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That is, (I) have become a man that kills four-legged things 

 (animals). 



Other examples may be cited in which the bases combining 

 into one word drop one or more syllables. For instance : 

 Co'mani (^Coregonus leucichtys) is actually derived from Como'je- 

 d-a'nil ("big fish") ; or Coino' He (elder brother of the father, 

 uncle) is really Como'je-d-eci'e (big father). 



It is true that there is no actual incorporation to be found in 

 the language ; neither pronouns nor nouns, when direct or in- 

 direct objects, are incorporated in the predicate ; but the nature 

 of the syntactical construction of the Yukaghir language is akin 

 to incorporation. The verb plays the main part in the sentence. 

 It is always placed at the end of the sentence, being preceded, 

 first by the subject with all its modifiers, then by the direct and 

 indirect objects with their modifiers, then by the adverbs. If 

 the subject is not accompanied by any modifiers, and it is known 

 from the sense of the story who the acting person is, then it is 

 usually dropped (see below, the text). The subject very often 

 does not assume the element of plurality, though there are 

 many acting persons, as long as the sense of plurality is ex- 

 pressed by the verb (see the text). 



