540 GRAMMAR OF TIIK KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



Dminutives are formed from the above demonstrative pronouns as fol- 

 lows : liukta<>-a this little one; pi. liiiksliatao:a ; double diminutive, lii'iktakag'; 

 pi. hukshatakaji^a ; ne'g that one absent, nc'kaga, nii'kag, and others under 

 Suffix -aga No. 2. 



II. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN. 



Interrogative pronouns are derived from the demonstrative roots ha 

 and ta, tn, which also form the interrogative particles or adverbs. There is 

 a distributive form for all tlie interrogative pronouns, except for tua. 



K a n f or kani ! who f which person f is more properly applied to pei-- 

 sons (and animals) than to inanimate tilings, though it can be used for these 

 also: which thing? Kaka? is the distributive form; and k4ni also figures as 

 pronoun indefinite. 



k4ni hut gi ? ivho is he ? tvho is she f 



kclni laki ! what (sort of a) husband ! 186 ; 55. 



kani anku shlii'a i ? which tree do you see f 



Not to be confounded with the adjective kdni, kani beimi outside, one 

 who is outdoors The pronoun kani is inflected as follows : 



Absolute. 

 kdni? kani? whof which f 

 ktinash, kan'sli, kansh, kants? tvhomf to whomf inan. kani? kani? whatf 



ivhich f to which f 

 kAlam ? Mod. kanam I whose f of which f 

 kalamkslii ? at or to whose house f 

 kalamksli^e'ni ? kalamkshtala I etc. 



Distributive. 

 kaka ? who f tvhich persons or things f 

 kakiash ? jvhom f which persons or things ? 

 ktikiam ? whose f of tvhich things f 

 kakiamkshi ? at whose houses ? 

 kakiamksh^e'ni ? kakiamkshtdla ? etc. 



t u a 1 which f what thing f is an indefinite pronoun as well as an inter- 

 ergative, and has to be considered as a derivative of tu out there, pointing 



