334 GRA]\1MAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGPL 



sliapia, shapiya to inform somebody of; sliapa to tell, apprise. 



shlaniya to spread out for somebody. 



slmukfa to seize for somebody ; shniika to seize. 



shuinia, dissim. shuinda to sing for somebody; shuina to sing. 



sluitia, shiTtiya to make for some one; sliuta to make. 



vutikapkia to stiek out the tongue at somebody; cf. vutikapka. 



A special class of verbs in -la are those pointing to doing something in 

 sight of another to deceive or fool him, or to indicate an act by gesture. 



shakCmia to play treacherously or deceptively; cf. shakema to play. 

 shatashpapki'a to make the gesture of washing one^s face; cf tedsha to ica.sh. 

 shelaktchi'a to indicate throat-cutting by gesture; cf. laktcha to cut the throat. 



-ia, -ya (No. 1), verbal suffix, unaccented, but of the same origin as the 

 accented -fa, -fya Among the great variety of verbs exhibiting this suffix 

 the onlv characteristic which thev have in common is that thev refer to the 



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subject of the verb. These verbs are transitive as well as intransitive and 

 are derived from other verbs. One of them, tchil^ia, means to place upon the 

 ground; the adverbial idea upon the ground being expressed by the i of the 

 radix, and not by the -i- in the suffix -ia. 



(«) Intransitives in -ia, -ya : 



kimalia to feel pain ^ to smart. 



mahia and sniahia to cast a shadow. 



mekia to be or become a dotard. 



nfnia to flap the wings. 



shlamia to he a mourner. 



smukia to take a mouthful. 



shndya, tchndya to run straight out. 



tchuya to melt; cf tchokpa, tchutchdya. 



{b) Transitives in -ia, -ya: 



aliihia, alaya to point out, to show. 



ihia to pick out, choose, select. 



Igiiya to pick berries, to shuck- 



ndsakia to close up, as an opening. 



shatchl^finiia to paint one's face or body white. 



