16 KLAMATU- ENGLISH OICTIONAUY. 



a? k1 ha? ha? Interrogative particle, often encHtic, inserted into ques- 

 tions, and mostly appended to them as the concluding word or standing 

 after the first word. Being a particle of actuality, it refers to the present 

 tense. Shan;i-iil' i ampo a? or simply: ampii a? do you ivant wafer? v.t 

 ha pitclia loloks? is the fire outf Mod ; Ple'nkamkshi A1 at FranUs house? 

 140, 4; k/i-itak lui i nlsh 161a? do you not believe me? Mod.; at \\k 1 

 mulua? are you ready? In tatA, 41, 5., it is combined with the adverb 

 tt'ita (t4ta hii?). 



a abbr. from at, now, then, q. v. 22, 2 21, 29, 19. 30, 3. 31, 13. 184; 37. 

 It is pronounced long. 



a abbr. from the pronoun at, ye, q. v., as na is abbr. from nad, nat. 



a- ah ah ly a, a refrain frequently heard in shamanic and popular songs. 

 Cf. hahi-iya. Occurs also in Iroquois and other Indian songs, and is of 

 a lugubrious character. 156; 34. 



fl - a t i , d. of dti, q. v. 



4 dak, .'itak, d. a-ddak salt: a. ita, shewana to put salt on, to salt. Kl. slml, 

 shii'l. Only Modoc ; it is the Shasti term s'ltak, Ata%, salt. 



a d s h a g a , d. a-adshaga to play the violin, to fiddle. 



adsliago'tkish, d. a-adshago'tkish violin, fiddle. 



AgAwesh, AkA-ush, (1) nom. pr. of an Indian settlement and camping 

 place on Lower Klamath Lake and on Hot Creek, Cal., which runs into 

 that lake from the south. (2) nom. pr. of Lower Klamath Lake. The 

 name is mentioned by Squire E Steele as Okk6wish in Re})ort of Indian 

 Affairs 1864, ]). 121, but it is given there a too wide signification. Cf 

 Akd-uskni. 



Agency, agens', the agency buildings oi the Klamath Reservation, Lake 

 Co., Oregon: 36, 11. 66, 12. 14. Laki pen gdiia agency luldaui ///(• chief 

 went again to the agency in winter, 35, 17. 



agenci'ni, adj., pertaining to the agency: agenci'nisli lakiash hasliashuakia 

 he spoke to the ^^agency-officer", viz. to the agent, 66, 15. 



a g g 4 - i d s h a , d. a-agga-idsha to go and stick up, to raise on a stick or jJoZe, to 

 suspend on a pole. Speaking of more than one object: igga-idsha, 1 1 9, 12. 



aggA- i dsh n a, d. a-agga-idshna to hang up, to suspend while going. 

 Speaking of many objects: igga-idshua, 105, 2. 



