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7. niimp. A combination of na and ump, the two preceding suffixes. 

 It is a very common noun ending used to indicate means or instrument. 

 Examples : 



ti'-ki-nvmp, table. From di'-ka-kin, to eat, + niimp. 

 ka'-ri-nump, chair. From ka'-ri-do, to sit down, + niimp. 

 go'-to-niimp, stove. From ma-go'-lo, to heat, to make hot, to burn, 



+ niimp. 

 tso'-ti-gi-nump, pillow. From tso, particle referring to the hezd, + 



ma-ri'-gi, to lay or place upon, + nump. 

 go'-ti-nump, spear. From ma-go'-tm, to stick or thrust into, + nump. 



Some words recurring frequently in plant names may next be 

 listed. In compounds, of course, these words do not occur as a rule 

 in their entirety, but are represented by one or more of the more 

 significant syllables. 



As examples of words frequently entering into names to indicate a 

 color characteristic the following may be listed. The form within 

 parentheses represents the syllables ordinarily appearing in compounds. 



to r -si-bit(to-sa~) , white. 



tvf-o-bit (to), black. 



dn'-ka-bit (dnka), red. 



pu'-i-bxt (pui), green. 



o'-a-bit (oa), yellow. 



on'-ti-gait (onti), roan, etc. 



ku'-tsip (ku-tsi), ashen, gray, etc. Meaning primarily ashes and used 

 in plant names especially to indicate the ashen or grizzly appear- 

 ance due to thick growths of pubescence, etc. 



Words indicating habitat occur with especial frequency in plant 

 names. 



ku'-tsip. In addition to the force above explained, this word, in 



combination, may also indicate growth as being in dry soil, etc. 

 pa, water. 



tim-pi (tim-pi, tin, ti), rock. 

 toi'-ya-bi (toi-ya), mountain. 

 toi'-ya-wiint, canyon. 



The two following are very frequent in names of plants where it is 

 desired to indicate size, especially where there are several closely 

 related forms to be discriminated and size represents a prominent 

 difference. 



