i-zuw-za—ka-buw’-bu. 
ally to alter the signification: as, 
wasteda and wastedaka, to love any 
thing; itanéan and itanéayka, a 
chief one. In some eases it helps 
to form verbal nouns: as, 0, to hit 
in shooting; waocka, a good marks- 
man; in these cases it indicates 
frequency or a habit, and seems to 
be equivalent to Ge or eée.—r. s. w. 
ka, adv. suffix. Tt is equivalent to 
Sni, not, and is sometimes used 
ironically: as, waste, good, wasteka, 
not good. 
ka, a prefix to a class of verbs. It 
shows that the action expressed by 
the verb is performed by striking, 
as with the hand, or with an ax, 
club or other instrument; or by the 
action of the wind or water. The 
pronouns are prefixed. 
ka, v.a. to mean, signify—waka, 
yaka, unkapi, Giéd, mak; unniéapi, 
we mean you. T., to ask for, demand. 
ka-a’-i-yo-hpe-ya, adv. T. 
down hill, down a steep descent. 
ka-a’-o-pte-éa, v. of aopteéa; 
kaaopteéa kaga, to lessen. 
ka-a’-o-pten, v. cont. of kaao- 
pteéa; kaaopten eéon, to do less 
than. 
ka-a’-o-pte-tu, v. tolessen: ka- 
aoptetu eéamon, TL do less, or I make 
it less. The difference between 
‘‘kaaoptetu” and ‘yuaoptetu” is 
the difference between the prefix 
“ka” and the prefix “yu.” 
ka-a’-o-pte-tu-ya, adv. 
way of diminishing. 
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ka-a’-o-pte-tu-ya-ken, adv. 
diminishingly. 
ka-a’-pa-ma-hde, adv. sloping 
down hill, gently sloping ; kaapama- 
hde hinéa, quite steep. 
ka-a’-pa-ma-hde-ya, adv. 
down hill, sloping: kaapamahdeya 
wanka, 7 is descending. See dpa- 
mahde. 
ka-a’-ta-kiyn -yay, adv. lean- 
mg. See takinyay and yutakin- 
_ yan. 
ka-a’-ta-ku-ni-éni, oa T. 
to destroy by striking; i. q. kataku- 
nisni. 
ka-bas’, cont. of kabaza; kabas 
iyeya. T., kawas. See yubas. 
ka-bas’, cont. of kabaza; kabaég 
yanka, he keeps at it. T., kawaé. 
ka-ba’-za, v.a. to throw up, as 
cattle do earth: maka kabaza, to 
paw up dust. 
waza. 
T., kawaza and yu- 
See yubaza. 
ka-ba’-za, v.a. to work at a diffi- 
cult thing, keep at work at a thing 
though hardly able to do so—waka- 
baza, unkabazapi. 
ka-bla’, v.a. T. to cut meat thin 
Jor drying; wakabla, yakabla, ete. 
See kamda. 
ka-bla’-bla-pi, ». 2. prepar- 
ing meat for drying by slicing thin. 
See wakablapi. 
ka-bw’, v. a. 
to knock, as on a door—wakabu, 
ujkabupi. 
ka-buw’-bu, ». red. of kabu; to beat 
or knock often—wakabubu. 
to beat, as ona drum; 
