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§ 99. Collectives 



8. -yirin or -ylrln a company; (Kor. Kara, -ylssan) the stem of 



the noun yi'riir or yi'riir fullness, contents, 



newiX' nyirin a company of women 



ra'yirin a houseful 45.13 



Kor. Kam. nnnyi' ssa^7i people of a village Kor. 70.9 



Compare vjalqa'ciriir a jaw-bone-house-ful 54.13. 



9. 'ginitv group of (Kor. Kam. -^ifiiii). 



rae'neu (Kor. Kam. ra-ge'new) group of houses (i. e., village) 



yara'-ge'new a group of houses 111.15 



u'mqd-gU niw a set of polar bears 113.29 



yi' cemit-tu' mgi-gi' iiiw a set of brother-companions 113.28 



nwi'ritqdi-gi'niw a lot of little souls 122.31 



Kor. Kara, qana'tila-gi'iiiw a lot fishing with drag-nets Kor. 70.10 



10. "Vil (Kor. Kam. -yif) set, collection (used only for inanimate 



objects). 

 o'rgurel a caravan of sledges 



a^'mril (Kor. a^'m-yiV) a set of bones, i. e. a skeleton 

 Koryak mu'u-yil a line of sledges, a caravan Kor. 78.5 



11. 'Vet SET, LITTER (Kor. Kam. -yat), 



va'rat (Kor. Kam. va'yat) a group of beings (i. e. , family group) 

 yitemre'tti a set of brothers 6-4.3 

 'ple'gret a pair of boots 

 li'liret a pair of mittens 



12. -tkll INDEFINITE COLLECTIVE. 



ne'lhitkun all kinds of skins 



gi'nnikitkun various kinds of game 



oraiceLa' iken men living in various places, people 

 This suflax is also used with adjectives and pronouns: 



mainiya' niiken everything big 



rd^' nuteikun {rd-'neetkun) all kinds of things 



dine'tvaq 'panfa'tk^qaia tei'mityd^n somehow with all kinds of 

 small leg-skins I bought it (i. e. I succeeded in buying it 

 with a small number of leg-skins, i. e., cheaply). 



13. -nik NUMEROUS (Kor. Kam. -mJe) is used to express plurality. 



yara'nikin (Kor. Kam. yayci'mlcin) a cluster of houses (collective) 

 7urTca' mlciihin several walrus 102.17. 

 a^ttwili'mlcichni the great assembly of boatmen 11.5 

 §99. 



