kshiutchna — ktdyalish. 149 



k s h li t i , ksu'ti, d. ksuksu'ti, a species of swamp grass often used as hay for 

 cattle. C£ ksliu'n. 



kshutila, d. kshukshtfla (1) to he or lie underneath; to live below: ksliuti'la 

 pu'shish tdbullat the cat lies under the table. (2) to be, lie or live in the shade 

 or shadow. — Speaking of many subjects, i-utila. Der. utila. 



k t d - i , ktal, loc. ktdyatat, ktd-itat, ktdyat, (d. ktakti), pi. tumi k., (1) stone, 

 pebble, rock-fragment, 82, 7. 13. 85, 12.: k. sha huyu^a theg are heating 

 stones, 82, 6.; ktaydtka by the throwing of a stone, 125, 5. 8. (2) rock, 

 rocky formation, rock ledge: k. sii'smaluatk painted rocks, 179; 3., cf shii- 

 malua; ktdyam skutash rock-moss ; kiiitsant tchia ktdyat they stayed in the 

 midst of inaccessible rocks, 21, 13.; ktdyat li'uptsank hiding behind rocks, 

 22, 6.; git ktaiksi where the rocks lie, 142; 3. (3) brick, tile. 



ktai = sliishnish, pi tiimi k., the dipper ; a little brown dipping bird be- 

 longing to the ousel tribe: Cinclus mexicanus. Der. kta-i, shina. 



ktaf = shtina'sh house built of stone or brick. Mod. 



K 1 4 - i t i , nom. pr. given to a rock standing in the bed of the Williamson 

 River, about three-quarters of a mile below the Sprague River junction. 

 According to a myth, K'niiikamtch was changed into this rock, after he 

 had selected this spot as a fishing place. Lit "at the Rock". 



Ktai = TupAkshi, nom. pr loc, ^^ Standing-Bock^^ ; name of a rock about 

 ten feet high and fourteen feet in width, situated fifty j^ards north of the 

 Sprague River and about one hundred and fifty yards from the junction 

 of Sprague and Williamson Rivers. Indian pictures are visible on its 

 surface, and the rock is called " K'mukamtch's chair", because this deity 

 had, according to the myth, constructed a fish-trap of willow branches 

 there, and was watching on this rock for the preservation of this struc- 

 ture. West of K. is an obstruction in the Williamson River, serving as 

 a fish-trap to the Indians: 74, 2. and Notes; 143, 2 Der. kta-i, tiipka. 



Ktai = Washi, nom. pr. of a camping place on Klamath Marsh ; lit. ' ' where 

 rocks ai'e", or "Rocky Hollow". Der. ktdi, wash. 



ktaydga, d. ktaktiaga little stone or pebble, 82, 12. Dim. ktd-i. 



ktdyalish, ktayalsh, d. ktaktayalish (1) adj., rocky, full of rocks, rock- 

 bound; denuded of vegetation : tumi Sha't tu Ktayalshtat Yainatat wd many 

 Shoshoni Indians live in the Rocky Mountains. (2) subst., rocky region, 

 stony tract: ktayalshtula g^na he proceeded towards the lava beds, 37, 18. 



