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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
[chap. X. 
structure.^ The knowledge of the Chukch language, which 
the other members of the Expedition acquired, was confined to 
a larger or smaller number of words ; the natives also learned a 
word or two of our language, so that a lingua franca some¬ 
what intelligible to both parties gradually arose, in which several 
of the crew soon became very much at home, and with which in 
1 I give here an extract from the Vocabulary, that the reader may form 
some idea of the language of the north-east point of Asia:— 
TnaergiUj heaven. 
Tirkir, the sun. 
Yedlin^ the moon. 
Ang ailing an ^ a star. 
Nutatschka, land. 
Angka, sea. 
LjMljenki^ winter. 
Edljek, summer. 
Edljongat, day. 
Nekita, night. 
Ayguon^ yesterday. 
ietkin, to-day. 
Ergdtti, to-morrow, 
Gnunian^ north. 
Emnungku, south. 
Nikdyan^ east. 
Kayradijgin, west. 
Tintin, ice. 
Atljatlf snow. 
Yeetedli, the aurora. 
Yengeen, mist. 
Tedljgio, storm. 
Eeky lire. 
A^^■aw^^',aman,ahuman 
being. 
Ordedlja^ men. 
Nediren^ a woman. 
Nenenaj a child. 
Empendtschyo, father. 
Empengau^ mother. 
Ljeut, head. 
Ljeutljka, face. 
Dljedljddlin^ eye. 
Liljdptkourgin^ to see. 
Huedljodlin, ear. 
Huedljokodljdurgin, to 
hear. 
Huddljomerkin, to un¬ 
derstand. 
Huedljountdkurgin^ not 
to understand. 
Yekdy nose. 
Yekergin, mouth. 
Kametkuaurgin, to eat, 
Yedlinedljourgin, to 
speak. 
Mdmmali, a woman’s 
breast. 
Maminathourgm, to 
give suck. 
Yeet^ foot. 
Retschaurgin, to stand. 
Yetkatjergin, to lie. 
Tschipiska^ to sleep. 
Kadlj e tschetue tjdkurg in^ 
to learn. 
Pintekatkourgm^ to be 
born. 
Kaertrdljirgin, to die. 
Kdmakatan^ to be sick. 
Kdmak, the Deity, a 
guardian Spirit. 
Ydranga, tent. 
Etschengeratlin, lamp. 
Orguor, sledge. 
Atkudt, boat. 
Anetljkatlf fishing- 
hook. 
Anedljourgin, to angle. 
Uddlin^ knife. 
Tschnpak, Kdmeak^ 
dog. 
Umku^ Polar bear. 
Rerka, walrus. 
Memetlj^ seal. 
Korang^ reindeer. 
Gdtlje^ bird. 
Enne^ fish. 
Gurgur, dwarf-birch. 
Kukatkokongadlm^ wil¬ 
low-bush. 
Gem^ I. 
Gemnin^ mine. 
Get, you. 
Genin, yours. 
Enkan, he. 
Muri, we. 
Turi, you. 
Mdyngin, much. 
Rljukin, little. 
Konjpong, all. 
I, yes. 
Etlje, no. 
Metschinka, thanks. 
Ennen, one. 
Nirak, two. 
Nrok, three. 
Nrak, four. 
Metljingan, five. 
