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also in a few intransitive verbs of a locative import. Originally it referred 

 to one animate being only, and still does in the majority of terms, though 

 kshe'na, kshawina, and others apply to inanimate objects of long shape also. 

 The vowel following the prefix generally points to the exterior form of 

 the object or subject referred to, although in many cases it is no longer a 

 prefix, but has become a radical vowel, and undergoes a change whenever 

 plurality of the verbal object or subject has to be indicated. Many of the 

 transitive verbs refer to one or a collective object carried upon the arm or 

 arms. Not to be confounded with kish-, which forms verbs of "going" in 

 the singular number. 



kshaggaya to hang somebody; cf. aggaya, iggaya, shuggaya. 



kshawala to fix, tie, or deposit above ; cf. iwala. 



kshdlktcha to leave behind, quit; cf. lelktcha, shlelktcha. 



kshel;^a to lay down; cf. ^l%a, lelka, n^l^a, etc. 



kshikla to lay down and to lie on, in; der. ikla. 



kshiulgxa (■(> dance; der. yiil;ta. 



kshuya to give, transfer; cf liya, luya, neya, shixi. 



kshutila to lie below; cf. utila, i-utila, gintila. 



kt-, prefix combining k- (cf supra) with t-, which is indicative of 

 length or tallness, upright attitude, and usually refers to one person or ob- 

 ject only. The combination kt- therefore refers to a lateral motion observed 

 on one standing, long subject or object, but in some instances is so intimately 

 fused with tlie verbal radix that it becomes difficult to distinguish it from this. 



ktashl^a to press down by hand. 



ktawal to strike upon the head laterally. 



kt^l;ca to let down, drop a long object, der. ilx'A. 



ktiudshna to push aside, der. hudshna or yudshna. 



ktiuyega to push open, der. uydga; cf. luyega, shuy^ga. 



ktiule;fa to make descend, der. yul^fi- 



ktiwala, ktiwal^a to lift or to post upon, der. iwala. 



ktuka, ktuyua to hit unth the hand. 



klli-, gui-, ku-, gu-, prefix representing the adverb kui away from, far, 

 distant, on the other side, ku-, gu-, being its apocopated forms. It is prefixed 

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