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widest, most general sense, and not to be limited to transitive verbs. From 

 the other verbal factitive suffixes -aga, -aga, the suffix -ka differs only by 

 having no vowel or syllable between it and the radix; -ka mainly occurs 

 in short verbs of two or three syllables and forms usually verbs from otlier 

 verbs, rarely from nouns or particles. The power of the suffix -ka can best 

 be defitied as directing the action expressed by its radix to a certain object, 

 or as specializing the action or state. Verbs like these are called by Span- 

 ish grammarians verhos aplicativos. The origin of our suffix lies in the pro- 

 nominal radix k-, which appears as kn, kc and ku, some of its derivatives 

 having been enumerated on page 251. 



gi^ka to set out from one's lodge etc. 



fshka to extract; of idsha to cause to go. 



kedshka to remove out of, v. trans.; from kedsha. 



kilka to become humpbacked; from radix of kalkali round. 



kuix«i to recofinize; from ki'ii far off. 



lapka and t/ipka to project, as cheekbones. 



nl'lka tJic dnij dawns; c£ niliwa. 



niu%a to drive out of an inclosure; cf niwa. 



n%amka nish it aches, hurts me. 



pil'ka to drif out, to make dry, as the throat (Mod.). 



puka to roast; cf. paha to dry. 



shilaka, shi'l^a to fall sick; from shila to be sick. 



shlaka to watch, keep guard; cf shk'a to see. 



shneka to burn through; cf nuta to burn. 



spuka to put the feet out; cf I'ka to put out. 



stApka to pound, mash up; from stdp stone implement. 



stuka to shout through the hands; from stu 2)assage. 



til^a to drizzle down; from tila to overflow. 



-kakia'miia. Words showing this terminal should be called com- 

 pound words, for -kakiamna is not properly a suffix, but a verb, and the first 

 component is a verbal base or a particle. Only when these compounds are 

 not used as vei'bs, but as particles, may -kakiamna be regardied as a suffix. 

 As a verb, kakiamna, gakiamna means to go around, to encircle, surround (see 



