BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 887 



afui' , ana', alia'! 84.8 crying of small infant 

 eWj ew, ew! R 104.47 singing of thanksgiving ceremonial 

 dig, dig! 68.25 swishing of slabs of whalebone 

 piw, fiw! 68.8 thumping of stone on the ground 

 'pig, fig! 76.3 thudding of small objects on the ground 

 , pr! 88.17 sound produced with lips 



(Koryak) vaTcikiki' ! Kor. 46.1 jabbering of magpie 

 Shaman's calls 



egegegegei'! 15.7; 68.28; (Kor. ogogogogoi'!); 66.35 (here 



merely fatigue, though borrowed also from shamanistic 



practice) 

 ototototototoi' ! 59.4 

 otatatatatatai' ! 59.4 

 Answer to shaman's call 

 git, git, git, gige't! 39.9 



ge'we, gewe! R, 306.1 raven's shamanistic song 

 go' ofi-Tcale' , go' on-Tcale' R 314.23 (Kor. qo'on, qo'on Kor. 



48.2; ann, ann! Kor. 47.2; Koryak, umyu'm^OT. 90.15; 



Kor. II Pallan, raven's cawing) raven's shamanistic song 

 ge'we, egegegei'! R 122.2 mosquito's shamanistic song 



R 306.7 

 qaia'gali, qaia'qafi! foxes shamanistic song (a little more! 



at the same time onomapoetic) 

 ge'wye, ge'wye Tco'onin R 315.31 polar bear's shamanistic 



song 

 Calls of reindeer-herders 



go, go, go, goq, goq, goq! 32.11 for driving the herd 



ga, 'ga, 'ga, 'gaq, 'gaq, gaq! 



eia', eia', eia'! R 307.13 for calling a broken reindeer 



(chiefly in offering it urine) 

 qrr! R. 4.38 the same; also reindeer's snorting, onomato- 



poetic 

 Interjections are often used in groups 



gug, i! 9.13; gilc, i'! 65.26 oh, yes! 



ee, ta'm! (see before) 



gei, gu'nd! 69.4 oh, indeed! 



d. Words and phrases used as interjections 



ina'nken, ina'nken um 9.5; 64.7, 14; 68.16 oh, my! 

 tite'net! 64.15; 68.16; 80.22 (great emphasis) used also in com- 

 pounds with personal pronouns in verbalized form 

 tite'fbet-i-git it is wonderful with you 

 tite'fiet-tu'ri (plur.) it is wonderful with you 

 tite'liet-ve'rin it is wonderful with him (stem verin unknown 

 otherwise) §132 



