106 JOCHELSON 



§ 14. It seems to me that the inflection Ic or /6> is nothing but 

 the case of the verb to be {lc\ 



Coro' mo-lok'' ke'/ui^ The or a man is (who) came. 



See §§ 82, 83 with regard to the form kciul\ 

 § 15. Suffix fiin of the dative indicates : 



1. A movement in some direction, and is used in reply to 

 the question Whither ? or To whom ? 



Nil' mo-iiin xonk^ To the house or home go. 



Tu' del'- iinii' -hill ko' bee He to the river went. 



Mef- ke'nme-nin xo'nje I to a friend went. 



2. An aim, and is used after the question What for ? 

 Met d'je-Tiin kobe'iteye I for water shall go. 



3. Limit. 



Tu' del'- Ii'gemiiTiin ^ 0' nioc mo' doi He until his old age well lived. 



§ 16. Suffix ge or go of the locative is used after the ques- 

 tions Where ? At whose house ? On whom ? On what ? 



Mef- iiumo' -ge niodo'ye I at home sit. 



Met eci'e Iva'n-ge mo' doi My father at Ivan's lives. 



In some cases the locative answers also the question Whither? 

 and expresses motion into an object, while the dative mostly in- 

 dicates motion toivard an object. 



Mef- nil' moTiin kie'ce I to the house came. 



Mef" niimo' -ge co'iiye I into the house went. 



§ 17. The vialis^r;/- or gon has apparently been formed from 

 the locative ge. This case indicates motion o?i the surface, 



'^ li' gemunin -=1^ ly gel (old age) -^ de (possessive element) -\- nin (suf. of the 

 dative case). Often l-de changes into luu. 



^ In the grammatical analysis of the text in my article in the BiiUctiii dc V Acad- 

 emie Iniperiale dcs Sciences de St. Petersboiirg (1898, September, T. IX, No. 2, p. 

 173), I considered this case suffix as an instrumental case ; but my further study of the 

 language in the Jesup Expedition has convinced me that I was wrong in my former 

 definition of this case. To avoid misunderstandings, I consider it necessary to point 

 it out here. 



