DegAdj: Degree words always (or almost always) precede adjectives.

(1) tēmi jəmat sīkkəŋ suntuk.

this very beautiful box

‘This is a very beautiful box.’ (Csepregi 1998: 76.)

(2) ťū īmi toŋqə jəm.

det woman very good

‘That woman is a very good person.’

In Surgut Khanty, the degree word always precedes the adjective, both in modifier (1) and in predicative functions (2).