386 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



3. Suffix -ua, referring to acts performed hti means of or upon the human 

 body or parts of it; inchides transitive and intransitive verbs: 



antchihia to press forward, to crowd on. 

 hlekua to drink out of the hand; to lap. 

 kitt'wa to squeeze down, as with the finger. 

 Idukua to hug, caress; cf. shiddakua. 

 muhia to prepare, oneself, make ready. 

 ndewa to laugh demoniacally. 

 nta-u'litua to pulsate, said of heart, 

 puniia to drink. 



shapkua to put red paint on one's face. 

 skayadshua to yawn. ' 

 shuatawa t'o stretch oneself. 

 shiimalua tb wear a necklace of bird-bills. 

 takua to apply a gar/. 



4. Suffix -ua, referring to motions performed in the water by animate 

 beings; here the particle -u- means up to, pointing to the water reaching up 

 to a certain level on the body. 



huwa, ho-a to leap into water. 



yatchua to step into water, dip the feet; from tcht'wa, q. v. 



kilhua to reach up to on the body. 



ktiilua to rush under water. 



k(ilua to bathe in hot ivater. 



niwa to drive into the water. 



pankua to wade through; cf. hashpankua. 



shnindiiwa to dip, douse, let fall into the water. 



tcheldwa to produce ripples, waves. 



udumkua to cross by swimming. 



-Vial, -udla, see wala. 



-ualztl, verbal suffix indicative of a continuous upward motion, 

 the "upward" being expressed by the particle -u-; in some verbs, as in 

 shlatchual;fa, distance may be expressed by it. This suffix is a compound 



