BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 803 



The range of abstract nouns compounded with these nominal suf- 

 fixes is quite considerable, and these are in common use. 

 va'irgin (Kor. Kam. vage'nin) being, substance, custom, be- 

 nevolent being, deity 

 yai'vat-va'irgin (Kor. Kam. yai'vat-vage'nin) compassion-being, 



merciful deity 

 a'narl'Va'irgin (Kor. Kara. a'nan-vage'ni7i)»hsiirci2in''s, spirit deity 

 tam-va' irgin goodness, condition of goodness 

 taini' irgin (Kor. Kam. tairtige'nin) sin 

 qas'mu'iirgin (Kor. Kam.) misfortune 

 There are also a number of concrete nouns which are formed with 

 this sufRx : 



yilci'rgrrh (Kor. Kam. 6iki'tnin Kor. 56.8) mouth 



Kor. Kam. pda'ggitnin {plak boot) boot-string Kor. 59.3 



45. -J, -J (Kamchadal) form abstract nouns of simpler and more lim- 

 ited sense than those of Chukchee and Koryak. This suffix is 

 probably identical with the c, l, of the transitive verbal noun 

 I (p. 748) which has the sense of the infinitive. 



co'nlej life tcuncjlc 1 live 



ta'Tcalej song tcakacjlc I sing 



o'jilaj blow tujiljin I strike him 



noj ^ food tnujTc I eat 



pilhetej hunger tpilhe'tijTc 1 suffer from hunger 



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pilhipii j 



46. -ny., absolute form -ny,tn (Kamchadal). Abstract noun. 



no'num (stem nu) food 

 he'lnum (stem hil) drink 

 conlinmn (stem cuiic, cunl) life 



§ 107. Passive Participle 



47. -yg (Kor. -yg, absolute form -j/gn) expresses the passive parti- 



ciple; (in Koryak with the meaning of the future). It forms 

 plural, dual, and oblique cases like all substantives. 

 pela'yg the one who is left (Kor. Kam. pelayon the one to be left) 



In Chukchee the suffix is contracted with terminal consonants, and 

 elided after vowels, according to the phonetic rules given in 

 §§6-10. 



Chukchee Kor. Kam. 



tai'Tcio < tai'lci-yg the one made tai'lciygn that to be made 

 yi'LO < yi'l-yg the one given yi'lygn that to be given 



> This word is applied almost exclusively to dried fish as the food ■par excellence. 



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