what do you come? 



§ 60. Other Indefinite Pronouns 



1. The stem nirlc- (Kor. Kam. niylc-) expresses a certain well-known 

 person, the one we think of, the one referred to; ntk- a certain 



WELL-KNOWN THING OR ACT WE THINK OF, OR REFERRED TO. 



These form post-positional forms analogous to demonstrative pro- 

 nouns. 



PERSONAL 



Chukchee 



Kor. Kam. 



Absolute 



Plural (dual Koryak) 

 Plural Koryak . . 



Subjective .... 



Allative 



Ablative 



Designative (see § 94) 



ni'rkiiiut 

 ni'rkenti 



ni'rkend 

 nS'rkana 

 nerkai'pu 

 nirke'nu 



ni'yka, ni'ykiUvut 



ni'ykanti 



niyka'wgi, ni'ykau Kor. 



50.4 

 ni'ykanak 

 ne'ykana 

 neyka'nqo 

 niyka'nu 



NON-PERSONAL 



Absolute . 

 Plural 

 Subjective 

 Locative . 

 Allative . 

 Ablative . 



Comitative (see § 100) 

 Designative (see § 94) 



ni'kinut 

 ni'kct 

 nike'td 

 ni'kek 

 neka'gti 

 nikai'pu 

 {ganeka'ma 

 [genike'td 

 nike'iiu 



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