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From Paris to New York by Land

by Harry de Windt

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Appendix VII

Glossary of Various Dialects in Use Amongst the Tchuktchis Inhabiting the Coasts of N.E. Siberia

Cape Shelagskoi to Whalen.East Cape.Oumwaidjik.
There is: WarkinWarkin
There is not: WingaWinga
No: WingaWingaNaka
Yes: Ee-eeEe-eeAh-ah
All right: Metchinki
Here: Utku
I—my: MoriWeeKwanga
You—your: Turginian
A deer: KorangKashinatGuwiniak
A house: YaratMuntarakMuntarak
Far: Yar
By-and-bye: Yo-yo
A walrus: DurkaIbokAyivak
Wood: Ut-TutNaksiet
To sleep: Zipiska
Keep still: DeakariktiSienNapéré
I don’t know: Ko
A dog: At-TauKokmarokKlikmak
A man: KatowvakYuk
A woman: NawonskatAranak
To drink: MegwesiakMugwe
A bear: UmhangNanokNanok
A seal: MemetNahksakMaklak
A sled: UrgurKaimukshikKamiyak
A steamer: It-KowatToromaAmakpawit
A knife: ValliaSinkat
A duck: GalliaTigumakKawak
Ice: IlgilSikokSiku
Snow: AlashAniAnio
Wind: Yu-yoAnokAnokiva
Good-day: Ta-oomTahamTanakhoom
You lie:EklangEklima-Kotung
The hand:AskakEehit
To smoke: TakwaigenAptiokMeluktok
1: NerishaAtajakAtajak
2: IrakMailopMailop
3: NerokPiniayutPiniayut
4: NirakShtemetShtemet
5: Metch-TingaTaklimatTaklimat
6: No-Metch-TingaAwindlitAwindlit
7: Nera-AhMara-AwindlitMara-Awindlit
8: Angero-UtkuiPinia-UnlulutPinia-Unlulut
9: OnasinkiShtema-UnlulutShtema-Unlulut
10: MenitkuKulliaKullia

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