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giya'pcak."" EVan,^ "I'mm qai-vai'amti^^^ alna'we^ye.""^ Va^yuk 



singing. She said, "All the little rivers are stingy." Then 



gani'kalin"^ Enkai'ti^^* vai'ampilin/^^ ganvo'len"^ cilala'tik.^^® 



itdidso to that place a small river " began bubbling. 



Gayi'c6alin ^" milh-u'kkam/^^ yaite'ti^^' ga'lqaLin,^" milh-u'kkam ^^' 



She tilled a Russian vessel, to the house ' she went, a Russian vessel 



gemtei'pilin;*^" qla'wul gala'lin." Gapkau'len/^^ e'wan,^ "Gumna'n,® 



' she carried on her a man ' came. She could not he said, "I, 



back; (carry), 



giimna'n mi'mtin."^^^ Gayai'tilen ^^ wus"qiVmciku."^ S^a'nyen" 



I will carry it." She came home in the dark. That one 



galimnena'len *^^ vai'am. Gewnivo'len,^^ "Eni'n ma'ki?" E'wan, 



* " followed the river. ' She was told, " That one who?" He said, 



"Gu'mma^^ Vaiamenai'-gum.^^* Gumna'n^ yaiVacu^^® ti'tcin"^ Ena'n 



"I am the River. I pity had that 



giya'pcala^n."^" Ganvo'len"^ nawa'kak*" kitai'nak.^^* S^a'nyen^^ 



singer." * They began daughter scolding. That one 



Vaia'minak^^ gama'talen.^"^ 



River married her. 



To, va^'yuk qo'npu wus'qu'm6iku"' vanvolai'ke.^^® GewSivo'len" 



Oh, then altogether in the dark they remained. He was told 



Vai'am,"Me'nqan''7 mki'ta^*" mititvanvolai'kin?""^ E'wan,» "Men'qan" 



River, "Why in the night we remain?" He said, "Why 



mi'qun?" Lawtiki'l6i6nm "^ vi'tvitin"' gai'pilen,^^* ganto'len/*^ ayi'- 



indeed?" Head-band of ringed seal thong he put on, he went out at 



kvan gaqayichilannivo'len;*" vantige'nin ^*'' gato'mwalen. "* Va^'- 



least ' a small light began to be; dawn ' was created. Then 



yak gewnivo'len,^^ "Me'nqan^^ mi'ntin?"^" Yini'a-na'wgut 



' they talked, "How shall we do it?" Yini'a-fia'wgut 



120 Stem giyapca; verbal noun, locative form (§ 95, p. 785). 



1" qai- SMALL, related to Chukchee suffix -q&i (§ 98.4); -nti, after terminal m of vaiam, -ii dual (§ 34). 



'"3d pers. dual (§ 65) instead of plural; stemaJn stingy. 



^^nika something (§ 60); ga—lin verbalized. 



is^iaallalive (§58). 



126 Diminutive in -pil, absolute form in -in (§30). 



iMStem cilal+at to bubble; verbal noun, in -k, dependenton nvo to begin (seenotes 138, 150). 



IS' Stem yilc to be full. 



i^milh STRIKE-A-LIGHT, FIRE (See Publ. Jesup Exp. Vol. VII, p. 18); u'kkdm vessel. 



i^yait TO GO HOME (see § 95); verbal noun allative. 



1^ Stem imt, imti to carry; -yop to put to; ga lin wikh ablaut. 



131 Stem pkau to be unable. 



iMStem imt to carry; subjunctive (a) 1st pers. sing, subject, 3d pers. sing, object. 

 1" Stem limilena to follow. 



i*« Stem vaiam river; -ena suffix for living being; nominalized verb, 1st pers. sing. (§ 73). 

 i*>yai'vac to have pity with; designative in -m (§ 94). 

 mt—in I— HIM (§ 65); stem -« (§79). 

 isJ Compare note 120. 



188 Verbal noun in -A; dependent on fivo to begin (see notes 126, 150). 

 139 stem tva, in initial position va to be; nvo to begin; -laike 3d pers. pi., derived form. 

 ""Stem niki night; probably verbal noun in (t)d, although the verb has usually the suffix yu ex- 

 pressing phenomena of nature. (Ch. niki — ru' — rkin night comes). 

 1*1 Stem tva to be; 1st pers. pi., derived form. 



i« Compound noun lawt head, ki'lciinin band (from kilt to tie (§§ 53; 106.44). , 

 i« Reduplicated form retained in a derived form in -in (§ 29, p. 690, note). 

 I" Stem yop to put on. 



"'Stem nto, in initial position nito to go out. 



^*'qai- small; ich to dawn, to light nivo to begin; pa— lin nominalized verb. 

 i« Stem vant to dawn; ge'Hin (§ 100.44). 

 K'tomwa to be created. 

 i<» Stem yt, in medial position nt to do, make (§80). 



