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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 



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§ 65. KORYAK 



PRINCIPAL MODES 

 Intransitive Verb 



Person 



2d dual 

 2d pi. . 

 3d dual 



3d pi. . 



2d, 3d sing. . 



1st sing. 

 1st dual 

 1st pi. . 



Past I 



—tik 

 —la'tik 

 —B\ 



— lal or 

 —lage 



—i 



ti—ik 

 mit — mik 

 mit — lamik 



Impera- 

 tive 



q—(gi)tik 

 q— I at Ik 



-(91) 



Future 



ya — Hitik 

 ya—lantik 

 ya — fit 



ya — lane 



ya—i 



tya—i 

 missa — mik 

 mi8sa—la(mik) 



Present 

 indefi- 

 nite 



ku-*** 



ku- 



ku- 



ku- 



ki}- 



iik^- 



mitku- 



mitku- 



( ) May be omitted. * No 2d person 



*** Also qu. This form does not exist in Koryak II. 



**No 3d person. 

 DERIVED MODES IN -irkin (PREFIXES AS IN PRINCIPAL MODES) 



2d dual . . . 



2d pi 



3d dual . . . 



3d pi 



1st, 2d, 3d I 

 sing.;l8tdualj 



1st pi 



-rkinHik 

 -lalkinetik 

 -ikl 

 -lalke 



-ikin 

 -lalkin 



—ikinitik 

 —laiine'tik* 

 — ikinat 

 — ikinmau ** 



—jkin 

 —laikinemik* 



-ikinHik 

 -lalkinetik 



—ikin 



—i.ntik 



— lalkineniik 

 —ikirvni 

 — latkinefie 



—ikin 



— latkinimik 



♦Subjunctive (&) has la-l instead of la. ** Subjunctive (6) has au instead of [nau. 



The pretix ti- of the first person singular appears without auxiliary 

 vowel whenever it forms an admissible cluster with the first sound 

 of the verb. 



The ending -ikin (Koryak I) of the derived forms is used mostlj^ 

 after stems ending in a single consonant, as ivdlo'rn-ekin he knows. 

 After terminal vowel the i changes to a neutral ^, as vaATcin he is. 

 In many cases, however, the i is also weakened to ^ or y after a ter- 

 minal consonant and an auxiliary / is inserted preceding it, as in 

 ya'qiykm what art thou? Kor. 29.1; i'tiylcin art thou? Kor. 29.2 



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