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-sa, see -sha. 



-slia, -sa, a suffix forming almost exclusively transitive verbs from 

 other verbs. They refer to acts performed with one's own body or upon 

 one's own body, or parts of it, some of them being iteratives, as kpudsh5'- 

 sha, ulagsa. Some analogy exists between the suffix -sha and the medial 

 prefix sh-, and in a number of terms both affixes are found simultaneously ; 

 -sha is some'iraes heard as -tcha through faulty pronunciation. 



gt^nasha to follow or to go pell-mell ; cf ge'na. 



hamoasha to shout at somebody. 



hushasha to threaten with a blow. 



kp;ipsa to taste, degustate. 



kpudsho'sha to suck at. 



ndi'lsha to knock, produce a thud. 



shatp^asha to put paint on body, face. 



sh(^gsha to inform, report, apprise; cf sh^ka. 



shle'pesha (and tclilepeshi, tchlepshi) to cover with ashes. 



uldgsa to lick, lap, lap up. 



A few intransitive verbs in -sha are as follows: 



kmutcho'sha to bubble up in tvater. 

 shuislia to become lean, meager. 



-Sllka, -ska, suffix forming transitive and a very limited number of 

 intransitive verbs from other verbs by imparting to them tlie idea of de- 

 parture, separation, divergence, or removal. When removal is expressed 

 it is usually a sudden removal by the hand. 



guhuashka to depart, leave, quit; cf gushka. 

 hiishka to run or swim away. 

 inuhuashka to prevent, keep away from. 

 ktiishka to cut out from, to cut through. 

 ntchama'shka to wipe off. 

 skinuashka to creep away from. 

 s;{owashka to keep away from the shore. 

 shuilalshka to shake off from one^s body. 

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