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(c) Parts of a whole. 

 ya'al-gitka'ta geggil-ge'ptilin he has kicked him with the heel of 

 the hind-foot {ya'al hind; gitka foot; -ggil heel) 



{d) Possession. 



gumii'Tc e'lcTce-nahmJe'pu qdimi'tyin take it from my son's herd 

 {gumuTc my [possessive]; e'lcke son; nelvul herd; -gupu from 

 [§ 42, p. 704]) 

 Note. — In Koryak the possessor may take the same suffixes 

 as belong to the possessed object. This seems to be always the case 

 in the locative. 



gumi'lc Icme'hifiqo fialvilaJnqo qakmi'tin take it from my son's 

 herd 



3. An intransitive verb (adjective) may be combined with a nomi- 

 nal stem so that it qualifies the latter. These compositions are used 

 particularly in oblique cases. 



iul-u'ttd (Kor. Kam. iwJ-v'Ua) with a long stick 



meini-lile't (Kor. Kam. maini-lila't) big ej^es 



Kamchadal j97^aj-A:?''-6-^f7iA: in the large house 



tafi-qlaul^ pi. tafi-qla'uUe (Kor. Kam. malqla'wuJ^ dual mdl-qla'- 



wulte) good man 

 ta'n-um-va'lin sfcod one 



ma'rmi-wa'l a large knife 16.1 , 



pit' gli-lauti' ynin big bare head 27.13 

 d^qaf -Tce'le-ne' us'qdt bad kele woman 37.11 

 d^qd-gre'pqdi bad little song 59.5 

 teg-ne'us'qdt a nice woman 62.13 

 nito' -cu' mni a shy buck 49.5 

 Icorga'-da'iit a lively man 40.3 

 lii-ten-evi'rdlin really good cloths having 33.3 

 rig-a^'ttln a shaggy dog 72.28 

 elh-u'Jcwut a flat stone ( = anvil) 77.12 

 yitko'ink-u'Tcwim divining-stone 101.3 

 Koryak: 



E'nnu maT-na'witkata this is a good woman Kor. 19.1 

 mal-qla' will a good man Kor. 19.10 

 tafi-i^'yu to (be) a good sky Kor. 20.2 

 Ica'U-qa' nyan ornamented (spotted) palate Kor. 20.2 

 qai-fia' wis' qat little woman Kor. 25.1 

 qai-Tca'mak little kamak Kor. 85.5 



mal-lcdl-yekoi' gu-wal knife with well ornamented handle Kor. 46.8. 



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