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ing word that loses some of its phonetic elements, not the qualified one, 

 and at times the loss is so great that the word is with difficulty recogniz- 

 able. L^alxamnfshti hih'nash grouiid-up lUy-seed packed away, 74, 10, be- 

 comes l/alxam=lulinash, and wawak.shtat tutu'ksli ear-irax turns into wawa- 

 tiitu'ksh. Proper names, especially of persons, are usually pronounced 

 fast, and thus their first or qualifying element suffers loss by attrition : 



Gushu=Lulp "Hog's Eye,'" for Gu'shuam Lulp. 

 Lu'k=Pshi'sh ''Grizzly's Nose," for Lukam Pshi'sh. 

 Mak=Niish '' Lif/ht-brown Head," for Makmakli Nu'sh. 

 Tataktak=]\fpatu Gi'tk ''Bed Pimpled Cheeks," for Tataktaklish Mpatu 



Gitko. 

 Tchak=Pshi'sh "Sharp Nose," for Tchaktchakli Pshi'sh. 

 Tchul-Pshi'sli "Pierced Nose," for Shulitko Pshi'sh. 



Omission of the verl) from a sentence occurs very frequently in Kla- 

 math conversation, especially in such cormections where it can be readily 

 supplied by the hearer. Several instances of this have been exemplified 

 under "Idioms," and under "Particles used as Verbs." This feature is often 

 met with in sentences beginning with wak, lik, lik hoiv, and u'tch, an exclam- 

 atory particle, and nothing is more frequent than the omission of the verb 

 gi to exist, to he, to become, to do from sentences where it is easily supplied by 

 hearer. Of pages 477. 592. G 1 4-6 1 6. 



katgash At ak i nish ye loill believe thai I told the truth (Mod.); the verb 



161a is omitted before i. 

 pAkish wiik kii'tsag ! how good is the (jtide/eon to eat! 178 ; 1 (Kl.). 

 li'k gish ti lish ! do as you like! (Mod.). 



li'k hai, u'k hak ta how then, in which manner (shall I call it; Mod.), 

 lik i ma'ntch tchkash ! how lorn/ hare you been away! (Mod.), 

 u'ts kam i nish ! please do not trouble me! (Mod.). 



III. DIALECTIC DIFFERENCES, 



Upon the pages preceding frequent occasions were offered to refer to 

 the discrepancies existing between the Klamath Lake and the Modoc dia- 

 lect, but this topic can onh' be discussed systematical!}' and in a bulk after 



