390 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



nibtikuisli broken piece; from mbiika to smash. 

 niulinuisli stub, stubble; from miilina to mow. 

 sha'limalp^uisli, contr. slia'hmalp^dtch beginning of autumn. 

 shaktakluish scar ; from sluiktakla to tvound by cutting. 

 ic\\ii\6\\iis\\. peeling ; from icheVAsk to peel. 

 wetekuish earth caved in; cf wet61a. 



3. There is a limited number of nouns in -uish in which the -u- lias no 

 temporal function, but signifies above, on upper part of the animal or human 

 body. Some are derived from verbs in -ua or -ui: 



laktchuish, contr. laktchush adhering-place ; from laktchui. 



shakpaklaluish and shelaluish plait of males on temple bone, Mod. 



shukatuish nape-plait. 



wakaluish, apher. kdluish leg below knee; shin-bone. 



Wiimfelhuish, ksheluish, clhuish and shu;imshtchakluisli mane of horse. 



To these we may add shk'laluish cream of milk. 



-uya, -huga, verbal suffix of a minuitive function, and not always 

 accented. It is the particle hiiya near, close to, agglutinated to verbs, and 

 etymologically connected with wika, wigata low, near the ground, the origi- 

 nal meaning of the particle being shown in tuya to stand beloiv the level of. 

 Huya may stand also as a separate word in the sentence; as a suffix, it refers 

 to space, time, and to degrees of intensity. In shahamuya, -liya stands for 

 -wi, -ui, and ndnuya is derived from nauui, ([. v. 



1. Suffix -mja, indicative of limited space: near, near by, close, closely. 

 geluipkuya to approach close to. 



ksheluya to lie close to the camp-fire. 

 teluak'huya to pursue closely. 



2. Suffix -uya, referring to a limited lapse of time: for a while, for a 

 time, not very long. 



keko-uya to attempt for a short while. 

 shenotank'huya to skirmish for a while. 

 shkuyushkuya to part one from the other temporarily. 

 tchutanhiiya to treat for some time. 



