428 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATU LANGUAGE. 



n6ka, d. nunuka to ripen, mature. 

 tiii'ma, d. tetiii'ma to feel Immjry. 



B. — The attributive or qualitative intransitive verb of the Klamath lan- 

 guage corresponds to the English adjective connected with the verb to he, 

 though it can be rendered in other ways. Some of this class even combine 

 a transitive with an intransitive signification, as ginka to he hollow and to 

 perforate something. Examples: 



tchaki ma'sha the hoy is sick. 



ma'shitko tcliAki the, a nick boy. 



tchaki mama'sha the boys are sick; boys are sick. 



mauia'shitko tchaki sick boys. 



kta-i yuta the, a stone is heavy. 



yutantko ktj'i-i a heavy stone. 



kelpka ambu the water is hot, boiling. 



si-ambu kekalpka waters are hot, boiling. 



Adjectives, accompanied by the verb gi, can drop this verb whenever 

 no doubt can arise through its absence about their meaning ; in that case 

 the adjective is predicative, just like the attributive verb. K6-idshi wtish 

 the mischievous prairie-tvolf ; wash k6-idshi gi, or wash ko-idshi the prairic- 

 ivolf is mischievous. 



When indicative of location or position, attributive verbs can fulfill 

 the office of postpositions: i-utila to be, to lie under; Mod. yutilan ; postp. 

 beloiv, underneath. 



The subjoined small list of attributive verbs goes to show that many of 

 their number have other significations besides, which are sometimes transi- 

 tive and more original. 



gimpka, gi'nuala, gins%a to be empty, vacant, hollow. 

 giihua, guhd to be swollen and to swell up. 

 kuanka to be lame; kuankatko lame, halting. 

 kila, n^illa to be angry, strong, and to make haste. 

 ma'sha to be sick, smarting, and to taste like. 

 ndshuka to be rfea/and not to understand. 

 noka to be ripe, to ripen, and to rook, boil, stew. 



