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2. Nominal derivational suffix -ti. When used as a derivational suffix -ti 

 indicates substance, quality, material, or locality ; this also belongs to its 

 functions when a case-suffix, and make of it a genetive i^yevnav) suffix. In 

 the oblique cases the case-terminals are then appended to the subjective 

 case in -ti. 



kailanti ground-snake ; from kiiila ground. 



pok6ti ketlle-metal, sheet-iron; from poko bucket. 



wati thorn, spine; straight knife; from wa to grow upon. 



watiti metal ; lit. "knife-substance." 



wikam=wati, abbr. wikamua glass. 



3. Verbal derivational suffix -ti; it is apocopated sometimes from -tia; 

 of. kpatia to poke in the fire. 



yankiipshti and yankapshtia to place into an opening. 



kmakapshti to put a stick into an orifice. 



nda-iti (and ndaitia) nush I feel cold. 



-ti'la, compound verbal suffix occurring chiefly in intransitive verbs, 

 and involving the idea of under, beneath, below. The verbs in -ti'la express a 

 staying, remaining below or under, or a placing or an act performed below, 

 underneath, while those in -kue'la point to a downward motion. Several of 

 the intransitive verbs in -tila are used also as postpositions. The verb 

 peti'la to act as midwife contains the base pe't'a to disrupt, with a suffix -I'la. 



guti'la to go underneath, to take shelter. 



i-utila, yuti'la to be or lie underneath; also postposition. 



kshuti'la to exist below, to lie in the shadow of. 



liutila to be crowded underneath. 



puetila to put, throw under something. 



shikantila to show something on one^s feet, as moccasins etc. 



witila to blow underneath. 



-ti'ttl, verbal suffix referring to an act performed outside of a house, 

 lodge, inclosure etc. This suffix seems to occur in intransitive verbs only, 

 gatita to walk along the outside of the lodge. 

 liutita to crowd, to gather up outside of. 

 s^ultita to lie doivn, to sleep outside the lodge. 



