aishishtchi — alkgtchik. 19 



hissuaksuk (for hfssuaks ak) the husband only, the husband alone, 83, 1.; 

 shanks hak sha pAn they eat it just raw, 148, 21.; t^nkak a few, not many ; 

 pdniak nude, undressed; Idpiak two only, 107, 1. (2) appended to substan- 

 tives, -ak, -aga, -ka, -ga etc. form dim. nouns: viinak son; mukak babe, 

 109, 13; taltsidga little arrow, 107, 14. (3) appended to adjectives, 

 ak often forms a degree of comparison, answering to our comparative: 

 shkainiak, skalnihak stronger, 112, 2. 5. 8. 13.; muak (for mu'ni ak) 

 larger, taller, 109, 13. (4) appended to adjectives and adverbs, it be- 

 comes an enhancive particle, "much, very, intensely"; una, early, una'k 

 very early, ketchkaniak very small. Suffixed to adverbs, the meaning of 

 merely, only predominates: tinak simultaneously, m;'intsag a short while, 

 tsussak always, pa'nak once more, wiggdtak at one spot, together, nishtak, 

 pslnak in the same night. (5) appended to verbs or at least to their 

 verbals, just then, just only: k^lpokslitak as soon as heated, 113, 1.; 

 n6kshtak as soon as cooked, stewed, 113, 2. Cf. hak. 



a k d t c h g a, d. a-aktitchga to break; said of long articles only: a. ma'tchash 

 to strike matches. Mod. 



Akd-uskni, Agdweshkni, Agaweshni (1) belonging to, native of, coming 

 from Hot Creek or Agdwesh, q v. Agaweshni d-ush Little, or Lower 

 Klamath Lake. (2) nom. pr of a Klamath Lake man. 



dkua; dnkua, d. a-akua; ankuankua to lay across, to superpose crosswise, 

 transversely. Said of logs and other long-shaped objects, when space is 

 left between them. Der <4nku. Cf akuash, ksh^t'leka, n4kua. 



d k u a s h , d. a-dkuash accumulation of hard material, agglomeration, heap of 

 debris, land- or snow-slide ; k. ktcikuela an avalanche or land-slide rushes 

 downwards. Mod. 



aldhia, dlaya, alahi, d. a-dlahia, a-Jilaya, a'lahi to shotv, let see; to point out, 

 exhibit; 106, 6. (where kdpka is omitted): a. mish anku I tshow you a tree; 

 Alahi-uapk am'sh nu anku I shall shotv you that tree. Der. hiya. 



alketchlk, the dentalium-shell or wampum-bead-shell of the Pacific 

 Coast Indians, serving as an ornament and as a currency on the coast 

 and in the interior. Name borrowed from the Alikwa tribe on outlet and 

 lower reaches of Klamath River, Cal, and called by other Indians: kiip- 

 kup, haikwa, by the Mtiklaks: ti'itash, q. v. 



