178 KliA.MATIl-E^GIA.Sli DIOTIONAKY. 



1 d k ' 1 a k a , liU'ikhklka, d. kikik'kika to he, to become slick or slippery, us from 

 ice, 111, 20. Of. kikk'ikli. 



1 H k 1 a k p k a , d. kikikkikpka to ivJiisper, to speak low-voiced. (Jl'. k'klckpka. 



liiVklakshti , noin. pr. of a water-course west of the Klamath agency 

 l)uikliiigs. (Jf Lakek'iksi. 



laklakli, hlakhkUdi, d. kdakkikli, hkdikUchlakU; said of iiiaii. tlihigs. 

 (1) smooth, smoothened ; slick, ''slicking nice", polished. (^2,) slippery. (3) 

 even, level. (4) thin, tiny; the opposite of "bulky". 



la'klaksh, d. lala'klaksh hag, satchel, pouch. C£ laklakli (4). 



Lakmii'skni, L. maklaks, nom. pr.: Klakatnas Indian. The Klakaiuas 

 tribe of the U})per Chinook family of aborigines lives at the Grande 

 Ronde reservation and near Oregon City, Oregon. 



lakpeks, d. Idlakpeks ashes, 14, 7. Cf lukshlaksh. 



laktash, d. Ic41aktash, Idlktash (1) haliotis or mother-of-pearl shell of the 

 Pacific Ocean. One species of Haliotis, the Haliotis tuherculata, Span. 

 avlone, is 8-12" wide, 3 to 3^, lbs. in weight, and is gathered in large 

 quantities near Cape Mendocino, Cal., and at other places on that coast 

 by whites, Chinese and Indians, the mollusk serving as food., the shell 

 for ornament. See "Bastian u. Hartmann, Zeitschr. f Ethnologie, 1877 

 (ix. vol.) p. 74". Cf. ktchak. (2) when wrought out into ornaments: 

 mother-of-pearl ornament: 1. snawakitko ivearing a necklace of this shell. 



laktcha, d. lalaktcha; also, laka'dsha, d lalka'dsha: (l) to cut, sever ; to 

 clip, crop: nu'sh 1. to cut the head off, to behead; tzalampani 1. to cut through 

 in the middle; lakAdshatko watch bobtail horse. (2) to cut the throat of per- 

 sons, animals: nde-nl%apkash 1. after he fell they cut Ms throat, 42, 10.; 

 Mu'sham rul'sh lalk/idsha he cut off the Southwind's head, HI, 10. 



1 a k ;i k a s h , d. lalkiikash bell Cf wawA-ush. 



laki, laki, d. kiki to be gone, lost: ntc^-ish m'na 1. his bow is gone, meaning 

 that it was stolen from him; sku'tash sha pallapka hfi'nksh; lakf hunk 

 they robbed him of that blanket; it is gone. Der. le, hd, gi. Cf ka'gi (1) (2). 



laki, d. and pi., lalaki, lakiki, lala;^i (1) chief of an Indian tribe. Tutas- 

 Ze'nini 1., muni 1., abbr. mu 1. head-chief high chief; cf. 58, 1.; kitchk;ini 

 k, abbi-. kitcha, ketcha 1. suhchief subaltern chief; laldki, or nanuk lalaki, 

 the head-chief and the subchicfs, 64, 8. 10. (and Title), Go, 14.; k, in the 

 absolute form, is also used for suhchief on pp. f)!)-G2.; sessalolisii 1. leader 



