BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 839 



In Chukchee, 11, 12, 13, etc., contain the particle pa'rol (also pro- 

 nounced pa! roc) besides. This element, however, may be omitted. 

 It is not used in Koiyak. The numbers 9, 14, 19, 99, are negative 

 verbal forms containing the negative prefix and suffix e — Icilin (see 



§ Hi, 4). 



amingitkmi'lcElen not being the tenth 

 akilhr7ikau''kElen not being the fifteenth, etc. 

 When used as nouns, all numerals may take post-positions. When 

 numerals stand with nouns with post-positions, they form compounds 

 with the nouns for which the stems without affixes are used. 



mingit-lcale' tela taiifti-pli'tkea^k I pay my debt with ten rubles 

 paper money {mm git ten; Icale'toi scratched one; -a instru- 

 mental; t- I; acjfi dioht] plitTco to finish) 

 Numerals are also compounded with personal pronouns. 



Chukchee Kor. Kam. 



nire-mu'ri ni'ye-rau'yi we two 



filro'-m^re niyo'-inu'yu we three 



ni're-tu'ri lii'ye-tu'yi ye two 



fiir^rgeri fiiye'tJiei'ti they two 



Numeral adverbs are formed with the suffix, -c«, -t'd (Kor. Kam. -to) 

 (see § 112, 81), from the stems of the cardinal numbers, except qune'ta 

 ONCE (Kor. qu'wac Kor. 53.2), which is derived from gun single. 



fiira'da giwi'lcinek on passing the year a fourth time 12.8 



Distributives are formed with the suffix -yut\ (Kor. Kam. -yut 

 {d\i2i\\-yu''wgi [pi.], see § 112, 80), from the stems of the cardinal 

 numbers. In Chukchee they have also the prefix «m- just (§ 113, 7). 



Ordinals are expressed by the verbalized numerals, except one. 

 fiireqe'urkin (Kor. Kam. niyegi'wikin) he is double, he is the 

 second 



Collective forms are derived from the numerals with the suffix, 

 -nlen (Kor. Kam. -Ian) (see § 124, p. 841). 



The Kamchadal numerals have almost been lost, and their place 

 has been taken by Russian numerals. Only the first four numer- 

 als are still in use, side by side with their Russian equivalents. 

 The word litne'jin he counts is also derived from the stem liix 



finger (absolute form luxluxt). 



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