312 GKAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



verbal stems accented upon the ultima. The signification of both suffixes 

 is factitive ; cf. ka, -ga. In the same manner we observe verbs formed by 

 the suffixes -ala and -;'ila, -iga and -I'ga, -uga and -I'lga. 



The verbs in -tiga are intransitives, those in -i'lga transitives, as will 

 appear from the lists below. Sr ->e of them show the compound suffix 

 -t^aga, -tkaga, the -t^- of which marks repetition or return ; and -Sga seems 

 to occur only as the final p;>rt of compound suffixes. 



gdlampaga to ivalk behind, to folloiv in a file. 

 kmult;(aga to hublde up in ivater. 

 kc't^aga to hef/iu to grow again ; cf ktidsha. 

 ntiiltxaga to run down from its spring. 

 ntiiptchmaga to form hubbies in ivater. 



-a'g'a. For the origin of this verbal factitive suffix, see -aga. It occurs 

 in transitive verbs only and always forms a compound with other suffixes, 

 as -tch-, -tX", etc. Alternates at times with -aka; cf. -iga, -ka, -uga. 



hakshki'iga to carry about an infant on the breast; cf hakshtiktchui, kshdna. 



kuatchaga and kuatchaka to bite into; from ku/itcha. 



sh^uluaga to punch with a pole, to run a stick into. 



shkintcliish^aga to shed the skin, said of amphibians. 



shma'htchi'iga to project one's shadow while moving. 



shvuyusliaga to remember, study at. 



tchukt^aga to try, attempt repeatedly. 



-a'i, see 4ya. 



-a'ya, -di, verbal suffix composed of the particle i (hi) on the ground, 

 joined to -a (emphasized), which here stands in the sense of on, upon some- 

 thing. From this combination results the function of -f'lya as that of doing 

 or being upon, on something, and the secondary function of doing or being 

 in the woods, thickets, recesses, in the timber, or in marshes, upon cliffs. The 

 locahty is generally added to the verb in the locative case in -tat, -at: 

 tchikass ankutat tchaggaya the bird sits upon the tree. The majority of the 

 verbs in -aya are intransitive and the few transitives seem to have originated 

 from intransitives. When the terminal -aya becomes abbreviated into -ai 



