Gatschet.] 480 [ Fe b. 20, 



cha, hacha, " the one who, those who, thai which ;" chulufi-chi those of the 

 jay-clan or totem ; car u yachi male she that was born with a brother, the 



female of twins, ya being the pronoun she.-; po-cha, and hachi -pacha 

 somebody, anybody, lit." the one whoisborn ;" ela-pa-cha the members of 

 of one family, lit. " those born young together." 



-co in isitoco to cause to bleed ; -co is a verbal suffix, bul mostly occurs 

 in combination with other suffixes and has a factitive or causative function : 

 ichi cold : ibine-ichicosa to throw into cold water; af'ata chestnut : afata 

 cosi to gather chestnuts ; isi blood : isitoco to cause to bleed, -co also oc- 

 curs in paracusi head -chief. This suffix seems to be merely the sign of 

 the objective case, here incorporated into the verb. 



-fa, nominal suffix : chofa liver, chorofa jay, atofa owl ; ituhu to charm, 

 bewitch : itufa conjurer. This suffix probably alternates with -ba, -fi, and 

 also with -hi. 



-hani expresses the idea of cessation, discontinuance, and is in fact a 

 verb; when connected with other verbs it serves as a sort of auxiliary 

 verb, (ni) he-hani-mauda I shall cease to eat, I will not eat. 



-la, -le, nominal suffix : itele uncle, so called by nephews : uncle on 

 fathers' side ; cumele heart ; iqila sick, diseased ; apahola buzzard, crow ; 

 eqe, equela day ; tola laurel ; anoquela lineage, kinship, pedigree. 



-lesi, -lesiro, verbal suffix expressing the idea of to become, to begin to be: 

 -si being causative, -ro pointing to probability and future time ; -lc seems 

 to have the power of verbifying, like -si. Christianolesiro to become a 

 Christian, holatalesiro to become chief, muenolesiro to receive a name ; 

 lit. "to begin to be called." abotosiro to receive blows, to get beaten. 



-mi, verbal suffix : ene to see, enemi to discover, find out- 



-mi, nominal suffix : nanemi perpetual ; adv. always ; nocomi true ; ha- 

 somi those belonging to one lineage, clan-people. 



-ni, nominal suffix : ichini nose, nostrils ; ibi, ibine, ibino water, lake ; he 

 to eat, hini tobacco ; the word for tobacco is in many Indian languages a 

 derivate of to eat, because the smoke is often swallowed by the natives, 

 meleni petticoat. 



-ni, verbal suffix : hani to cease, stop : hanini to neglect, orobini to go 

 to confession ; orobo and oroboni to cure, treat in sickness ; suquoni to rub 

 oneself with, icasini to altercate, quarrel ; ponatocome: puenoni to bring. 



-no, -nu nominal suffix, also found in participles of the passive : ituhu to 

 pray, ituhunu prayer ; hebua to speak, hebuano word, saying, discourse ; 

 pacano subsequent to ; pileno lungs ; ahono young ; banino rainbow. 



-no, verbal suffix : poaa to come : ponono to return to ; bohono to be- 



lie\ r. 



-ra, -ro, nominal suffix : aba maize, abara maize-field ; itori late, poste- 

 rior ; hororo red owl ; jufere fish-catcher's wicker basket. 



-si, verbal suffix : afatacosi to gather chestnuts ; elosi to whistle (or is it 

 elofivi ; icasini to altercate, quarrel ; niponosi to return to somebody ; ibi- 

 nese to hat he ; nulasi to tickle. 



-so, verbal causative suffix : uqe rain : uquiso to produce rain ; iuoso and 



