BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 765 



§ 78. TO TAKE OR HAVE SOME ONE AS In 



The Chukchee stem Ifl (medial /A), Kor. Kam. In, signifies to take or 

 HAVE SOME ONE AS SOMETHING. The direct object is in the absolute 

 form; the indirect object, in -nu (see § 103, no. 34). 



li'mrlcin (Chukchee), Jmrt/Jcm (Kor. Kam.) you take him for 



gitta'p-qla'ule mi'lhigit let me take 3'ou for a clever man 



giu ni'lhdqinet ne'lhit as unknown ones thej had their skins (i. e., 



they did not know them) 

 pu'relu nnlhinno'a^n they began to have him for a slave 8.2 

 va'lat ri'ihe nine'lh'dqin he has knives as wings 15.2 

 wi'yolu qinelhi'rkin have me as a servant 95.7 

 leule'wu ine'lhii^ he has me as something to be wronged 25.1 



With nouns expressing emotions this verb is used throughout as 

 indirect object, to express emotional conditions. 



yei'vecii li'mrTcni (Chukchee), yaira'cu Imi'yliin (Kor. Kam.) as 



one serving as (an object of) compassion you have him 

 te'nnu li'nirkin (Chukchee), ta'nnu lini'ylcni (Kor. Kam.) as one 



serving as laughing-stock you have him 

 7'e'qd leule'wu ge'lhimii what made me a laughing-stock? 117.19 

 2)egci'nu ti'lhigit 1 have thee as an object of interest 15.8 

 pegci'nuine'lhii^ you have meddling interest in me 22.9; also 15.8 



§ 79. TO MAKE SOME ONE SOMETHING rtc 



The stem, Chukchee 7'tc (medial tc), Kor. Kam. ytc (medial tc), Kor. 

 Par. yss (medial ss), signifies to make something into something. 

 The direct object is in the absolute form; the indirect object, in -7iu 

 (see § 103, no. 34). 



ritci'rlcin (Chukchee), yitci'ylcin (Kor. Kam,), yissi'yTcni (Kor. 



Par.) you make him into 

 Enqa'n val rawku' tcinin moo-qa' ane initci'rkin that here doe, one 



serving as sledge train reindeer I shall make her 

 elqu'tkd ritcinin he made him not standing 115.4 

 ehi'nqdikd nere'tcimiik they will make us childless 39.4 

 pai'wake ri'tcinin he rejects it 13(5.28 



§ 80. TO HAVE SOME ONE FOR SOMETHING rt 



The stem, Chukchee rt (medial nt)^ Kor. Kam. yt (medial nt) takes 

 the direct object in the absolute case, the indirect object with the 

 ending -nu. 



elcke'nu ti'ntid^n jRi'nto I have Ri'nto as what serves as a son 



§§78, 79, 80 



