374 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



-tjlllll, pronounced at. times -tna, -tdnna, is a compound suffix used 

 for inflection in nouns and postpositions and for derivation in verbs. In 

 both it signifies alongside of, on the side of, by, beside, along, and is a compound 

 of -ta and -na, q. v. Generally the accent does not rest upon it. 



1. Verbal suffix -tana, forming transitive and intransitive verbs from 

 other verbs: 



lies^atana to become rusty the whole length. 

 hlilantana to roll toward, to the side of. 

 pt'l^atana to lick from end to end. 

 piupiutana to pick all along a tree etc. 

 shikantana to show something on one^s body, side. 

 shokotana to bite one's tongue, lip etc. 

 ulokatana to rub up and down. 



2. Nominal suffix -tana; forms a case-postposition, though not every 

 noun can take it. C£ Inflection of Substantive, Adjective, Pronoun; also 

 the chapter on Postpositions, where this suffix is in extensive use. 



-taili, a suffix of adjectives, which is formed from -tana, a case-post- 

 position, q. V. It occurs in a few adjectives only; in the numerals for six, 

 seven, eight it is abbreviated from -tankni. 



kanitani being on the outside of; adv. kanitana. 

 hlpkshaptani seven. 



nagshtani what is on one side only ; one of two. 

 p'laitani who, what is above, on high; adv. p'laitana. 



-ta'niia, see -tana. 



-tg'i, see -tki. 



-tl, a verbal and nominal suffix with an originally locative significa- 

 tion, the ending -i pointing to something lying uj)on, on some object, or 

 upon the ground. In nouns, -ti is either inflectional or derivational. 



1. Nominal inflectional suffix -ti serves as a case-suffix in generic terms 

 for animate and inanimate objects (partitive case), and in the inflection of 

 the verbal indefinite. Details will be found below. 



