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or of the organs or parts of such. In Gosiute it is more frequent in 

 animal names. It also occurs in plant names, but with nothing like 

 the frequency to be noted in the Ute, where it is the commonest ending. 

 Examples : 



po'-ni-uts, skunk. 

 ytYml-tsi,' badger. 

 mu'-tu-nats, humming bird. 

 yu'-ro-gots, Rocky Mountain jaj^. 

 du'-i-tci, child, baby. 

 nan'-kv-tci, ear (also as nan'-kiis). 

 deutc, brother-in-law. 

 su'-go-pu-tsi, old man. 

 o'-tei, grandson. 



See further under 3. 



2. bi. Indicates a living thing or part 01 a living thing. In the 

 former case commonly followed by the ending indicated under 1. as 

 represented below under 3. Examples: 



bi, the heart. 



nam'-pi, foot. From na, indicating support or bottom part, + m, 



+ bi. 

 pam'-pi, head. From pa, top, summit, + m, + bi. 

 tim'-pi, mouth. From ti, referring to teeth or a cutting object, + m, 



+ bi. 

 mam'-bi, hand. 

 mo'-bi, nose. From mo, indicating protrusion, extension, etc., + bi. 



3. bi'-tci, bite. The preceding stem + the animate ending tci(tc). 

 Indicates a living individual or something regarded as such. Very 

 common in animal names, but only occasional in those of plants. 

 Examples : 



i'-a-bitc, gopher. 

 mom' -bite, owl. 

 iu'-ko-bxtc, wildcat. 

 we-gom-bitc, turkey buzzard. 

 pan'witc, fish. 



4. up (ip, -p). One of the commonest endings in plant names. As 

 a noun ending it indicates substance or material or simply thing or 

 object; and, hence, in plant names it is often the practical equivalent 

 of "plant." In some plant names, in fact, the ending is clearly a 



