GRAMMAR OF THE YUKAGHIR LANGUAGE 



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but now they say icto' x (the Russian std). The Russian word 

 for thousand (ti' syacd) has also been adopted by them ; but they 

 pronounce it ti'cece. 



§ 48. Ordinal Numbers. 



The I St 



'' 2d 



- 3d 



"■ 4th 



'' 5th 



'' 6th 



'' 7th 



'' 8th 



'' 9th 



'' loth 



'' nth 



^' 20th 



^' 22d 



etc. 



Independent 



As Modifiers or Attributive. 



a nmime 



a' taxlecki 



ya' Iniecki 



ya' laxlecki 



i' n-gaiibecki 



ma Igiydlmecki 



purki'yecki 



ma' Ig iydlexlecki 



kn ni' rkilejeocki 



kune' lecki 



kuni' 7'kibudicki 



a ' taxii 11 -ku 7ie lecki 



kii' nel-dtaxulbudieki 



a'nnume-le 

 a'taxlecte 

 ya' Imecte 

 ya' laxlecte 

 i'n-gaji'hecte 

 ma' Igiydlmecte 

 purki'yecte 

 via' Igiydlexlecte 

 ku ni' 7'kilejeocte 

 kune' lee te 

 kuni' rkibudicte 

 a' taxunkunelecte 

 ku ' neldtaxulbudicte 

 etc. 



coro'mox' (man) 



§ 49. Ordinal numbers are derived from the cardinals partly 

 by means of verbal suffixes. C is the suffix which changes a 

 transitive verb into a causative (see § 97) ; ki (instead of ^/, since 

 g preceded by c changes into Ji) is the possessive suffix of the 

 nominative case (see § 9) ; and te (in place of de, d changing 

 into t after c) is the suffix of the conditional mode (see § 87). 



§ 50. Distributive numerals : 



a'taxlo?iuf' by two 



i'fi'gan-bonut^ by five, etc. 



N7C is the suffix of the iterative form of the verb (see § 103,) 

 / is the suffix of the verbal adverb (see § 115). 

 § 51. Iterative numerals : 



Irki'je once ataxli'je twice yali'Je thrice, etc. 



§ 52. Fractions. OnQ-\\3.\( ^ Eiifijcndc. The rest are com- 



' annume means "at first, in the beginning " ; amiumele, " initial, first." This 

 is the only ordinal number that is not formed from a cardinal. 



