350 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE, 



implies distance, and the verbs in -kuela mainly refer to falling or moving 

 down hill or down stairs. 



gekucla to go downhill, to descend. 

 ktekut'la to slide downhill. 

 ktiukuc'la to kick downhill or downstairs. 

 niakuela to encamp on the hill-slope. 

 nde-ukuela to fall or roll downhill. 

 shektakuela to play at sliding downhill. 

 wetkut'la to flow, run, drip down. 



-kllisll, -giiish, the preterital form of the nominal suffix -kish No. 2, 

 describing place, locality. 



maklakuishybrmer camping -pi ace ; from maklak-kuish. 



palkuish ancient river-bed ; from pala to dry up. 



pukuish, abbr. from pukguish yorwer roasting-place ; from puka to roast. 



-zic'tl) -kiea, is the verbal suffix -i;^i, -e'%i preceded by one of the vowels 

 -a- or -/- and amplified by the additional suffix -ea, -fa. This compound 

 suffix therefore appears in the forms: -a^iea, -aki^a, -a^fa, -a/ia, and -izi^'a, 

 -i;(ia, -e-i%i, -af^i and others; it forms transitive and intransitive verbs, and 

 points to an act performed on, over, or on the top of, refers to a location above 

 another, to a pre-eminence or surpassing in height, position, or other quality. 

 It also forms the substantive shuntoyakea-o'tkish play-ball. 



ktiwia/fa to post upon, lift upon something, 

 ngankati^i (for ngankati^iea) to play leap-frog. 

 shampati;{i^a to jump over logs. 

 sheatatalafxi to tilt or ride at seesaw. 

 sliekli^it'a to hop on one foot. 

 shukli;(iea to compete, rival in hopping. 

 sluitelixfa to carry on one^s shoulder. 

 shutuyakie'a to throw at, upon, on the top of. 

 winfa^ia Mod. for winf^i Kl. to surpass, excel. 



-1, suffix found in substantives, especially names of animals; it is prob- 

 ably the remnant of a longer suffix (-ala, -ala), when it does not form part 



