18 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY, 



ho is iiiuilly rescued by two buttei-flies, 95, 13-22., 101, 7-21. K'mii- 

 kamtch had seduced one of his wives and attempted to seduce the others; 

 Afshish therefore revenges himself on him by causing his son to throw 

 his (K'miikamtch's) tobacco-pipe into the fire; the death of K'miikamtch 

 was the immediate consequence of this act: 96, 10-18. When K'mii- 

 kanitch had returned to Hfe, he attempted to wipe out Alsis and his entire 

 family by a general conflagration of the country, 96, 19 — 97, 2. The 

 Klamath folklore ascribes personal beauty to this deity. Two Aishish- 

 songs were obtained from a Modoc, 193; 10. 11 and Note. Der. aishi. 



afshishtchi (1) beautiful, prettij, handsome, lit. "Afshish-like". This 

 epithet is sometimes ironically applied to ugly women. (2) subst.: 

 personal beauty. Der. Afshish, -ptchf. 



A i s h = T k a 1 i' k s, nom. pr. of a locality on Upi)er Sprague River, above 

 Yaineks, called after a large standing rock. Der. tguliga; Aish is perhaps 

 the abbreviated atfnsh (tall). 



ti - i t i , aitlni, Kl. dialectic or d. form for ati, atfni, q. v. 



Aitinsh = L4k = Gftko, nom. pr. fem., Kl. " Long-Haired". 



a i t z 4 m n a , d a-it%4mna, to grow smaller than; said of plants only: pdwash 

 a k(idsha ait;t^iii<5nash ko'l the paw ash-root grows to less height than 1m' I; 

 148, 7. Der. d-iti, d. of ati. Cf eltakta. 



a y u 1 a 1 6 n a , o-olal6na to dry by the fire, as berries ; 76, 7. Cf. awala. 



a k , ak a, akti, ka. Particle of suppositive and potential signification when 

 placed before verbs; to be rendered by perhaps, probably, possibly, 60, 

 22. 93, 7. 105, 8. 141, 6., or by the verh I can, lam able to: 105, 8.: wdkak. 

 The verb connected with it stands either in the declarative mode: nil ak 

 hun shl(^a I can see him; hun ak sha g(i-u k'l^pgi kek^wel^a they have prob- 

 ably wasted my red paint, 121, 2 3.; or it stands in the conditional mode: 

 pi ak shuint he can sing ; ak a nu k4-i pdwat I cannot swim; kd-i dka nu 

 k6kant ko'shtat I cannot climb the pine-tree. 



-ak, -hak are particles appended enclitically to nouns and pronouns. (1) 

 appended to substantives or to other nouns used in the capacity of sub- 

 stantives, ak means : only, but, merely: slayaksak lii'yaga mere smoke arose 

 from (it), 100, 16. Cf. 99,4. ndann&,ntak only for three, 142, 15.; hu'kak 

 the same, lit. "none other but he"; na'sh waitak on a single day, 56, 7.; 



