BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 827 



§ 116. Attrtbative Composition 



Attributive composition of two nouns is used when the first noun 

 expresses the particular species of the class expressed by the second 

 noun. These are used in the absolute form as well as with post- 

 positions. 



1. The first element expresses the particular species of the class 

 expressed by the second term, 



ga'lga-na'lhm bird-skin 7.9 



ri'rka-lca'la walrus spirit 8.4 



pa' nvar-ri' rkat two-year-old walrus 8.10 



Ti' rka-npina! thin walrus old man 9.6 



aiwhua' -npnia' chdqai Eiwhue old man 11.10 



eiwhue' -ora'iueLan Eiwhue person 12.4 



eiwhue' -ne' lit Eiwhue woman 12.5 



wo'lqi-vairge'ti to the Darkness-Being 18.11 



ora'vjer-ra'mTca by human people 21.8 



a'nqa-va'irgm sea-being- 25.4 



Tce'lE-ne'wdn kele wife 38.11 



aH-qta'id excrement man 39.9 



poig-e'tteot (Kor. Kam. j^oig-o' ttoot) spear wood 



pilvi'nti-pna'wkun iron file 



ra^'-pi'nil (Kor. Kam. yaq-pi'nil ox yaqa' -pniT) what news 11.2 



lile' -cu' nnitd on the sight border ( = just out of sight) 11.8 



ra' g-to' rmik on the house border 12.12 



Korj^ak: 



fio.wa'hak daughter Kor. 12.4 

 pilvi' nti-yi' nnala^n with iron antlers Kor. 21.8 

 yi'Thiliu finger-gloves Kor. 22.2 

 lawti-lzi'lbicnin head-band Kor. 17.12 

 vai-lii'Uipilifi little grass-bundle Kor. 27.8 



The following special cases deserve mention: 



The words q^aul (Kor. Kam. qla'wul) man, new (Kor. Kam. flaw) 

 WOMAN, are used to express the idea of the nomen actoris^ and are com- 

 pounded with verbs as well as with nouns. Thus we find — 



tu'li-mw (Kor. Kam. tu'h-naw) stealing- woman ( = female thief) 

 vi'n'vi-naw (Kor. Kam. vi'n'vu-naw) secretly -acting woman 



( = female lover) 

 Kor. Kam. tola' -qla'wul striking-man ( = blacksmith) 

 Compounded with a noun is — 



pilvi' nti-qla' ul iron -man ( = blacksmith) 



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