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the two suffixes -pa and -na. Their distributive form is made after the rule 

 pointed out p. 273. Cf. -na. 



gatpna to go, come near ; gatpnunk passing by. 

 hutcipena to run near, to rush past. 

 kiuyatp'na to form an angle; also subst. angle. 

 ktutpna to h-ring near or to somebody. 



-l)tclli, -tchi, -tch, -mtchi, -mtcli is a nominal suffix forming- adjectives 

 from substantives, pronouns, and adjectives, with the signification of like, look- 

 ing like, resembling. This suffix of comparison forms adjectives of a concrete, 

 palpable signification, while those formed with shitko, Mod. shiitka, are of an 

 abstract meaning. Through phonetic fusion of the word and the suffix the 

 labial of the latter is often altered and the last vowel dropped, and in the 

 oblique cases we have -ptcha, -tcha, -mtcha ; in shipatch adapted to, inversion 

 takes place for shi=ptchi. Ptclii seems to have been once a term for body or 

 face; it shows the prefix p- and seems related to pshish nose, ptchakl;^a to 

 pat, caress. Some nouns in -sh lose, some preserve this suffix, when they 

 assume the suffix -ptchi. 



1. Derived from pronouns and adjectives: 



haktchamptchi one who looks or behaves that way. 

 humtchi such-like, one of that kind; for hu'n=ptclii. 

 ko-idshiptchi ungainly, hateful. 

 shuhankptchi similar to, of same shape. 

 tidshiptchi pretty good, laudable. 

 wakaptchi how shaped, how formed. 



2. Derived from substantives : 



Aishishtchi Aishish-like, beautiful, 



yaranashptchi bead-like, of blue color. 



k6-eptchi toad-like, looking like a toad. 



tulaluptchi light green, looking like a swamp-grass mantle. 



vunshakaptchi long and hollow-shaped, lit. "small-canoe-like." 



-Sll, -s, is the regular and most common nominal suffix, the substantive- 

 forming suffix par excellence. Through it a large number of roots and bases 



