514 GKAMMAU OP TEE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



Adjective in -sh. 

 Absolute form. 



kc'lpaksh ambu hot, hoilmg water. kelpaksh^i^'ni iimbu, or kdlpaksh 



kelpaksliasli, kc'lpokshash Jinibu ambu;{e'ni 



kc'lpkapkam ambiiam kelpaks ambuksAksi, or ;'mi])u kelp- 



kclpakslitl /unbuti or Atnbu kaksaksi 



kc'lpakslitka anibutka or nmbii k('lpakslital(a) ambutal 



kelpakstat or kelpoksh ambutat 



It will be seen that some of the above forms are derived from kdlpkatko, 

 and not from kelpaksh, kelpiiks. 



Distributive form. 



Kek/ilpaksh, kekalpoks is not in frequent use, the language preferring 

 to substitute for it kekalpk.itko, the participle of kdlpka. For its inflection 

 see Participles, and -tko in List of Suffixes. 



Adjective in -a. 



Absolute form. Distributive form. 



kudta ktA-i, ktiii hard rock, hard stones, kakudta ktai each hard rock. 



kuata ktai kakuata ktai 



kuatanti kttiyam kakuatanti ktayam 



kudtanti ktai'ti kakutltanti ktaiti 



kuAtantk ktayatka kakuatantka ktAyatka 



kudtant ktaitat, ktayat kakuatant ktaitat 



kuatant ktai/e'iii kakuatant ktai;{e'ni 



kuatant ktaikshakshi kakuatant ktaiksaksi 



kuatant ktaitala kakuatant ktaitala 



The conclusions to be drawn from these various conjugational speci- 

 mens are that some case-suffixes of the substantive (-na, -e'mi) and all the 

 case-postpositions, -tala excepted, are not employed in the inflection of the 

 adjective, but that others are substituted for them; that the language rather 

 seeks differentiation than similarity in the endings of both, and that the 



