GATSCHET KAS. LEG. CREEK GLOSSARY. [139] 107 



'li I) arrow; in'li apakin the arrows accompanying- or be- 

 loHging to the bow 12, 21 ; in'li alone, its arrows^ would 

 show a belonging to; in'litati the arrows belonging to 

 the bows as made in former times (-ta'ti) 14, 27 ; 'If hatkin 

 white arroivs^Xh^ plurality being expressed by the verb hahi- 

 it 14, 38; 2) sting oi a.n insect, etc. Cf, 'Le;katchka, i. 137. 



'lo'liis, abbr. from i'lo'las, q.v. 



'liinutu, Monoto Jiint-stone^ flint arrow-head ; 'lonotutiis yo- 

 man or together with flint (heads) 14, 28. 



ma, subj. mat, obj. man, pron. dem. this^ that ; it points to an 

 object within view, but further removed than when hia, i-a, 

 yd is used. Ma Mani that »iountaiti 10, 3. 10. ma piikabi 

 that pole 10, 23. ma apokati that stopping-place 12, 31. 

 man weyit omis that they are wont to offer 10, 32. ma-o, 

 ma-u'h this^ that one also 10, 15. 16. 19 ; mat yahaikida 6kid 

 that singing noise 10, 5. Ma is placed before abstract nouns 

 as well : ma agi'laitchka that idea, thought. Cf. asa, hia. 



magas, makas, ma/as i) I say so, state so; 1 agree with. 

 makatis he said, replied 16, 2. makakadis they said so, 

 agreed (to do so) 12, 3. magit saying so. " fik'hunnls 

 ma/as" sigatis there was none (to say) : " I say it is quief" 

 10,22. ma/ayanks I said so; makaimatas I have said so 

 long ago : ma/ayantas / have said so very long ago. 2) 

 / call by name: Kosa magida named Coosaw 14, i. ma- 

 gidan called by fiame 12, 38. iT.agitat (for magitat) called, 

 named 16, 10; cf. ka'-idshas. 



mahaka, cf. ahaka. 



mahi, maki, ma/i, pi. ma'hmayi, ma/ma-i i) adj. high, tall; 

 great; itu mahi a tall tree (standing) ; hoktagi ma'hmayi 

 tall women ; ma'hi very tall ; Kawitalgi immiko ma/it the 

 principal, head-chief oy the Kazvita peo-ple S, '6. 2) mahi 

 is used as an adjective in locutions, in which we can ren- 

 der it as adverb only : greatly, intensely, very, and thus 

 forms superlatives: mahi mahi very tall; istuka'-idshi 

 mahit very noisy 10, 21 ; or it means, used as an adjective 

 also: really, indeed, just: ma-6mofa mahin Just about 

 that time, at the same time 10, 38. omalgi mahatin ahi- 

 •lit omis it were better that the whole people should die, 



