508 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



when this occurs one or the other loses its case-siyn, and in a few instances 

 botli will lose theirs. 



A. — Both nouns retain their sufHxes in the following instances : 



K'la-ushalpkash Yaina-Aga-gishi at the Sand-covered Hill, 4.'5, 12; cf. 50, 4. 



kedsha ntclu'kayant kshu'nat it grows on small grasses, 148, 5. 



luk shewana sh/iplashti stayanti to give away seeds from a full seed- 

 paddle. 



nulidsh;i ko-idshaiitala kiiilatala ka-ilp;'ikshtala I am descending to the 

 tvretched, the hiirning land, 173 ; 2. 



ndanne'ntch wt'vvanshish yAmnash shewana to three (of his) wives he 

 gave necldaces, 96, 9. 



ka-i gitanish amputi bi'inui! do not drink of this water! 



pii' ka a sha ktayatat kelpokshtat they roast them with heated stones, 

 148, 16. 17. Cf «J0, 18. 



B. — The preceding term, which is usually the adjective, retains the 

 suffix, while the term standing last loses or abbreviates it: 



tidshantala kaila into a good country, 39, 2. 40, 15. 



skdtigshta vusho shlin he shot (him) in the left breast, 42, 10. 



ka-i jjupaslipii'shlish gushu luela they do not kill lilack hogs, 128, 2. 



C. — TJie term standing second retains its case-mark, while the one 

 standing first loses or abbreviates it through attraction: 



ge-upgan mu'ni e-ushtat running into the great lake, viz., "the sea", 

 127, 14. 



kinkan' smo'k gi'tk they have a spare heard, 90, 5; cf 90. 17. 



iinipni waitash during four days, 75, 14; cf 88, 4. 



gc'nta kiiilatat about this tvorld, 94, 2. 



palpal tchu'leksh giiko person having a lohite skin. 55, 4. 



])alpali watsatka ujwn a ivhite horse, 183; 22. 



muni lakiash neasht gi to agree ivith the great ruler, 40, 9. 



Truncated case-endings occur more frequently in the adjective than in 

 the substantive. This abbreviated form is a consequence of agglutination 

 to other terms to which they become intimately joined, and adjectives show- 

 ing this form may be joined to substantives with an apocopated form or with 

 a full form. Substiuitives jdiiicd to adjectives or numerals do not always 



