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i, tu'n-nikek! oh, my! sudden surprise; {tur new; nikek verbal 



noun of indefinite verb nike (§82) 

 edhinre'wdn! 80.23 oh, goodness ! 

 am no't arriEnl R. 73.27 (surprise and anger; em mere 



§113.5) fiot demonstrative particle (§57) amEn adversative 



conjunction p. 853) how is it then! 

 ceq-a'lvam va'lin! 76.5 (§113.15) how very strange ! 

 ve'nom wonder and blame; in compounds with subjective form 



of personal pronoun 



venom gina'n 55.11 ; 109.24 something like our with you ! 

 alu'mfia! 120.16,23 (a ah, lumna again) only think of it! 



sudden surprise (see also p. 854) 

 nire'qin-um! I do agree! 84.19; R 62.58; R 65.112 regular 



nominalising form of indefinite verb reg^ (§82) 

 rere'q-um R 75.6 I do agree ! (causative re-requm) 

 re'qu lu'mfia the same! R 73.24 {re'qu designative of reg what; 



lumfia again) 

 ra'qal 80.25 what of that; {reg what; al otherwise unknown) 

 u'nmun a'ni, u'nmun a'ni-m e'un 84.26; 87.7 Oh, how bad it 



is! {u'nmun very, a'ni-m even so; e'un and so) 



KAMCHADAL 



tea there! qu call; halloo! 



tie there, take it! he^ hei answer to call 



nvx here! qa what do you want? 



ee yes xi surprise 



§ 133. Euphemism 



For diseases, dangerous animals, and unfortunate events or condi- 

 tions, euphemistic phrases are in use, some of which express the 

 idea to be stated by the opposite idea. 



nigitte'pqin (literally, clever) fool 



tikaye'tu-woblm (from bikaJyofi-va'lm intelligent) silly 

 erme'iirkin (literally, he acquires force) he becomes possessed 

 by madness 



also 



emtine' lirkm (literally, he reposes) he dies of hunger 

 uulvilu' (literally, black wild reindeer) brown bear 

 lei'wulin (literally, the one who walks about) wolf 

 re' qdtlciulcin (literall}^, something is happening) contagious 



disease is spreading 

 va'irgitlcerTcni (from va'irgin being) disease 



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