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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 



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§ 134. New Words. 



On the whole, Chukchee and Koryak have not borrowed many terms 

 from the Russian, but have rather coined new words for new ideas. 

 Following are a few examples of these. 



commander (literally, strong- 

 man) 



tribute (literally, thing for 

 bowing down with) 



chief officer of district (liter- 

 ally, tribute-strong-man) 



church (lite rail 3^, spirit- 

 house) 



glass (literally, ice-cup) 



fortified log-house 



bottle (Russian SyibUKa; 

 in Chukchee literally, ice- 

 vessel) 



brandy (literally, bad water) 



letter, book, writing (literally, 

 carving) 



ruble, paper ruble (literally, 

 piece of carving) 



tobacco-pipe (local Russian 

 raasa, borrowed from 

 Turkish, in Chukchee 

 literally, tobacco-cup) 



(one side of) horse-pack (liter- 

 ally, carrying-side) 



flat brandj'^-keg (literally, 

 drum-vesse) 



long brandy-keg (literally, 

 thigh-bone) 



plate (literally, white vessel) 



Russian loan-words are always modified to suit the phonetic charac- 

 ter of the language. The Koryak, even those that have no r, retain, 

 however, the Russian r. 



emte'-qal 

 yara'r-e'lckam 

 aima'lqal 

 ilh-u'Tikdm 



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