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of the verbal suffixes tcha and -na, q. v.; they are also pronounced, by 

 Iternation of sounds, -tsna, -dsna, and some of these verbs simultaneously 

 exhibit a form -ina, -ana: 



gastiktsina and gashaktchna to march behind, to pursue. 

 maktsina and maktchna to encamp while traveling. 

 tchaluitchana and tchaluitchna to go to somebody's house, lodge. 



The function of the suffix -tchna may be stated as either referring: 



(a) To an act performed at a distance (which is expressed by -tch-, 

 -dsh-), or while going, walking, traveling, moving; the suffix also implies a 

 motion of the verbal subject away from (not toward) the one speaking, or 

 from the vei'bal object; or referring: 



(b) To an act performed or a state undergone in continuity, whether 

 moving, walking or not: whenever motion is implied, it is motion away from 

 the one speaking or from the object of the verb. 



Examples of (a); 

 agga-idshna to hang up while going ; from aggaya to suspend. 

 gulatchna to recede into on being reached; cf. guli to enter. 

 ki'titchna to spill while going, walking on. 

 kpi'itchna to spurt from mouth; cf kpudsha to expel. 

 shnigo' tchna to send by mail, as letters, 

 shnindudshna to lose, as from one's pocket, 

 spidshudshna to uncoil a string fastened at one end; cf. spi'dsha to drag 



behind oneself. 

 stilantchna to let go, run, drop along something, 

 shuptchna to travel, said of a loaded wagon etc. 

 vutudshna to throw away from oneself. 



Examples of (6) .- 

 h6ntchna to fly in a continuous straight line. 

 ktulodshna to push away continually or repeatedly, 

 niudshna to drive (cattle) into a prairie etc. 

 ntiiltchna to run contmuonsly, said of water. 

 6-idshna to advance in front file or line. 



