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omission of a predicate of existence. More frequently the forms in 

 -Icdlin are used as predicative forms (see p. 824) 



ui'na aa'rdka nothing, houseless (i. e., there was nothing, not 



[even] a house) 81.7 

 ui'nd eleu' tiled nothing, headless (i. e., there was nothing, not 



[even] a head) 47.8 

 ui'mi epi'nkd (Kor. Par. e Le epi'nke) there is no powder 

 Kor\"ak: 



rd'fia afLa'wtifika he had no wife Kor. 50.5 

 ui'fia a'nviTka he did not stop Kor. 51.8 

 ui'na ava'Uika? is there no blubber? Kor. 80.12 

 ui'Tia Icama'Tcanu ana^'ka (I) did not become a kamak Kor. 88.10 

 ui'fia ane'lhiyipnuTca (we) do not eat inner skin Kor. 49.1 

 Transitive verbs, when adding « — Ted to the stem, have a passive 

 meaning; with the prefix ine- placed immediately preceding 

 the stem, they have active meaning. 

 Passive: 



anintona'tka ri'tirkin you make him one who is not caused to 



go out (i. e., you do not make him go out) 54.10 

 evegi'ikiikd teu'lanen he shook what was not dug out with the 



riails 47.2 

 enfli'ukd mi'ni'ntinet let us have them not sent over (i. e. I 



wish we had not sent them) 58.2 

 e'ze enu^'lca not being eaten 48. 8 

 alo^Tca'gti va'lE-um 1 am not seen 22.10 

 elu^'lcd not seen ones 62.1 

 e'Le a'loiiika it was not heard 60.10 

 Koryak: 



I uifha i'wka ga'ntilen he was not told so Kor. 62.3 

 Active: 



ena'nmuTca rine'ntii^ thou wilt be one who does not kill 99.9 

 inenvente'tkdl-i-git thou art one who has not caused it to be 



open 88.27 

 inenu'Tcdli-imiri we are those who do not consume it 35.1 

 guinnaJn enalwau'lciil-e-um I am not unable to do it 92.30 

 inelu^'Tcdlinet he has not seen them 70.33 

 inegite'lcdUn, e'Le she does not look at me 88.31 



The form e — Ted is always used for the negative imperative, with the 

 particle en'ne' . 



en'ne' eLe'pkd do not look 32.6 



en "he' inegite'Tcd do not look at her 37. 9 



en' fie' ai'j/QJca do not put it on 37.8 §114 



