INFLECTION OF ADJECTIVES. 509 



show the same case-suffixes as tliese, so that, e. g., -tala in the noun need not 

 correspond to -tala in the adjective, but just as well to -sh, -nt, -a. The most 

 frequent of these adnominal suffix-abbreviations are -a (-a) and -nt (-nta, -ta). 



-a (pronounced short) occurs in some oblique cases of the adjectives in 

 -ptchi, -mtchi, -tchi, in some adjectives like tidshi good, ku-idshi had, and in 

 the numerals. We have also found this terminal in the substantives endingr 

 in -p (-ap, -ip). 



-nt, case-suffix abbreviated from -tat, -ta, the locative-case terminal, 

 and subsequently nasalized. The same nasalizing process is observed in 

 -ntka for -tka, and in -nti for -ti. It is frequently used as an adjectival suffix 

 whenever the substantive belonging to it stands in one of the locative cases. 

 It also appears as -anta, -ant, -ta, the latter occurring oftener in the south- 

 ern than in the northern dialect. 



The inflection of the adjective is effected by case-suffi.res only. When 

 in the composite inflection a substantive assumes a case-suffix to which a 

 case-postposition is added, its adjective-attribute shows the same case-suffix 

 without any case-postposition, sometimes another; cf Numeral. 



atiya'nam welekshamkshi at the tall old sqiiaiv's lodge. 



atiya'n'sh welekshashtala toward the tall old squaw. 



To render the study of these correspondencies between the inflected 

 adjective, numeral and substantive easier, I have laid them down in tabular 

 form as follows, in the order of their frequency: 



Terminals of substantive : Terminals of adjective : 



correspond to : 



-ash and obj. case without suffix -sh (-ash, -ish), -a, -anta, -ant, ta. 



-am (-lam) -am (-lam), -nti. 



-ti, -at -nta (-nt), -ntka, -nti, -sh (-ash, -ish). 



-tat, -at -nta (-ant, -nt), -ntka, -tat, -sh. 



-tka, -tk -ntka, -ntk, -tk. 



-;^eni, -am/eni -sh, -nt, -a-, am (-lam). 



-e'mi -ntka, -ntk, -tk. 



-amkshi -am (-lam), -a, 



-ksaksi -sh, -nt, -a. 



-tala -sh, -nt, -a. 



