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Ixet'knula to hang down from the mouth. 

 shataknula to remove from- one's mouth. 

 shlewitakniila to blow breath from one's mouth. 

 tilutaknula to see somebody spitting, removing from mouth. 

 witzn61a (for wit'taknula) to blow out from mouth. 



-ta'ktana, see -tka No. 5. 



-ta'kua, see -tka No. 5. 



-ta'llllia, -tamna, suffix forming iterative verbs, transitive and intrans- 

 itive, which imply not repetition only, but also continuance, persistence, and 

 steadiness of action. This suffix diifers from -alsha, -ala (-la; cf -shla), which 

 form similar verbs, and from -kanka, which is appended exclusively to verbs 

 of locomotion, as going, coming etc., by marking acts performed steadily, 

 successively, or repeatedly, while locomotion of the subject is not necessa- 

 rily implied. In verbal form -tamna reappears in the verb tamenu to travel, 

 in which -;( points to distance. 



hahii' tamna to continue shouting hdhd. 



hushti'ktamna to dream every night ; from hushtf;^ a. 



shetaltiltamna to look down steadily ; from slietaltila. 



shlitamna to hit every time; from shlin. 



shuetchantamna to go gambling every time; from shu^tchna. 



telshantamna to look at persistently ; from telshna. 



-ta'llll)ka, verbal suffix involving the idea of beginning or com- 

 mencement, and forming inceptive or inchoative verbs. It differs from -ega, 

 -iega, -a'ga by being more frequently appended to transitive than to intran- 

 sitive verbs, and by being used oftener by Modocs than by Klamath Lakes, 

 who prefer -ega. Some verbs show both endings, while others, like shuim- 

 jjatampka to lean on the back of chair, are in fact not verbs in -tampka, but in 

 -ampka, q. v.; compare shuimpata to recline. 



hemkanktampka to commence talking, discussing. 



yutetampka to begin shooting. 



patampka to commence eating. 



shuktampka to begin the fight. 



tchutche-itampka (and tchutcheycga) to begin to melt. 



