BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 885 



b. Exclamations 



Their stems are independent and some of them form derivatives. 

 qo! expresses ignorance: i do not know! 

 qona'arJdn to speak always of one's ignorance; to answer: "I 



do not know." 

 Assent : 



i! 9.6, 13; 66.25; 84.10 (Kor. o! Kor. 30.2; 38.6) yes. 



j! 84.19 ah! 



egei'! 133.24 R 71.5; R 73.34 (Kor. uga') all right! 



assent and approval. 

 egei'! 75.30 oh! 

 taga'm! R 59.9, 16; R 66, 134 (Kor. tog! to! Kor. 35.3; 



Kor. 45.8) come! well! 

 taga'm is used also as the usual leave taking. 

 taga'm tewkwe'erkin! R 41.98 (in Koryak tog is used as 



leave taking) good-bye ! I am going. 

 The usual greeting is ye'ti? or less frequently ge'et-i-git; 

 R 62.62; R 76.25 (Kor. yati? -ran^ you come?" as 

 greeting) 

 The answer is /.' yes ! or /, tiye'tyd^Tc! yes, I have come ! 

 Greeting borrowed from Russian, toro'mxi (3p;opoBo) (Kor. 

 toro'va) how do you do? 



tarn contracted from taga'm, mostly with an ejaculation 



preceding, come! well! 

 ee, tam! 30.9; 89.23; e tam! 90.3. 

 /, tam! 84.19. 

 gi, tam! 84.14. 

 Assertion : 



gu'nd! 82.16; 85.6; R 76.27 sure! 

 gu'nd, gai'vE 24.8 indeed, yes ! 

 Calls: 



mei! 76.22 R 73.32; R 59.11, from man to woman 53.6; 

 Kor. mai! Kor. 64.24 amei! Kor. 63.6; mei! Kor. 

 32.5; here addressed from a man to a woman; me! Kor. 

 100.5 K. Paren ve! Kor. 101.13; Koryak II Qarenin 

 mei Kor. 102.4 there, you! you! halloo! 

 fia'ul 45.3 (Kor. na'wal) call among women 

 wui'! 83.13; R 72.15; ^oi 60.2 (Kor. goi' !) answer to call 

 yago'! 67.8 (Kor yawo' ! Kor. 33.9) halloo 

 wago'! R 125.22 halloo! there, take it! 

 Disapproval : 



e'wi! 120.10 so! 



ee' ! 81.17; 83.14; is it? (doubt and disapproval) 



eei' ! 108.19 aha! (doubt and disapproval) §132 



