352 GRAMMAR OF TUE KLAMATU LANGUAGE. 



distance or elevation above the surface. This suffix, Hke -lala, is generally 

 preceded by a vowel, and forms transitive and intransitive verbs. 



ayulalona to dry by the fire; cf. awala. 



ilalona to have something around the fire; cf. ilala. 



y ulalona to move forth and back, to rub. 



kshelaluna to stand alony the shoi'e, said of plants. 



ktchi'hlaluna to creep around, or toivard. 



'mpetlaluna to float on the water's surface. 



shekelal(')na to cover up, fill in, as a hole. 



shektliilona to skate. 



tilalhaluna to roll something- over and over. 



udumlal6na to swim away on the water^s surface. 



-lam, see -am. 



-lailina, -Idmna, -dlamna, a suffix composed of -ala and -amna, which 

 forms almost exclusively transitive verbs. It conveys the idea that the 

 action of the verb is performed upon or more especially across, all over one's 

 or another's back. A distinction is made between tulamna to carry about across 

 one's back and tudshna to carry on one's back. 



aislulam'na to secrete about one's back or body. 



galam'na to folloiv behind another. 



hashupat'lamna to strap, tie to one's back. 



hishplamna to lead, drag, tow by means of a rope slung over the back. 



piligaliimna to smear on somebody's back. 



shepolamna to carry on one's back. 



shialamna to rub, smear on one's back. 



slnia-ulamna to spit all over another's back. 



tchalamna to sit with the back against something; cf. tchia to sit. 



-lj?a, see -l^a. 



-lg"i, see -Iki. 



-li. Together with -ni, -li is the most frequent suffix employed in 

 forming adjectives. But while -ni is appended to the simple root or stem, 



