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tag[-aime'tik pinle'tke mitilvaJ urkin we can not divine how to get 



provisions 101.13 

 pmtiqa'tik nilvau'qen he could not disengage himself 101.34 

 qlike'tik ni'nJcdqin she refused to marry 26.1 

 ninlcd'tqlnet piikl'rik they refused to come 106.3 

 glike'tilc aa'lomkElen not (listening) consenting to marry 26.2 

 In Koryak the verbs nvo to begin, jA^ to finish, oikau to cease, 

 pkati NOT TO BE ABLE, always govern the verbal locative. 

 ganvo'len giyaJpcak she began to sing Kor. 16.10 

 ganvo'len cilala!tik it began to bubble Kor. 17.2 

 ganvo'len nawa'kak Tcitai'nak they began to scold the daughter 



Kor". 17.8 

 ganvo'len tenma'witcuk she began to prepare Kor. 18.3 

 gana'nlcaalen tmala^'tik they ceased to carry it out Kor. 41.8 

 ganTca'wUnau tula' tile they stopped to steal Kor. 41.9 

 quqka'wnimenau yaniTcya' lanaTc it could not awaken them Kor. 



40.2 

 tapka'vilc olnaqa'tilc I could not strangle myself Kor. 35.2 

 7iapkawnivo'y'kin tula'tik they could not steal it Kor. 39.8 

 tawi' tJciniTc gava'nnintalen when pilfering she lost a tooth Kor. 



34.3 

 gajia^'llnau pa'yittolc they came to be eating blackberries Kor. 41.6 

 'gapli'ttxilin TcuTcai'viTc she finished cooking Kor. 51.2 

 gafivo'lenau yu'lcka he began to eat them Kor. 57.1 



It serves also as iterative of numeral verbs. 



Chukchee 



nireqeu'Tci the second time 

 niroqau'Tci the third time 



In Koryak it is also used in those cases in which the Chukchee uses 

 the allative. 



vcHo'mik tigaimaJtekin I want to know {valo'm to know; t- I; 

 gaimat to want; -eTcin present) 



THE SUBJECTIVE 



The subjective is used to express an adverbial idea. 



wa'qeta tuwafie'rTcin I work sitting {loa'ge to sit; t- I; wane to 



work; -rkin present) 

 ani-ipa'wa nitvai'gum I was just drinking {am- merely; upau to 



drink; ni- indefinite tense; tva to live, be; -igum 1) 

 lufi -iwkuci'td i'tyi^ not drinking she was (i. e. she did not drink) 



37.3 

 lufh-i'rd i'tyi^ not crossing it was 41.5 

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