BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 811 



me'cEn'lci (Chukchee raeKmel good; Eti'lci thus) well 

 I'na^ (Koryak ni'naqm quick) quickly 



71. -ry^ forms the inchoative of impersonal verbs expressing phe- 



nomena of nature (Kor. Kam. -yij^). 



iU'erkni it is raining iliru'rkin it is beginning to 



rain 

 yga'arkin(KoT. K.2im.yoj/oa' - yggro'rJcin (Kor. Kam. yoyo- 



tekin) the wind is blowing yo'ekin) the wind begins 



to blow 

 IdHenru'i^ winter came 14.9 

 aive'dirok in the evening 26.3 



irgiro'nnok (stem irg 27.13) at the beginning of dawn 26.9 

 laHa^'nroma at the beginning of cold 33.6 

 githaro'lc in the beginning of the autumn 33.6 

 irgiro'Tca not dawning 56.9 

 iliru'i^ it begins to rain 116.8 

 ga-ligtiygiro'leii the snow began to drift 94.28 



Tlie same suffix is used with stems of different character. 



cUhiro'e it becomes red 23.9 

 niter g ire' qen he began to cry 55.3 

 Koryak: 



gawyalyo'len a snowstorm set in Kor. 15.1 

 laqlanyo'yTcin winter came Kor. 72.5 



pina'tikin it is snowing jpenayo'ekm it is beginning 



to snow 



72. •rii is used also to express great number. This suffix is differ- 



ent from the preceding. 



qdrru'dH they came in great numbers 67.16 

 waqero'aH they were sitting in great numbers 68.29 



Kor. Kam. gawyalyolen a strong snowstorm came Kor. 15.1 

 Jaqlanyo'ylcin winter came strongly Kor. 72.5 (see above). 



§111. DERIVED FROM NOUNS 



73. -fllta TO FETCH (Kor. Kam. the same). 



ran-nita'rJcin what are you going to fetch ? why do you come ? 

 ahanalnita'lit shaman f etchers 45.7 

 Koryak: 



I yax-fbita'ykin what are you going to fetch ? §111 



