302 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



lit^a to ivrench off from ; pi. of obj. itxa; cf. liit^a. 

 uyega to lift a log, beam, etc.; cf. liiyc'ga, sliuyt'ga. 

 ulaplpa to flicker about; to shake the ears, as dogs, 

 uka-ukua to knock with a stick; cf. tka-ukua. 

 iipatiiotkish hammer, mallet; cf mpAta. 

 ul('%uga to gather into a long basket; from ikuga. 

 udi'ntena to beat, as with a drumstick; from ti'ntan. 

 iil(?;{atko flexible and long, pliant 



wa-, we-, wi-. These prefixes are reducible to the prefix u-, and pro- 

 duced by it through assimilation (1) to the vowel of the syllable following 

 in the terms given below: 



wapalash dead tree, for upalash dried on the tup; cf. upala, stupela, 



st<5palsh. 

 wekishtchna to totter, reel; for ukishtchna. 

 wishibam a reed with woolly substance ; from udshipa. 

 widshikl^a to stumble and fall ; other form of udshikl^a. 



(2) In other words wa- is the result of the I'eduplication of the prefix 

 U-, hu-: 



washolal%a for huhashohilxa ; cf husholal/a. 



wal^a for vuval^a, vual;^a; cf viil;^a. 



wali;(ish slanderer, Mod. for u'lkish; d. u-i*i'lkish, uwalkish. 



RECAPITULATION OF THE PREFIXES. 



The following synoptic table endeavors to give a lucid classification of 

 tlie various functions in which prefixes are employed in verbs and nouns. 

 The majority of them are found tabulated under more than one heading; 

 only a few occur in one function only. 



A. — Prefixes referring to the genus verhi — 



Medial verbs: sh- and h-sh-; the prefixes composed with sli-, as shl-, 



slm-, sp-, st-, shu-. 

 Reflective verbs: sh-, h-sh-, shu-. 

 Reciprocal verbs: sh-, h-sh-. 

 Causative veri)s: sh-, h-sh-, shn- 



