CHUKCHEE TEXT 



The Woman Who Married the Moon^ 

 E'nrnen^ qoP yara'dhin,* ne'us'qat^ um® qoP ora'weLa- 



Once a certain house, woman certain human 



na'us'qat^ uwa^'qu6ita* E'nku^ ge'tdilin/" e'nmen^ gequ'pqaLiu," 



woman the husband to rejection used her, then ' she was starving, 



elvetine'ta ^^ gene'Lin^^ em-qu'pqata." E'nmen^ gite'.^^ Qan've'r 



crawling on 'she became just by starving. Then "she was After that 



all-fours hungry. 



um* yara'chin* lu^'nin,^^ res'qi'wkwi^," ci6e'pgi^/^ e'ur^^ teik- 



a certain house she saw it, she entered she looked at the made 



about same time 



evi'rin'** gaimei'vulen,^^ e'ur^^ iipa'lha" keme'iii^^ geyi'reLin,^* 



garments * were hanging, at the with tallow a dish ' was full, 



same time 



niqamT'tvaqen 2^ um® e'nmen,^ li'en* nipli'tkuqin,^^ niginteu'qin " 



she eats and then, just she finished, ' she fled 



nota'gti.2* 



to the country. 



' From W. Bogoras, Chukchee Texts; Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition Vol. VIII, 

 pp. 86-89. 



*Once upon a time, also connective and then, then; always in narrative (p. 858). 



•Absolute form; with non-personal nouns the synthetic quli is also used (§ 60, p. 732). 



*Stem ra house; j/ara probably reduplication from rara; -chin a pakticular one (§ 53, p. 716), 

 absolute form; here in predicative sense there was a particular house. 



•Stem lieu female; -s-qat a suffix, probably related to others in -s-q-, but not free. Absolute form 

 as before. 



'Particle, indicating that the whole story is well known to the narrator, and is supposed to be 

 known to the hearer (§ 128, p. 849). 



'< ora'wer+lafn what belongs to the human race (§54, p. 717);r+i in contact form l(§7, 17; p. 654) 

 the strong vowels of the word produce ablaut in the second part of the compound (§ 3, p. 646) 

 The first part of the compound has dropped the suffix -n of the absolute form (§ 115, p. 826). 



'Subjective form in -ta (§§ 37, p. 697); here as subject of transitive verb (§ 92, p. 780). 



• E'nkxi; verbal stem Enk to reject, to refuse;— u suffix (§103.34) expressing purpose, depending, 

 upon the following verb. 



"> ntSi'Tkin or ritci'rkin to make some one something (§ 79, p. 765); stem r<i— initial; t£ medial ;ge—lin 

 nomlnalized verb (6) (§ 73, p. 758). 



" Stem 5wp3(a<) to starve; ge—Un she who had attained a starving condition (§73); ^<<-l- 

 (§7). 



12 Stem elvetin, -et adverbial suffix (§ 110.70, p. 810); a Nominal Form 1,3 (§§64; 95, p. 786). 



" Stem nel (§ 77); ge-lin (see note 10); L<l+l (§ 7). 



» em- MERE (§ 113, 7, p. 816) ; qupqdt to starve (see note 11; -a Nominal Form I, 3 (§§ 64, 95). 



^gitteu TO be hungry. 



"Stem lu' TO see; -nin he— him (§ 67, p. 741). 



"Stem res-qiu to enter; -gi^ he (§ 64, p. 738); wfcw;<M-f-|7 (§§ 7.2; 72.4). 



>« Stem liiep related to lilep to look (§§ 2; 122, p. 834), also cite to look; -gi' he (5 64). 



»« § 128, p. 855. 



MStem teik to make; evi'rin garment, absolute form (§ 30, p. 691), here subject of intransitive verb 

 (5 91, p. 779) ; composition see § 116, 4, p. 830. 



SI Stem j/jm to hang; suffix- ytJ(M) frequentative or intensive (§110.54); gq—len(^ 74, p. 760); with 

 ablaut (§3). 



*2fipg7/tj7i tallow; subjective form in -g expressing modality (§§ 37, 92); with ablaut (§ 3). 



^keme'ni dish, absolute form in -hi (§ 30); absolute form as subject of intr. verb (§ 91). 



«Stem yir full; with suffix -et (§ 110, 70); ge—lin (see note 10); t<f-f-i. 



25Stem qqm, compounded with tva to be; ri-gwi one who is performing an action (§73,p.758); 

 with ablaut (§3). 



'•Stem pi and suffix -tku (§ 110, 67), compare pldgi it is ended; n — qin see note 25. 



''Stem gmt; with suffix -eu (§ 110, 70); n—qin see note 25. 



«Stem ny,ti; -gti after vowel, allative (§ 40); ablaut (§ 3). 



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