610 GKAMMAK OF THE KLAMATQ LANGUAGE. 



Some rules bearing upon the mechanical part of the adjectival declen- 

 sion are as follows: ' 



1. Adjedives, numerals, and indefinite pronouns in -ni show a double 

 inflection; one of these inserts the syllable -an-, -en- Ijetween the stem and 

 the case-sufHxes, while the other inflects the word without this insertion. 

 Examples of this are: 



ketchkani snudl, ijoung ; obj. ketchkanienash and ke'tchkan'sh. 



lapukni (abbr. lapuk) both; obj. lapukenash and lapuksh. 



niinii large, ureal; obj. muya'nash (for munienash), niuuisli, muatch. 



ndi'ini, ndanni three; obj. ndanni^nash and ndanash. 



nanuk (for nanukni) all, lohole; obj. nanukunash and nanuk. 



tunepni five; obj. tunepji'nash and tiinipa. 



The longer form may stand without any substantive accompanying it; 

 cf hunkiash tunepii'nash five of them, 44, 2. Tlie short form exists beside 

 tlie longer one, and has apparently been formed from the latter by con- 

 traction. The word atini long, tall forms atienash and atiycnash, the -y- 

 being inserted only for euphony, and so with others ending in -ini. 



2. Adjectives in -kni usually drop the -n- in the oblique cases. These 

 are formed as if the adjective ended in -gish, -kish, and this sufiix also 

 appears in the subjective case of many of tlieir number. 



E-ukshikni, obj. case E-ukshikishasli. 



Mo'dokni and Mn'dokish, poss. case Modoki'sliam. 



Walamskni and Walamskish, obj. case Walamskishash. 



3. Verbal adjectives (and participles) in -tko, -ntko. For the formation 

 of their oblique cases, cf -tko in "List of Suffixes" and "Verbal Inflection." 



Before we pass over to the paradigms, it will be of use to observe a few 

 other examples, largely taken from our Texts, to illustrate further the work- 

 ing of the rules established upon the preceding pages, undei- A, B, C. They 

 are arranged after the cases observed in the substantive, commencing with 

 the objective case, and include adjectives and pronouns. 



kaliant washash in the absence of the prairie-wolf, 105, 3. 



mu nki'Uipsh (for nki'llipkasli) ti'wisli the quickhj -rushing ivaters, 94, 5. 



gdmptcha maklaksliash persons of that description; cf l.Sfi ; 54. 



