292 GRAMMAR OF TUE KLAMATU LANGUAGE. 



(e) Ixti-, ^xc-i ^k^- is a radix with the prefixed 1- occurring in words 

 whicli indicate wave motion or articles of a wavy, striped, undulating ex- 

 terior. The radix ^a-, xe-, ke- is a reflective form of ka-, ga-, ke-, ge- oc- 

 curring in gakua, ganta, gena, gewa; it points to a moving, proceeding, going 

 of the subject. In this connection the function of the prefix 1- approaches 

 closely to that of (c) above mentioned. 



l;^an to undulate; l^ash hilJmv, wave. 



Ikakimi'tko striped horizontally ; Ikelkatkitko striped vertically. 



lxal;(iimnish long hag or sack, grain-hag. 



Ixet'kniila to hang doivn from month in wavy lines. 



l^awaltko provided with antlers. 



IkApata to form surf; from l^Jin, q. v. 



u-le^atko flexible and long, pliant. 



le-. Le is the putative negative particle not, and answers to Latin 

 haud and Greek jufj, e. g. in the compound word /^fJTruTe "lest at any time." 

 Thus it forms not only privative nouns, but also prohibitive verbs. Under 

 the heading "Particles" will be given examples where le is used as a separate 

 word for itself, and in some of the terms below it could be written separate 

 also. 



lew^ ula to forbid, not to allow. 

 lehowitko slow-going ; i. e. "not racing." 

 l(^shma not to discover or find, to miss. 

 letalani stupid, foolish ; i.e. "not straight." 

 letelina to annoy, meddle ivith. 

 letumena to be excited, half-crazed. 



m-, prefix referring to a motion going on in curvilinear form or zigzag 

 lines along the ground. It appears chiefly before a- and e- in radical sylla- 

 bles of intransitive verbs and their derivatives, which refer to the unsteady, 

 varying directions followed by travelers, root-diggers, to the roamings of 

 Indian tribes on the prairie etc. Cf. Sufiix -ma. 



maktchna to encamp ivhile traveling. 



mak'lexa to encamp, to pass the night; cf. maklaks. 



