BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 815 



A number of predicative stems do not form the nominal form in 

 -lin (§ 54, p. 717), but always use the form in -{i)n com- 

 pounded with valin. 

 wi'chim-va'lin (Kor. Kam. vi' ihiyin-i' tala^n) the flat one 

 e'rapum-va'lm the one downcast 

 Kor. Kam. qo'lon-itala^n the round one 

 These Chukchee forms may also take the endmg -q or -aq (see this 

 section, No. 79). The compounds with va'lin^ when referred 

 to a locative case, express the comparative. They are used 

 frequently in this connection. 

 ga'mgq-qla'uliTc qa'tvum-va'leiXra I am stronger than ever3'body 

 {getnge- every; qla'ul man; -Ic possessive; qttv strong; -i- 

 um 1 [§ 73, p. 758]) 



§ 113. Prefixes 



1. etO- A LITTLE. 



eto' -qaia' qan a little afterwards 45.11, 136.24 {eIo' 61.4) 

 mat-eto'pel a little better 135.7 



2. ^tnkin- every. 



a' 7nkin-aive6?ie' ti every evening 28.9 

 e'mkin-Tciyeu'lci at every awaking 29.2 



3. tllV' QUITE. 



tilv-ain-gina'n quite you only 30.4 

 tilv-a' ininan quite alone 31.6, 13; 58.9 

 tilv-ui'na quite nothing 56.4; 60.1 



4. tinki — JUST is used less frequently, generally with a deprecatory 



meaning. 



tink-am-gumna'n just I only 



tink-ui'nd just nothing 



tirik-ui'nd rdnut he has nothing at all R 63.88 



tink-a'tqeuma quite badly (see § 125, p. 842) 



5. pic- only, merely. 



6. Itn- {Kor. Kam. imin-, Kamchadal rnini'l) all. 



i'me-rd^'nut all kinds 111.28 

 i'mu-ginni'lcd all kinds of game 128.9 

 Koryak 



imi-pla'hu all boots 



I'min noo'wge all the boiled meat Kor. 28.6 

 I'mifi qai-vai' amti all little rivers Kor. 17.1 

 The form imilo' 28.9 occurs as a particle, and independently with 

 noun and without; nni'lin takes the same kinds of forms as 

 nouns in -lin (see p. 717). §113 



