BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 813 



%112* Adjective and Adverh 



ADJECTIVE (Kamchadal) 



Adjectives are formed with the suffix — 



78. -lax (sometimes -lax) 



o'mlqx deep (cf . Ch. ^im broad) 

 iu'lqx long (cf . Ch. ml long) 

 o'lolax small 



The plural is formed with the usual suffix -{lYn. 



o'lolaxfn Tci'stfnd small houses (diminutive form) 



This usage differs from that of Chukchee and Koryak, where the 

 plural attribute is used in synthetic form. 

 qai-yaraqa' gte (Chukchee) small houses 

 In forms with post-positions the adjective in -lax is placed before 

 the noun. 

 o'lolax-lce' sUanke to the small house (diminutive allative) 



It seems not unlikely that the synthetic use of attributive stems 

 has disappeared under Russian influence. Russian and 

 Koryak adjectives are often used by the Kamchadal, in 

 their foreign form, almost without change. 

 niru'qin xva'lc a sharp knife {niru'qin is Koryak) 

 Ti'mi'tqin IcIca'mjanV a wary man {T^mi'tqin is Koryak) 

 nve'thaqen n^h a straight tree {nve'thaqeii is Koryak) 

 nve'thala^n ti^' hfn straight trees {nve'thalahi is a Koryak 



form) 

 vo'stroi xvalc a sharp knife {vo'stroi is Russian) 



There is no phonetic assimilation of any of these adjectives.' 



A few predicative forms correspond to the Chukchee-Koryak 



forms in ni — qin. 

 Iclni'tain the clever one (from ni'ta sense, wit) ; cf. ni-gitte'p- 



qin (Chukchee) the clever one. 



• 'Qt ■<*Q'i are sometimes found with attributive stems. These 

 forms are generally compounded with verbs. This form is 

 probably identical with the locative form of the stem. 



witKa' qu-wa'lin the flat one 

 Icoulo'qu-wa'lin the round one 

 empa' qu-wa' lin the downcast one 



Tcoulo'qi qdtei'Tcigin (Kor. Kam. qo'Ion qatai'Tcigin) make it round 



em ehula'q re'nikin ralai'mifhTioe only in a different manner 



people shall begin to walk about 86.14 §112 



