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Ko. The prefix ko is raro in Clioroti. The words koaki, cough, and 
kohi, vomit, are probably onomatopoeic words. 
Kos , a joint, knot, knee ; cf. ta-kos, to crawl. In L.-M. the knee and 
the ham are distinguished by different initials : T-ápnik, the 
knee ; L-dpnik, the ham, hollow of knee. 
XXII. SlJFFIXES AND INFIXES (K) 
K, ki. The suffix k, or the absence of the suffix k, witli nouns is very 
general throughout the Chaco group, and demands some con- 
sideration, because both number and gender are affected thereby. 
Examples (for immediate reference) : 
(1) kima, hold ; kima-nik, man-servant ; kima-niki or kima-nki , 
female servant. 
(2) les ana , make ; lesan-ik, thing made. 
(3) tet-ik, a píate ; tet-i, pl. form, plates. 
(4) aiyi, pl. aiyi-s, fem. aiyi-ki, companion. 
too, pl. wo-s, fem. rvo-ki, attendant, guardián, servant. 
(5) ayit-a, fruit ; oyit-ák, tree of mistol. 
fuai, fruit ; fuai-yuk , tree of algarroba. 
nen-i, fruit ; nen-yuk, tree, wild fruit. 
honnai-yi, fruit ; honnai-k, tree, wild bean. 
(6) kos, crawl ; koski, knee ; kosok or kosoki, knot, joint. 
(7) anat, earth, soil ; anat-iki, digger, spade, lioe, etc. 
nial, water ; niat-iki, bucket, jar, barrel, etc. 
ala, wood ; ala-oki, auger, gimlet, awl, pricker, etc. 
(8) hyu-lci ; Vej. fum-j, \)\.fwu-s ; S.fyu-j, \)\.fyu-s ; L.-M .epheh-ik, 
finger. 
miyo-ki ; Vej. miyo, eagle. 
ot ; Vej. to-kue ; T. to-ge, chest. 
wuk ; Vej. wuk-e, house. 
T. ok ; Vej. thl-oki, body. 
From the foregoing illustrations it can be easily seen how the 
presence and absence of the k suffix is changed abou t]d ialectally and to 
form plurals or the feminine. The principie in volved is not confined 
to the k suffix, but other letters are likewise treafced, e.g. os, a son ; 
ose, a daughter ; les, sons and daughters. 
(a) Substantives are formed by adding k to the verb (Ex. 2) ; cf. 
Q. muña, love ; muna-k, lover ; suma-y, to be beautiful ; suma-k, 
beautiful ; V. wom, leave ; wom-ik, left one. 
(b) The instriunent, vessel for, tool, weapon, implement, etc., is 
