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5. Lo' ndo-niiebi' -de. Lo' ndo, base of transitive verb (sepa- 

 rate) ; rniebi, optative mode (see § 85) ; de, suffix of the condi- 

 tional mode (see § ^y). This verb has formally two direct ob- 

 jects — ahna-lc and ai' gi — instead of a' Inia-cu' gi (the shaman's 

 flesh). 



6. Ca'rxiin-uiolo'jek (gloves), from ca'rxun (fingers) and 

 molo'je (mittens, mittens with fingers), k^ suffix of accusative 

 definite case. See §§12, 20. 



7. Mdi'ohiinelc. Mo'ro, base of transitive verb (put on) ; 

 niinele, suffix of the third person, plural number, present pre- 

 terite, definite conjugation (see § 82). Ca' rxiin-molo' jek is in 

 the singular number, since in the Yukaghir language it is suffi- 

 cient if the idea of plurality is expressed in the predicate only. 



8. N'a'ce-n-abit'tek'- (mask), from wa'ce (face), a' but (cover) ; 

 k, suffix of the accusative definite (§ 12) ; ;/ is inserted between 

 the two vowels. See § 9. 



9. See 7. 



10. Lit' dii-d-u' -nik^ (iron hook). Ludid^ (iron), /* is dropped ; 

 and u' ni (hook) ; k, suffix of the accusative definite ; d, see § 9. 



1 1. Mi' w niinele (took). Mi/r, base of transitive verb (take) ; 

 nimele (see 7). 



12. Tabu' de (therewith, with that; that is, with the hooks). 

 The base is Ta'bun (that). Tabu' de (inst. of tabu' nle\ instru- 

 mental case (see § 60). 



13. Cu'deule (flesh his ; that is, the shaman's). The base is 

 cul^ (flesh),/* is dropped before d\ deiile = degele, accusative 

 definite with the possessive element (see § 26). 



14. N'a' cexadaidelle (having caught). Na' cexada (catch), 

 transitive verb ; i, the element indicating singleness of action 

 (see § 1 01); delle, suffix of the verbal adverb, past tense (see 



§116). 



15. Ti'te-lafii, to them, Ti'te, instead of titel' (they), /' being 

 dropped ; and lani, a post-position indicating direction toward 

 something. 



16. Aci'yinam, from d'ci (to draw), base of transitive verb ; 

 yi durative (see § 105) ; nam, third person, plural number, pres- 

 ent preterite, transitive verb, indefinite conjugation (see § 75). 



