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ferent character, and so the suffix itself of the derivatives assumes different 

 meanings. 



1. Desiderative verbs in -opka formed from the original form of the future 

 tense, -uapka: 



pano'pka nush I want to eat ; from pdn to eat. 



shlii'popka to observe, lit. "to want to see"; from shlda to see. 



2. Derivatwes in -opka pointing to distance or height above the ground ; 

 derived from verbs in -ua, -wa or from nouns in -o, -u .• 



kapo'pka to put another\s (absent) coat on; from kdpo. 

 liupka to sit in a circle or crowd; from liwa. 

 nd-upka to discharge itself into a lake ; from ntiwa. 

 shnekiipka to be lit up above; from shneka. 



3. Usitative and iterative verbs in -opka, -upka have their -o-, -«- short; 

 see -pka. 



-OSll, -ash (vowel long), a nominal suffix formed by synizesis from 

 -uash, -wash. It forms derivatives of verbs in -ua, -wa, which are either 

 adjectives or substantives. In ht'shkush game-stake, u is short, because de- 

 rived from heshku to bet. 



ht'shtchush decoy, snare. 



kildsh, nkiliis angry, audacious ; subst. fighter. 

 lala-fish and laUiwash slate-rock. 

 It^losh for lei d wash, d. of lewash ball, globe. 

 lk61kosh. Mod. hlekohlekosh //rt«A; of quadrupeds. 

 nakosh, nakush dam; from nakua. 

 nta,-u'h.tu.sli pulsation of heart; from nta-u'htua. 

 skaukush, ska-ukosh species of woodpecker. 



ukaukosh moon in all phases; for uka-ukawash, this from ukdwa to break 

 into pieces. 



-O'ta, see -uta. 



-O'tklsll, -utkish, nominal suffix extensively used in nouns, with penult 

 long, and in the conversational style often contracted into -o'tch, -u'tch. 



