424 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATB LANGUAGE. 



Klamatli may be most fitly compared in their functions, not in tlieir exter- 

 nal form, with the media of Greek ; those which are formed from intransitive 

 verbs correspond exactly to the French s^en aller, se moiirir, and to the Span- 

 ish irse, morirse. 



a. Medial verbs derived from transitives: 

 shakiha to miss the mark while shootiruj ; from kai'hha to miss the aim. 

 shalamna to carry on the back; radix a- in lina to carry off. 

 shalgia to place, deposit against for oneself; from lakia to place against. 

 sh;im6ni (for sh'hameni) to claim for oneself; from hamfni to desire. 

 shampatuala to nail, fasten one object to another to make it longer; from 



mpata to pin fast to. 

 shikita to make a false report; from kiya to tell a lie. 

 shlAnkua to spread out over the water ; from nakua to dam up. 

 shuydga to lift up for oneself; from uye'ga to lift a long object. 



h. Medial verbs derived from intransitives: 

 shaktila to take under the arm ; from gutila to go hcloiv. 

 shalaggaya to ascend, climb up (spiders); from laggaya to hang down from. 

 shalala to scratch, rub one's sides ; from lala to slope doivnward. 

 shalAma to call saucy names; from 14ma to be ivild, bewildered. 

 shet41p6li to look back at; from te-lha, tela to look upon, on. 

 . stunka to pass, run through, as ropes; from ti'inka to come out. 



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A special kind of verbs, which should be classed with the medial verbs, 

 are those in which a consonantic or vocalic change indicates some relation 

 to the subject itself Not many instances of this are on hand, but we may 

 mention : 



kil%iintko humpback, when imitated by children etc.; from kil%a (not 



kilxfi) tn become humpbacked. 

 pji'dsha to simulate sickness; cf pa'dsha to become r/ny (originally), to fall 



sick; to become blind. 

 pe'\pela, to tvork for one's own or somebody's benefit; from pt'lpela to work. 

 txa'l^a to rise upon one's feet (emphatic ; a is long); tgel;{a to stand up. 



