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m a'n t c h , mantch, ma'ns, d. m^mantch, adv., (1) for some time, for a while; 

 refers to the future as well as to the past, but to no definite length of 

 time: kd-i tatti m. no longer, 88, 4.; tch4wika m. he was insane for some 

 time, 128, 9.; ma'ns hu'k tchakdyank i-u'ta he shot arrows for some time, 

 while posted in the hush, 23, 21. In 73, 6. ma'ns stands for ma'ntch=gitko, 

 q. V. (2) when the vowel a is pronounced very long, m. means /or a long 

 time: spukli-u4pka m. they will sweat for many hours, 82, 10 ; m. sheno- 

 tdnka they fought a long time, 4-!, 8.; ka-i ma'nsh i'pka not long can lie, 

 14H, 3. Cf. gdhak, ma'ntch=gftko, nla, tdnk. 



ma'ntchak, mdntsag, d. mdmantchak, adv., a long while; for some time; 

 refers to the past and to the future: tatd. mdntsak mbusa'lan gl then he 

 lived with her for a good while, 11, 2. ; tsui shp6ka mdntchak then he lay 

 quite a while on the ground, 110, 14.; n..; i.shaktch (for m tchi) /or such a 

 long time, 110, 18. From ma'ntch, ak. 



m a'n tchak = gi tko , d. Ta.km?iniQ\\ak.=gii\n) s~.iiietime afterwards, 29, 13. 



ma'ntch = gitko, mantch=gitk (1) some time after ; long after ; \ii. "\ong- 

 been"; refers only to the past or to what is supposed to be past: m.=gitk 

 Sktilamtch guhdshktcha after a while Old Marten set out, 110, 21.; cf 73, 

 7. 105, 13. 119, 6. 121, 1. 12. 122, 14. 22.; m.=gitk tche'k finally, at last, 

 112, 15. (2) informer times, long ago, 93, 3. Der. ma'ntch, gi. 



m a'n t c h n i , d mama'ntchni (1 ) foregoing, previous, early: m. Modokishani 

 kaila the old Modoc country (on Modoc Lake, Lost River etc.), 44, 10. 

 (2) ancestral, antique, belonging to the past: m. mdklaks the former generations 

 of Indians; m. shtdp an old-fashioned arrow-head, 134, 17. Cf tankni. 



ma'sh, pi. tiimi m., a plant similar to wild parsnip; its stalk serves as 

 food, its root as medicine. Der. ma'sha. 



ma'sha, mAsha, ma'sa, d. mama'sha (1) v. intr., to taste; to taste like, to he 



flavored like, 119, 15.: luiluyatk m.it tastes sweet, 148, 14., cf 146, 14.; ka-a 



m. it tastes bitter, sour, tart; ka-d mdshitko hitter; sour, tart; wu'kash=shitk 



mashetk tastes like pond-lily seed, 14fi, 6.; Idhiasli kii-i ma'shetk the leyash 



tastes badly, 347, 21. (2) v. intr. and impers., to suffer from an acute or 



painful disease; often confounded with shila, q. v.: k^lpoksh m. to suffer 



from a fever ; tii'tak huk ni. where he suffers, 73, 3., cf 2.; m. n'sh / am sick, 



138, 3. 4.; hit nayiins hissuaksas nia'sliitk ktUak if some man suffers from 

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