BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 883 



qare'm i'git! not now! (i. e., I shall not do so from now on) 21.1 

 qare'm! no! (i. e., I shall not do it) 99.13 



Kor. Kam. qare'm mJa^'Tc, Kor. II. i'hut mle^Jc, Kamchadal x'end 

 mnuJc 1 will not eat 

 Koryak. — 



adhiva'n qaye'ra this time I shall not! Kor. 54.3 



qaye'm na'no-van minvifiana'wge I shall not be able to eat 



them Kor. 55.8 

 qaye'm endUia'lmiTc he will not catch us Kor. 72.19 

 Even future imperatives take this particle. 



qare'm quwi^'tik do not die! (i. e. , you shall not die) 64.16, 17 

 Derived from qare'in is the verbal form qare'men (Kor. Kam. 

 qiyme'en Kor. 38.5, Kor. Par. qisme'nen) it is not so, not true. 

 qare'men i^'tik lu'mnil it is not really a story 61.5 

 qaremenai' -giim T am not this one 23.5 

 qare'mhi ora'weLan he is not a human being 29.9 

 qa7'emena'lqum. ola'tdeum I am not a man 

 qaremena'lqit ola'uleqit thou art not a man 

 qm^emena'tgum mru'lium 1 am not feeble 

 qare'mhia'igit nn'u'ligit thou art not feeble 

 qare' ij.en niru'lqin he is not feeble 



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qaremenai' gum ne' usqdtiwn I am not a woman 116.31 

 Kor. Kam. qiyime'w un impossible! Kor. 14.3. 



3. etvfie Kor. Kam. kl'tta^ Kamchadal J«A', X'e do not! (see § 114 



p. 823) 



4. elo' NO ejo' (Reindeer Kor.) 30.9 



elE no 30.8 



rd^t'urif-elo' what is the matter with you? — nothing 53.6 

 4a. ca'niam no! i do not want to (referring to future events) 78.6; 



used with future indicative. There is no corresponding form 



in either Koryak or Kamchadal. 

 6a' mam 1 do not want to 98.5, 8 

 to! mam tre'ilhit I shall not give thee 



5. e'Le not, signifying simple denial Kor. Par. e'i6, Reindeer Kor. 



e'ie, Kor. II., village Qare'nin and others in Kamchatka elJa, 



Kamchadal qatn Kor. Kam. tti'fid instead (see below). See 15, 



12, 21.3, 24.8 



%. ui'nd none (with nouns; substantives and adjectives). (Kor. 



Kam., ui'fia^ Kor. Par., ui'na e'Le, Kor. 11., village Qare'nin 



and others in Kamchatka ern, e'tntna not. The Kamchadal uses 



qam (see above, under e'Le). Kor. Par. uses also e'Le alone 



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