BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN" LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 843 



ye'ta in readiness 105.20, slowly 64.17 stem yiU 



a'lva (Kor. Kam. a'lvali) wrongly, go away! Kor. 37.5 stem dve 



(Kor. Kam, alya) 



With suffix -ki, -qi 



U'Tci of cylindrical form; stem tik. 



Jcoulo'qi (Kor. Kam. Jco'hn) round; stem Icuwl. 



a'rkici (Kor. Kam. ayJcida) aslant, stem arlcid (Kor. Kam. ayJcid) 



a'rlcidi qata'e (Kor. Kam. ay'kida qata'wafi) more aslant! 



^e'ti truly 120.24 {ve'te 107.8); stem veth 



■ve'tire straight (irregular) ; stem veth (adjective form nuwe'thagen) 



^e'me without my knowledge; ge'mu 103.5 (Kor. Kam. a'mu 



Kor. 55.3). This form is designative; stem -{t)liem not to 



know. 

 rathema'un without my knowledge 11.9. The affix re eu is 



causative. 

 gewe'ti without my knowledge 120.37; stem -(t)Jiiu not to know; 



allative. 

 pulhirra'Jci flatly; stem f^him 



n'paqa' Li{n) (Kor. Kam. apaqa'di) face downward; stem apaqaii. 

 pi'tvi, pitva'lci double; stem pitv 

 e'mpu(fi), empa'Tii downcast; stem imp 

 ii'mla, timla'Jci close to; stem t^ml 

 yi'chiifi), yidha'Jci uninterrupted, stem yidh 



and several others. 



Those with the suffix -eti, -gti express a diminished intensity of 

 the adverbial term: 



teute'ti somewhat low; stem 6iut 

 qaze'gti somewhat lazy; stem qaii 

 yerge'ti somewhat foolish; stem yurg ^ 

 qewregti somewhat hasty; stem qiwri 

 tane'ti somewhat better; stem ten 



All these forms combined with -va'lin (Kor. Kam i'tdlan) are com- 

 monly used to express the absolute form of the adjective. 



In Chukchee some of these adverbs may form with the prefix 

 ti'fiki quite (§ 113, 4) a kind of superlative. 



tiflk-a'tqeuma quite badly 

 tifik-d^' qdlpe with great hurry 

 tifiki-me' rinfe quite slowly 



1 See also yorgitu-wa'liShln a foolish one 65.3. 



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