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tuvoalo' murkin I know, hear, obey (intransitive) 

 tuwalo'miXrkinegit I know thee (transitive) 

 tuwa'lomgd^k I heard 

 tuwa'lomga^n I knew him 



The Forms of the Intransitive Ver'b{^ 64-66) 



§ 64. CHUKCHEE 



PRINCIPAL MODES 



*No 2d person. **No 3d person. 



DERIVED MODES IN -/rfc/n (PREFIXES AS IN PRINCIPAL MODES) 



2d pi. . . 

 3d pi. . . 

 Other forms 



—itik 

 —t* 



—itik 

 —et 



-itik 



—intik 

 —init 



* t takes the place of final n: irkit. 



The prefix t- of the first person singular appears without auxiliary 

 vowel when it forms an admissible cluster with the initial sound of the 

 verbal theme. 



The derived form -rlcin is used after vowels. After terminal con- 

 sonants an auxiliary / is inserted between stem and suffix: 



qami'tva-7'kin he eats 

 walo'm-i-rJcin he knows 



NOMINAL FORMS 



