BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 809 



The suffix -tku (Kor. Kam. -Uu) also indicates prolonged or 



increased action. 

 vili'u7']cin (Kor. Kam. vih'vikin he makes peace with) he buys 

 mli'tkurkin (Kor. Kam. vilitculkin) he trades 

 geilitkoi'mdin u'Tckdni they distributed vessels I'l.l 

 timitkoi'vuh slaughtering 49.3 

 timi'tlcenenat he killed all 61.4; 112.3 

 minranm.'iitko'ninat let us slay them all 101.19 

 vtHlolia'aH they all died 112.2 



timi'tkerlcin (Kor. Kam. timi'Uolkni) he kills many 

 Koryak: 



gadvi'tduUnau they are all cut entirely Kor. 47.7 



gaplitcu'Unau they finished it Kor. 50.1 



lelapitHonvo' yTcin he looks up Kor. 42.8 



gaLapitconvo'len she looked around Kor. 44.9 



yenoUonvo' yTcin he is eating Kor. 13.6 



gaqannitioftvo'len she was jealous Kor. 96.1 



Paren qigitetkin'gin look at it! Kor. 101.11 



tigilfiu-6u' du-flaw-i-Hm snow-shoe-strings-verily-eating-woman 



am I (tigi'lnin snowshoe-string ; -u to consume -6u'du [< tku- 



tku] verily; fiaw women) Kor. 59.7 

 The suffix -iku is always used in the transitive verb to indicate the 



forms THOU— us; ye — me, us (see § 63). It gives the verb 



a generalized form. For instance: 

 pela'tkee^ thou leavest a number (meaning us) 

 pela' tlcotiTc ye leave a number (meaning me or us) 

 The element ine- has the same sense, but the two are never used 



together (see § 113, 28). 



68. -tvi TO ATTAIN A CERTAIN QUALITY, TO BECOME (Kor. Kam. -tvi). 



u^mitvi'rTcin (stem u^m) (Kor. Kam. umitvi'Jcin [stem um]) he 



becomes broad. 

 gititve' rlcm (stem git) (Kor, Kam. gititve'ikin) he becomes thin 

 efie'fietvii^ he acquired shamanistic power 19.12; 18.4 

 ehe' nitvi-turi you acquired shamanistic power 18.3 

 nwngitvi' gin it diminished 20.2, 4 

 nupluHvi' gin it becomes small 20.3 

 wulqdtvi'i^ it grew dark 54.9 



Kor. Kam. gamalitva'thitiTc cause it to become better Kor. 13.2 

 Kor. Kam. vi^ya'tvilc to fainting Kor. 64.9 



69. -cet with adjectives: to feel — (Kor. Kam. -eat). 



mittefiice' erkin we feel good 69.8 



tenice'tirkin {ten good) (Kor. Kam. tanida'tikin) he feels good 



tanice'tinoe^ he besfan to feel well 33.5 



ginite'tirkin (Kor. Kam. gmi&a'tekin) he feels warm 



§110 



