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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGEE 



-CHUKCHEE 



747 



INTRANSITIVE FORMS 



NOMINAL PREDICATIVE FORMS 



he, they — me 



-xkumni'n 



-xkumni'n 



-xkumni'n 



Evidentlv these forms are closely related to those of Type I, but 

 the symmetry is disturbed by a number of peculiar contractions, 

 some of which seem to be due to misunderstandings. The prefixes 

 are the same as those of Type I. 



As an example ma\' be given forms of the stem Jcej to accept. 

 Indicative and subjunctive have the theme Icej-. 

 Present has the theme Icejij-. 

 Indicative: 



tke'jxkhi I accepted thee 



Tce'jcinrn he accepted thee 



dnke'jxlcimrfik they accepted us 



nlce'jnin we accepted him 



tke'jni^n or tke'jlcicfn I accepted them 



Ice'jccxini^n ye accepted them 

 Subjunctive: 



7nke'jxl€i)i let me accept thee 



x'anlcejxkumni'n let him accept me 



minlce'jni^n or miiike'jlcici^n let us accept them 



x'anke'j'jckni let him, them, accept thee 



Imperative: 



xTcejxdi'lc accept him 



xkejxclci'n or xlcejxtni'n accept them (k before fc changes to x) 



xJcejxlcmi'nJc accept me, us 



xlcejxlcmi'nJccx accept 3^e me, us 



xlce'jccxinin accept ye him 



xTcejccxihi^n accept ye them 

 Present: 



tkejijxlci'sxin I am accepting you 



nTce'jijnin we are accepting him 



dnke'j-jj-mnin they are accepting him 



Tce'jijni^n he is accepting them 



Ice'jijni^ii thou art accepting him, them §71 



