GATSCHET KAS. LEG. CREEK GLOSSARY. [113] 81 



atassa, atasa bent piece of wood used as a •war-club^ not a 

 tomahawk as in the text. A word borrowed from the Che- 

 roki language, where it is pronounced atsa and ta'hsi lo, 24. 



at ass ;ahaki j)ole painted with red c/ay^ six to seven feet long, 



cut to a peculiar shape and slanting towards the centre of 



the busk-square. Certain towns, like Okfiiski, had three or 



four of these before each shed or gallery. Lit. ''war-club 



^ made alike." 



atas, du. at'hoyis, at'ho-is, pi. awis / come, atit immalakatis 

 ■while coining it approached them 10, 13. at ofan when 

 coming, at the time he., they caine; for ati ofan 14, 13 ; cf. 

 i'la-awid 10, 35 (under i'la-atas). 



atikat, atigat i) every part of, the -whole of; all of the kind. 

 isti huilat atigat every person ("standing") ; loktsat atigat 

 everything ripe 10, 32. 2) ever since; mu'hmati atigad 

 ever since that time 18, i ; up to now^ up to this day. 

 Der. atas. 



atiki, atigi, postpos., up to, so high., so far as, that far; 

 inukua atigin ak'hiii'l he stands in the water to the 7ieck; 

 atigin along the border, edge of; atikusi so as to reach; 

 cf. -usi; atikusi-tayin y«^/ enough to reach (the knee) 12, 

 12. hayomi atikas even (-as) up to the present time 10, 

 19. Der. atas. 



ati;^;gis, pret. pi. of apaigas, q.v. 



atchakapiyakatin, see adshakayas. 



atchikillas / step , go back-wards ; I retrace my steps. 



atsulaidshi old., elderly; adsuleidshi-t£it for being the oldest, 

 m-ost ancient; stands here {or bravest, most respected; -tut 

 a causal particle 10, 38. 



atsulga age of man, animals, inan. objects; cf. atsuli. 



atsuli, pi. atsulagi i) adj. old, aged; 2) subst. a?tcestor, 

 forefather; adshulagi-tati the old people that were; the 

 defunct ancestors 8, i. 



awaihigas J am next in order; awaihigadis they came next 

 12, 10. 



awaikas, aweikas, pi. apalatas, / throw away, i-aweikiis, 

 see yaweikas. imawaigakatis they threxv it to., for, before 

 him 14, 12. Der. waikas ; cf. akweikas. 



awis, pi. of a'as, q V. 

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