756 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



Future : 



raala'nifki ye will pass it 64.20 (111 10) 

 reM' nitki ye will see it 64.21 (111 10) 



Nominal Predicative Forms 

 na'pUa' -um they left me 31.9 (I 11) 

 7iancaatwa'whum ihej cast me off 31.10 (I 11) 

 nanlimalawa' t-e-wn they make me obey 21.3 (1 11) 

 For examples of verbal nouns, see § 95. 



KORYAK 



1. Stems with terminal vowel form a diphthong with the ending 

 -ykn\ of the derived forms. 



ti-tva'lkin < ti-tva' -ykin I am 

 ti-cvi^lkin<^ti-cvi^-'ykin 1 cut 

 va' ykin he lives Kor. 18.4 



2. The g of the suffix is never dropped. 

 ti-tvi'-gdn I cut off 



3. Stems with terminal consonant have for the derived forms in 

 -ykm the form -ikm, an auxiliarj^ vowel being introduced on 

 account of the formation of a triconsonantic cluster. 



tivalg'mtkin (Chukchee tuwalo'mirlcin)<ti-va.lom-ykin I hear 

 fapatekin (Chukchee tapatirkin) < t-upat-ykin I cook 

 ti'vikr?i (Chukchee tliu-Jcni) < t-iv-ylcin I sa}^ 



4. Terminal v of the stem (which corresponds to Chukchee u) is 

 not regularly assimilated by the initial g of the suffix. 



ti'vgd^Jc 1 said 



In other cases vg is changed to wg^ which corresponds to the 



Chukchee whw. 



tyl'wgi (Chukchee trl'wl<:ut)<t-y-iv-gi (Chukchee < ^r-?w-gf/0 



I shall say to you 

 q a vr yas' qi' uig i d\el Kor. 35.1 



5. Terminal i does not influence the g of the suffix. 

 pElqa'tgl he grew old 



6. Stems in terminal i of Koryak I, which correspond to stems 

 in 7' of the Chukchee, form the derived modes in -tikin (Chukchee 

 -rirlcin). 



Kamenskoye Chukchee 



tfyiTcin ti^rirkin I cross over 



§72 



