906 BUEEAtr OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



loana'gi ghost (from na'gi soul, spirit) 



waki^' a pack of goods (from hi'^ to carry) 



waTidP-' holy 



wapa'lita bundle 



waj^a'ha war-bonnet {from 2>'<''Jt<( human hair [?]) 



With the prefix o- it forms 7ro-: 

 wo'yuha property (from yuha' to have) 

 wo'sita cause of trouble (from si'ca bad) 

 woltoya'he clothing 



§ 15. Verbal Suffixes: Teton 



Although the existence of verbal suffixes is not so readily recognized, 

 a careful examination of the language renders it almost certain that sev- 

 eral verbal elements exist which are analogous in form to the verbs llya 

 and ya^ which will be referred to later (p. 931). These are Jca^pa^ ga^ ta^ 

 za^ and zci (or </, J, //, /, 6', and «), and are identical with those referred 

 to in the section on phonetics as undergoing certain morphological 

 changes. The cci there mentioned T do not include, because it is 

 nothing more than Tia after a weak vowel. Of the remainder, I can 

 only suggest the significance of the first two or three with any plau- 

 sibility, and am obliged to infer that the others were of similar char- 

 acter merely from the similar manner in which thej^ are used. 



-ha (or CO) is practically equivalent to the English to be ; as — 



ya^'ha she sat 



yu^'ka he lay 



fa^'ha it is large 



ci^'ka (however) he did wish 



owa'sakapi they have no strength 



d^'hika poor 



ta'kuka whatever it is {ta'ku what) 



zi'^gzi'^'ca snorting 



tomoa'tetala gentle 



'pHe'licaka they were real bison 



sita'ka it was bad {si'ta bad) 



oya'ka he told it {ya to say) 



telii'ka difiicult 



niya'ka alive {jiiya caused to live) 



wikimica' pi they scrambled for them 



ana'jpteca to hinder or obstruct 



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