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39. 'lq{dn) abounding in (Kor. Kam. -lQ[dn]) 



mi'/idilqiin (Kor. Kam. mi^mhJqdn) place abounding in water 

 wata'pilqdn (Kor. Kam. wata' pilqan) place abounding in 

 reindeer-moss 



§ 105. Miscellaneous 



40. 'Ugchf '^gch receptacle (Kor. Kara. -yoch)\ perhaps from 



the verbal stem yo- to put into, yo'rkin (Kor. Kam. yo'ylcin) 



HE PUTS INTO. 



mitqo'oihin (Kor. Kam. mitqi' yochin) blubber-bag (stem mitg^ 



blubber) 

 tai' ochi-poka' ikmik in bottom of bag 29.3 

 Kor. Kam. Icawa' ssodhu for wallets Kor. 46.2 



41. -nit a space of time (Kor. Kam. -nit). 



aHg'net the whole day 21.1 (stem aHo di?i.y) 

 (Kor. Kam. gi'winit) the whole length of the year (from giwik 

 [only in the locative] in the year) 



42. -mic A CERTAIN AMOUNT, with nominal and pronominal stems 



indicating persons; also with verbal stems (compare § 102, 30 

 to which the suffix is clearly related). 



qdineu'mid at the distance of a shot • 



gumii'wmic as much as I need 



guinuwmi'tkin it is as much as I need (i. e., I have nothing to 

 spare) 



43. -kWUf -Wkw- PROTECTOR, AVERTOR 



mudu'hwun shirt made of calico (lit. louse-avertor, because the 

 Chukchee think that the shirt is worn to collect lice from 

 the body). 



tainiJcwut charm-strings (lit. misfortune avertor) 



§§ 106-109. DERIVED FROM VERBS 

 § 106. Abstract Nouns 



44. -^Irgln, If the base contains an I, it is often changed to (5. 



Abstract noun; cause, source, object of an action (Kor. 

 Kam. -gefiinf -^Itnln; Kor. Par. -^enin, -gicfiln). 



Note that the initial g follows the phonetic rules § 7. 

 t + gi> ti; c + gi>ci; u + gi> wkw; u, o + gi>ou 



galhilo'urgegit you are source of sorrow 20.7 

 palgqftirgin (from pelqat) old age (Kor. Kam. imlqatTie' nm or 

 palqa'thitnin [from palqat]) 

 3045— Bull. 40, pt. 2—12 51 § 105, 106 



