KORYAK TEXT 



Little-Bird-Man and Raven-Man" 

 Valviratila^'ninti^ e'cci^ Pidi'qala^n^ uawinyonvo'yke* Quyqinn'a 



Raven-Man the two they Little-Bird-Man wanted for a wife at Great- 



qu'yik.^ Quyqinn'a'qu Pice'qala^nan^ gaimannivo'ykin,^ e'wan,^ 



Raven's. Great-Raven to Little-Bird-Man " had desired, he said, 



Gumna'n^ nawa'kak^" Pice'qala^naiT tiyai'linin."^^ Miti' e'wan,^ 



"I daughter to Little-Bird-Man I shall give her." Miti said, 



"Gumna'n^ nawa'kak^" Valvi'mtila^naii^ tiyai'liiiin "" Va^'yuk Val- 



"I daughter to Raven-Man I snail give her." Afterwards Raven- 



vi'mtila^n^ vi'n'va nitoi'kin,*^ aMa'ta^^ awyeiivo'ykin," atta^'wawa^^ 



Man ' secretly went out, with excre- he ate, with dog carrion 



ment 



awyenvo'ykin.^* Ejyaw'laike,^^ E'nki" vaiivolai'ke^^ qapa'au^* qu'ttP" 



he ate. They awoke, there are lying wolverine some 



(skins) 



i«u'wi.2» Newnivo'ykinenat," "Mi'kinak^^ ga'nmilenau?"" Valvi'm- 



wolf (skins). They began to say to both, " Who ' killed' them?" Raven- 



tila^n,^ " Gumna'n." « 



Man, ' "I." 



a From W. Bogoras, Koryak Texts; Publications of the American Ethnological Society, Vol. V, pp. 

 12—19. 

 » -la^n HAVING THE QUALITY OP (§48); -inti dual of personal nouns (§35). 

 'Personal pronoun, 3d person dual, absolute form. 

 '-Ja^nas in note 1; 



* naw woman; / auxiliar vowel; -nyii to work as a herdsman; -rivo to begin (§ 110, 63); -yke derived 

 form, 3d person dual (§66). See Publications Jesup Expedition, Vol. VII, p. 579. 



* Quyqin Raven; used only in augmentative; -n'ogw augmentative (§ 98.2); j/(/) personal plural suffix 

 toT-wgi (§ 35); -k locative (§38). 



•-man allative used with personal nouns (§ 41). 



' gaimat to desire; -nvo to begin (§ 110.63V, -ykin derived form (§65). 

 8 Stem iu to sat. Irregular adverbial form, used as a quotativc, says he. 

 9 Subjective form (§56). 

 lofiau; female; otofc son. 



" ti- 1; ya- future; yil- stem to give; -nin him, future (§ 68). 

 i2n/to to go out; -ikin derived form, 3d person singular. 

 1' Subjective here as instrumental; stem aH excrement. 



"Stem awyl; -nvo to begin (§ 110.63): -ykin derived form, 3d person ing. (§ 68). 

 i6o</o^ dog; awaw carrion; subjective here as instrumental. 

 "Stem kiyau to awake; -laike 3d. per. plural, derived form. 

 " Locative adverb. 



"Stem tva to be, in initial position va (§ 18, p. 674) ; -nvo to begin; -laike 3d per. pi., derived form. 

 ^'qapa'au, plural in u (§ 34, p. 732). 

 M Non-personal form, dual (§ 60, p. 695). 

 « For Vu'wgi plural (§34). 



MStem iu to say; -nivo to begin; n—ykinenat derived form, 3d per. dual (§ 68, p. 744). 

 M Subjective form (§ 39). 



«<Stem tim, in medial position nm to kill (§18); ga—Unau nominalized form of transitive verb, 3d 

 per. pi. (§ 74). 



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