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ge'lqdLin<ge-lgdi-lin he left 59.1 

 gaki'timaLen<ga-Tci'timat-Un he had his hand extended 47.6 



8. Terminal n of the stem before I changes to n. 

 gataargnlen<ga-taaron-len he has brought sacrifice 



9. In the pronunciation of men, among the Reindeer Chukchee, t 

 and n between vowels are dropped, and the vowels are assimilated to 

 aa, ee, ii, and after preceding q to de. 



ewkwe'erkin<ewkwe't-i-rkin he leaves 



genatva'Laat<ge-ine-tvat-liutt they promised 71.4 (see §73) 

 ninenlipe' tqdet <n-ine-r-lip-et-(iinet he broke them 20.11 

 1 give here a series of examples of the forms described before. 



INTRANSITIVE VERB 



Past I : 



2d pi. piintiqdttik you appeared 74.21 

 3d pi. pulci'rgdH they came 64.2 



tara'nga^t they pitched a tent 56.9 



nipe'd^t<nipe-gd^t they came ashore 7.8 



tile' dH< tile- gdH they walked 64.9 



qimi' tvaa^t <qa)ni-tva-ga}t they ate 87.32 



yilqd'tydH<yilqdt-gd^t they slept 8.4 

 2d sing. ye7yi^<yt^i^-^^-'^ thou hast come 37.6 



qdti' thou art going 82.23 



gitte'wkw? <gitttu-gi^ thou art hungry 9.13 

 3d sing, e'gripgi^ she felt pain 63.8 



i^'rgi^ he crossed over 13.13 



puTci'ri he came 90.26 



na'wtinge^ he married 58.8 



puTci'rgc^ he arrived 57.8; 58.1 



lile'pgl^ he looked 7.6 



Tce'rgupge^ she dressed up 52.9 



eine' utJ^ul^ <eine' u-tTcu-gi^ he called 8.5 



wa'qne^ <waqs-ge^ he sat down 15.7 



euno' e^ <iu-nno-gf he began to say 117.25 



ra' gtie^ <ragti-gi^ he came home 122.7 



ewkwe'tyi^ <ewkiL'et-gi^ he left 8.7 



terga'tye^ <terg-et-gi^ he cried 7.6 



Tciye'wkwt^ < Iciyeu-gi^ he awoke 9.4 



Ici'wJcwi^ <Jciu-gi^ he passed a night 8.4 



notas'qa'wkwe^ <nute-s'geu-gi^ land approached 8.8 

 1st sing, te'gripgd^k I felt pain 101,17 



tiye'tyd^h<t-ytt-gd^h 1 came 124.11 



tehi'd^Tc<t-eiu-gd^Tc I revived 83.14 



tilva'wlcwa^lc <t-lvati-^d^]c I could not 16.9 

 §72 



