134 JOCHELSON 



o'jcmelebbdek' is the definite nominative case of djonelcbon — 

 One who drank. 



2. Met o'jelbon o'Jik'' my (by me) drunk water, the water 



(that I am drinking) drunk 

 by me. 



3. Met ojelbon my beverage, or the beverage that 

 Met o'jeyebon used to be mine. 



Met d'jemebon 



4. Of e-nu-melebdjigele {d.Q.QXx^.') That which is used to drink (he) 



iiex'atiin el mi'ji has never taken. 



5. Metek o'jeteyebodek^ I am the one that will drink. 



The suffix bo7i is used as an independent word, pon (a word 

 cannot begin with ^). In olden times this word used to indicate 

 the name of a deity embracing all nature, the universe. Pon 

 indicates something that is iinknoivn. All household goods 

 taken as a whole are spoken o^ ?iS po' 7tpe. 



§ 1 13. The suffix 7(0 or 710I' (from no, *' child "), when joined 

 to verbal forms, expresses the result of an action. For instance : 



xo'n-i(o or xo' n-uo/^ (Jrom. xon, "walk"), walking, a trace from 



walking, also a trail. 

 o'Je-l-uol^ (/is introduced between the two the process of drinking, 

 vowels ; oje is the basis of the verb also the trace left from 

 'Mrink") drinking, e. g., the 



water left in the glass 

 after drinking. 



§ 114. With regard to verbal forms serving as adjective 

 modifiers, see §§ 80, 84, iio. 



The Gerund or Verbal Adverb. 



§ 1 15. The suffix /, together with the verbal base, forms the 

 verbal adverb, which expresses an action taking place simul- 

 taneously with that indicated by the predicate : 



Met^ mo' do-t dyi I while sitting was shooting. 



Met a7iil legu-t^ eoril'e I while eating fish was writing. 



