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was a meeting- and market-place for all the aboriginal tribes of Oregon, 

 the Columbia River, and the Coast, 93, 3 4. Der. dmpu, -%e'ni. 



Amp/jinkni, nom pr : Wasco Indian; pi., the tribe of Wasco Indians, 

 belonging to the Chinook family of Columbia River. A portion of them 

 still inhabit their old homes at the Dalles (of Amp^e'ni), while the ma- 

 jority have been removed to the Warm Spring Agency on the Lower 

 Des Chutes River, Oregon; 93, 1-10. 



d m p t c h i k s h , abbr. -amptch, -amtch, -amts. Same as dmtchiksh, q. v. 



dmpu, dmbu, d. d-ambu water; water of spring, river, lake or sea; drinking 

 water. Ambu ish tchlktchi! go and get me some water! d. punua to drink 

 water, 123, 2. ; dmbu=tchipko'tkish water-pitcher; .shnekdlpka nu dmbo / am 

 boiling water; ampuam Idk, see Idk; dmputat mpetlal6na to float down on 

 the water'' s surface ; ko-e a vudumtchna dmbutat the frog sivims (or lives) in 

 the water; dmputala kaydhia to drive off from the water, 42, 20. (explained 

 under kaiha) ; nu gena amputka I went through the water (on my errand), 

 174; 9. 



d m p u a 1 a , d. a-dmpuala (I) to be in the water; to lie in deep water. (2) to 

 increase, rise; said of water and liquids only. 



d m t c h , d. d- amtch, abbr. from dmtchiksh, q. v. 



dmtchiksh, abbr. dmtch, -amtch, d. d-amtchiksh, abbr. d-amtch. (1) 

 belonging to the past, old, ancient, primeval, by-gone: a. kafla the country for- 

 merly inhabited; dmtch tchi'shtat ga'mpgle he returned to his former home, 

 36, 5. Appended, usually in the abbreviated form -amtch, to all mythic 

 beings mentioned in Klamath Lake and Modoc folklore: K'mukdm- 

 tchiksh, or K'mukamtch " /7«e Old Man of the Ancients", Aishiamtch 

 '■'Old Aishish", Lukamtch or Shdshapamtch ''Old She-Grizzly" , Tch^- 

 wamtch " Old Antelope", Skt^lamtch and a host of others. (2) old fashioned, 

 out of use now; worn out; used up, good for nothing: dmptchiksh kalliu=sku- 

 tash worn out rabbit-skin garment, 126, 12. and Note; shdplamtch old seed- 

 paddle. (3) ugly, unseemly, hideous, unattractive; unsightly through age: 

 tchilluyamtch old bachelor; shiwamptch old maid, 185; 40. Occurs also 

 in some personal names: Kiliiamtch '^Fighting Bully", Klukamtch, "Old 

 Conjurer" etc.; -amtch is here applied contemptuously. Der. dmtch, glsh. 



d n a , d. d-ana to carry away, to take off with or without permission, as food, 

 provisions etc.; to help oneself to. Cf (ina. 



