384 GKAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGK. 



shiktu'dshna to push oneself. 



stiiitclma to (jo ivith an object from place to place. 



wiudslina to inflict blows in continuous succession. 



-tchta, see -ta. 



-U, -0, verbal and nominal suffix occurring mainly in dissyllabic and 

 other short words, the pronominal radix -u (hu) in this suffix pointing either 

 to distance or to elevation above the soil. 



1. Verbal derivational suffix -u. Some verbs have a form in -a and 

 another in -u; the former expressing an act performed close by or upon the 

 ground, the latter an act in the distance or above: 



tamgnvi to march, travel; suffix -tamna, which forms continuative verbs. 



tchilamna to he croivded together. 



tchflamnu to he crowded high up, or far away. 



2. Verbal derivational suffix -m, apocopated from -ua, -wa, q. v. 



kp^to to taste, to sip. 



ka'ko, kuku to try, to endeavor. 



mt'mu for memua, d. of mdwa to camp away from home. 



nftu to guess, conjecture. 



slieto and shil'tua to enumerate, count. 



shi(S to bet; heshkfi to make mutual bets. 



shipnu to blow something tip; from pniwa to blow. 



shpcStu to fortify oneself, for shpa-utua "to plunge into the water." 



tcliitu (1) to be sterile; (2) childless woman. 



3. Substantives in -u, -o. These are genei*ally names of objects of 

 nature possessed of a tall, long form, as trees, plants, weeds, many of tlie 

 smaller animals, also some inanimate things and parts of the human and 

 animal body. 



(«) Plants, weeds etc.: 



cinku tree, stick, piece of wood. kts^amu, species of aquatic grass. 



kin' species of root. tchakglu greaseivood. 



ktji'lu pine-nut. wake white-pine tree. 



