LIST OF PREFIXES. 297 



sill-, si-, composed of the medial prefix sli- and the prefix 1-, refers in 

 nouns as well as in verbs (which are almost exclusively transitive) to objects 

 of a thin, flexible, or sheet-like form, as cloth, blankets, hats, and other gar- 

 ments or other articles serving to tvrap oneself in; also to objects which 

 can be spread out flat, and to baskets, because flexible. Sometimes the 

 Modoc dialect changes shl- into tchl-. 



shldl^a to leave hehmd, deposit; from ^l^a. 



shle'mpgli to take home; from e'mpeli. 



shldkla to lay down, to dress in; from I'kla. 



shlanfya to spread out for, as a skin; shhl-ish mat. 



shlankua to spread over, across; shlAnkosh bridge. 



shlauki to close the door ; the door of the lodge being a flap. 



shlftchka to pass through a sieve; cf. hitcha. 



shletana to be loose, not tight-fitting ; from ita. 



shlapa to open out, to blossom; shlapsh bud. 



tchleyamna to hold in hand something soft, flexible, Mod. 



tchle'kna to take out of, Mod. ; from ikna. 



tchle'wi^a to place into a basket etc.. Mod.; from iwl^a. 



slin-, sn-, a compound prefix formed of sli- and n-, which forms a 

 class of causative verbs and their derivatives. Cf. prefix n-, nu- There 

 are, however, several terms not belonging here, in which the n- of the initial 

 shn- forms a part of the radix : shnikanua from n6ka, shnaydna from n^na, 

 shnApka from ne'pka. Shn- is causative in : 



shnambua to make explode; fi-om mbawa to explode. 

 shnahualta to make sound, to . ring ; from walta to resound. 

 shnekelui to remove from position ; from kglti wi to cease. 

 shnikshulxa to force to dance; from kshiulexa to dance. 

 shnumpsheala to unite in marriage; from mbushdla to consort. 

 shnuntchx*')la to curl; from the verb of ndshokolatko curly. 

 shnawedsh wife, viz., "one made to bear offspring"; from waishi to 

 generate. 



