55G GRAMMAE OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



p'le'ntant, pl;i'ntan on the upper side or top of some object. 



ti'ilaak (Ihrctlu toward; talaak nats toivard us, 29, 15; also adverb and 



adjective 

 tapi, tapiak later than, j)Osterior to. 

 tapitana, tapi'ta, topi'ta after, behind, in the rear of. 

 tzAlam, Kl. tat%(ilam in the midst of; between, among, when all are on the 



same level, 

 tzalamtana through the midst of; to the ivest of. The latter may be ex- 

 pressed also by t^almakstant and t%alanititala. 

 tu'gshtanta, tugshta on the opposite side of, across, beyond; chiefly refers 



to rivers, waters, 

 tiila, tulii, tula ivith, in coinpanij of, along with; tula'k (emphatic); ka-i 



in\ix tvithoiit ; till' ish ivith me. The verb is tiilha or tiila to form a 



party or swarm. 

 liina, ti'i-una, d. ti'itana, around; the d. form also means beyond, on the 



other side of, and is chiefly used of mountains, 

 tiinkl'raa all around, when following the line of the horizon; also 



verb, 

 tche'k, tsik until, till; pitchash tche'k until the fire went out. 

 tchutila, tsutila under, below ; refers to one subject sitting or lying below, 



utila referring to one long subject; both are used as verbs also, 

 welitaiia, welitan at a distance from, away from. 

 wigatana, wikata close to, aside of; wiggata kiimetat near the cave. 



THE CONJUNCTION. 



Conjunctions, or conjunctive particles, are links necessary to bring 

 about certain sequential or logical relations in human speech by establish- 

 ing a connection between single terms, phrases, or whole sentences. The 

 true function of these particles can in every language be understood only 

 after a thorough study of its syntax. They are the most fanciful and arbi- 

 trary, often intranslatable, parts of human speech, and the literary culture 

 of a tongue largely depends on their development and judicious use. The 

 classic languages of antiipiity and the modern languages of Europe would 



