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70. -ew^ -etf are often added to the stem, but the meaning of these 

 suffixes is not clear. 



eimfi'u to approach eimet to take 



^ineu to call einet to roar 



iireu to appear 53.6 ureut 



omau to get warm 



ulvtu to remain motionless 



37.2 

 yigreu thirsty 

 wethau to talk 



At 



piiulqtu to float 

 piktii to hit 

 maraii to quarrel 

 meteu to be unable 

 teilceu to wrestle 

 ten'neu to laugh 

 tumgeu to become friendly 

 numekeu to gather 

 notas'qau land approaches 

 limala'u to obey 

 Ivau unable 

 Iqaineu to shoot 

 Iciyeu to be awake 

 Tcimeu to cause delay 

 Icorgau to be glad 

 yilhau fear 



terkeu to be a certain num- 

 ber on a series 



gi'tteu hungry 

 gittekmi guide 

 ginteu to flee 



Ipuuret to exchange 



ewkwet to depart 



eret to fall 



ergewet to be submerged 17.4 



yiret full 



yopat to visit 



yuulet alive 



wettat to tear with antlers 



ventet to be open 



vinfet to help 



pelqdntet to return 



pekagtat to fall down 



penet tired 



tautauat to bark 



tergat to cr^^ 



^w^e^ to steal 



^//?6^ to plunge 



Possibly related to the preceding is »iJ — ei^ (Kor. Kam.-ai*) adver- 

 bial suffix. The Koryak form is not used very frequently (see p. 842). 



nime'lea qatva'f be kind (to us)! a common form of prayer 

 nite'leu tirlciph'a-n 1 struck him painfully {tel to sufl'er, to 



have pain) 

 niglau qatva'rkin be sorrowful! {glo sorrowful, here con- 

 tracted with au; tva to be) 

 nime'lea well (//i?^ good); (Kor. Kam. nima' leu \mal goodi\) 

 ni't6eu heavil}'' {itc heavy); (Kor. Kam. ni'tiau) 



Some adverbs are formed in an irregular manner. 

 a^'tqeum,a (from e'tqin bad; stem aqii' R 



62.72) 

 Kor. Kam. a'tciami {irom. a'tdin bad; stem badly 



aqa) 

 Kamchadal hd'qd^ (from e'6/lcelax bad) 



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