BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN" LANGUAGES — GHUKCHEB 901 



gata'lalen,*^ na'nyen^^ a'cin^^ e'^e'tin^^ gani'nlalin/^ gu'mlan a^'lala^* 



■ he struck it, that fat to the sky ' he threw it, ' again with snow 



ga^'lmelin^" qoqlo'wicnin;^^ qo'npii gama'lalen.^^ 



he shoveled the hole; altogether it became better. 



Gala'lin;" na'nyen^^ Valvi'mtiPan aqa'nn'u^^ ga'ccilin.^* Miti'nak*^ 



He came; that Raven-Man to hate ' they had. At Miti's 



en3^ei'na vaga'lekin,^^ newnivo'ykin" Valvi'mtila^n, "Menqanqa'ce" 



near he' was sitting, she said to Raven-Man, "How 



enn'ivo'ykin," nime' a^latciiivo'ykin?"^^ — "Mi'qun,^^ ui'na yu'laq^^" 



it happens to thee, quite thou smellest of "Why, not a long time 



excrement?" — 



akle'woka^oi tina^'lik."^"^ Gewnivo'len^e "I'lrac, ga'lqata!^''^ Ui'fia 



without bread I have been." She said, "Enough, ' go away! Not 



mi'qun amalatva'tca ^o* i'ti!"^°^ Ga'lqaLin." Pi^i'qala^nak^* na'nyen^s 



even not making better thouwert!" He went. Little-Bird-Man that 



Yini'a-iiawgut gama'talen.^"^ 



Yini'a-iiaw^ut ' married. 



Toq, galai'ulin,^"^ inya'wut gamuqai'ulin.^"* Valvi'mtila^n 



Oh, 'summer came, then * it was raining. Raven-Man 



ti'ykitiy^"^ gaya'luplin.*^** Qaci'n qo'npu niki'ta gana^'Len."^ 



the sun ' took in mouth. So altogether night * it became. 



Va^'yuk gewnivo'len,^^ "Can'ai', qaimii'ge!""^ — "Me'iiqaS mi'qun 



Then * they said, "Can-ai', fetch water!" — "How even 



mai'mik?"^!^ Va^'yuk gewnivo'len,^^ "Me'nqan nime' miti- 



let me draw water?" Then ' they said, "Why quite we 



pa^lai'kinen."* Va^'yuk missavi^'yala.""^ Ga'lqaLin^" qaiCayici'na/^" 



are thirsty. Then we shall die." She went groping, 



Enfia^'an wus'qu'mciku,"'' va^'yuk ga'nvilin,"^ ganvo'len^^' 



thus in the dark, then ' she stopped, ' she began 



» Subjective as instrumental; absolute form d^'ldl, a-laH 

 '"Stem aHme. 

 »i Absolute form as object. 

 "Stem mal good. 



•3 aqa'nn-in hate, stems probably a^q BAD,3'nn/n anger; designative form in -m (§ 94). 

 «See § 114.4. 

 w Locative form (§42). 

 •* Stem vagal , medical tvagal to sit down. 

 "Stem viik -wbere; -qaba near {§ 101.26). 

 wstem aH excrement; -tc to smell of. 

 wStemmi/fe (§68, p. 726). 



loostem yul long; -aq adverbial suffix (§ 112, 79). 

 iw a—ka negation (§ 114, 4). 

 >" Stem nal to become (§77). 



103 Verbal noun in -o used as imperative (§ 95, p. 787). 

 IM From a—ka negation (§ 114, 4); mal GOOD; tva to be. 

 iMStemtiTO BE (§ 75). 

 >o«Stem mata TO take, to marry. 



><" ala SUMMER; -yu suflSx. phenomena of nature (§ 110.71). 

 J08 muqa rain; -yu as in note 107. 

 >M Reduplicated absolute form (§ 29). 



"o yalu TO chew; yop to put oM (see Note 46); yalup a quid. 

 "1 Stem nal to become(§ 77); ga—lin nominalized verb (§73); i <i-t-i (§ 18). 

 Jn Stem aim to draw water; 5 — ge imperative. 

 "3 Subjunctive (a), 1st pers. sing. 

 >H Derived form, 1st person pi. 

 "'Future, without ending -mik (§ 65). 

 >i« Verbal noun in -a expressing modality (§95). 



I" Stems wus darkness; -ciku inside (§ 101.24); Urn is an unusual form of the connective vowel (see 

 S 18, 1); the parallel form wus- qu' miiku is found in Chukchee. 

 "8 Stem nuv, medial nv to stop. 



«» Stem Tiro TO BEGIN. 



