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33. Pii'de. See 29. 



34. Yelo'Je-nin. Yclo'je (sun), base ; hin (to the sun), suffix 

 dative (see §15). 



35. Kie' lec-nam. Kie'le (be dry), base of intransitive verb ; 

 i\ suffix of the causative voice (see § 97), kielcc (make dry, force 

 to be dry) ; nam, see 1 6. 



36. Kie'lec-telle. Kie' lee, see 35, telle — delle (d after c 

 changes into t), see 14. 



37. Coro' inoH'ul-pe-gi. Coro'mon'id' relative ; pe, element of 

 plurality (see § 33) ; gi, possessive suffix (see §§7, 12). 



38. Le'-nitei. Le (be), base of intransitive verb ; ilitei, suffix 

 of the third person, plural number, future tense, indefinite con- 

 jugation of intransitive verbs (see § 75). The future tense is 

 sometimes used instead of the conditional mode. 



39. Tan-de, instead of tan-le. Tan, demonstrative pro- 

 noun ; de, suffix of accusative indefinite (see § 60). 



40. Cu' l-gele. Oil is the base ; gele, suffix of the accusative 

 with the possessive element (see §§ 12, 25). 



41. Xa'rte-nitem. Xa'rte (divide), base of transitive verb; 

 nitem suffix of the third person, plural number, future tense, 

 indefinite conjugation of transitive verbs (see § 75). 



42. 0' ninedie-nii' niok (a house made of young larch-trees ; 

 that is, a conical tent made of larch-tree rods). 0' ninedie is 

 formed from on, a root expressing the conception of larch. 

 Larch-tree is called o' nra or onda ; that is, on (larch) and cal 

 (tree), see 27 ; di e is the suffix of a diminutive noun (see §39) ; 

 the meaning of the particle me is unknown to me. It is, at 

 any rate, hardly possible that we should have to do here with the 

 word 0' nine (mind, memory, or opinion). Nu'mo (house) ; k 

 suffix of the accusative definite (see § 1 2). 



43. A' -nimele. A (to do) ; nimele, see 7. 



44. Ti'te, possessive pronoun (see § 55). 



45. Pa'il-gele. Pail is from the Russian word pai (share) : 

 / has apparently been added either to form a Yukaghir verbal 

 noun out of the Russian base, or in order to distinguish it from 

 the Yukaghir word pai (young woman) ; gele (see 40). 



46. O'nmedie-nii' mo. See 42. 



