BOASj HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES — CHUKCHEE 895 



6ei'vutkurkin.^' "Re^qum^^ a'm^n** i'unin,*2° 'No'onqan^^^ ce'nil^" 



he was going. "What then he said to her, 'That trunk 



en'fie'*^ enve'ntetka^^^ qanti'rkin.^^* En'ne'"^ peg^i'nu^" e'lhika."^ 



don't not opened have it for one Don't for object of nothavingit 



that is thus. concern as one. 



A'limi^" quwalo'miirkin^^^ tim^ v^'ti.'"^^^ 



However obey truly. 



Gik, e'nmen^ cei'vutkui^," ce'niP" ruwentecewiu'nin.^^° E'un^"^ 



Oh, then he went, the trunk she opened it. And so 



E'n'ki'^^ ne'usqat^ nSnanva'tqSn/^^ en'men^ lu^'lqal^^^ cina'ta*^* va'lin,^* 



there a woman was placed then destined to split being 



be a face 



qaca'k^n^^^ le^'qac*^^ nu'uqin/^^ qoP^^ um*' nic§'Loq6n^^^ le^'qac.^'® 



one side side of face black, the other red side of face. 



E'nmen^ ne'us'qat^ 3'iki'rga"° puke'nnin:^" ""Pr. !" 



Then the woman with mouth made a noise at her: "Pr!" 



E'nmen^ gite'nin,!"^ e'ur^^ nani" vaii*'^ vi«'i^"3 p^kagta'ty^^^** 



Then she saw her, at that that one here died, she fell down, 



time 



E'nmen^ rin^nnoma'nndn,"^ minkri^*® nayilhau'q^n/'" qailo'qim.** 



Then she closed it, how she was afraid of course. 



Puki'rgi^-m**^ uwa^'quc.^^" Res'qi'wkwa^t.^^^ Va'n^van'^^ ni'tvinen,^" 



He came the husband. They entered. Nothing she told him, 



'20 Stem iu to say; -nin he— him (§ 67). 

 "iThat yonder, independent form (§ 57, p. 723). 

 122 Absolute form (§28). 



'23 stem vent to be open; r—et causeative (§ 114, 1); e—kd negation (§ 114, 4). 

 '2<Stem rt, see note 114; derived form (§ 67). 

 ^^pegcifi concern; -nu serving for (§ 103. 34). 

 '26 Stem -In (§ 78) ; e—kcl negation (§ 114, 4). 

 '^ Disjunctive conjunction (§ 128, p. 854). 

 '28 Stem tvalom to hear; imperative of derived form (§ 64). 

 '29farticle{§128, p. 863). 



""Stem ve7it to be open; r—et causative (§ 114, 1); -Sewiu, contracted from— iet— yw(«), (§100.54,56); 

 she opened with great care and after several attempts; -nin he — him (§ 67). 

 '31 Locative. 



^^^n-inq-n-va-t-qin (§ 74; also J 114.1). 

 '» § 103.37. " 



"< Stem 6in; suffix— o<,- verbal noun in -(05 dependent on the following participle va'lin. 

 i^iqaca'kin belonging to one side (§47). 

 '°6;u^ face; -qac side of (§ 101, 26). 

 '3' See § 49. 

 '3« See §60, p. 732. 

 'Mn— gin (§ 49) 



'«ij/iJ;|'rj?|?!. mouth; -a subjective (§37). 

 '« -ni7i he— him (§ 67). 

 i« Demonstrative (§ 57). 



"'Stem vi^ to die, vi^'i' <t'i^'p« with loss of intervocalic ^ (§ 10). 

 1" Stem pckagt-; suffix —at 



115 stem om(r); r—at (§114.1); n-tn-n prefixes, n—n transitive, tn- intransitive (7). 

 '«Stem?;uX-(§58, p. 727) 

 ^*'' ayllhau; n — qin (§ 73). 

 'w Particle (§128, p. 871). 

 '« Contraction of Hm. 

 'M Absolute form (§28). 

 '51 Ending wkwdH <.u-gd't. 

 '52 Initial stem tuw, medial tvu;ni — nin (§67, la 6). 



