210 KLAlMATII-F>N(il;lSll DIOTJONAUY. 



a relapse, 72, 1. and Note; inushetko, mashitko patient, diseased person; 

 obj. m;'ishipksh, abbr. ma'shish, 71, 5.; ku-i mdshish gish shdpa tliey say 

 that he is seriously sick, 140, 5 ; steinash ni. to endure mental suffering; 

 ma'sa nAt stafnas we were sorry at heart, 24, 1 7. Cf. }'iialka, kdlak, kdl- 

 poks (3). Quot. under hi'ta, kd-itata, klap, nkash. 



ma's hash, d. mama' shash (I) tosfe, ^at;or. (2) disease, distemper, acute or 

 painful sickness: k^lpoks m. fever; Ht. "hot disease". Cf. klap. (3) sore. 



mat, end. oral particle, mostly inserted after the first word of the sentence: 

 ^^ allegedly, as alleged, as reported, so they say, as he, she said", the Latin 

 dicitur, ferunt, aiunt; refers onl}' to facts reported, not to words, speeches, 

 sentences, sayings etc. Ydmnashptchi mat lu'loks Aishisham it is said, 

 that the fire of Aishish was purplish-blue, 99, 3.; hu'nk kd-i mat pi'sh siiikat 

 I did not kill him, as she alleges, 64, 5., cf the nen in the foregoing sentence. 

 Mythic stories frequently begin with mat as the second word : 99, 2. 109, 

 1. 2. 142, 1. Cf also 70, 1. 5. 6. 74, 3. 4. 107, 13. 140, 2 7. Abbr. into 

 ma in: ma na? do wef did wef Mod. tua ma! what is itf hunk ma sha 

 wdtchag shiiiga it is said that they have killed a dog. Cf miit, nen. 



m a t n e s h a ni , d. mamatnt'sham poison oak: Rhus toxicodendron. 



m a t c h 4 1 a , d. mamtchdta to hearken, to listen attentively to somebody. 



match4tka, d. mamtchatka (1) to listen to, pay attention to, %A, 11.: ma- 

 tchatgi'sh listeners, 84, 2. and Note. (2) to obey. 



m a t c h A w a , d. niamtchawa to listen to noises, clangs, words etc 



ma'kmakli, d. mamakniiikli, memii'kmakli blue mixed or sprinkled with 

 white, bluish-gray : the color of many water-birds. Cf mdmaktsu, mii'- 

 makli, matchma'tchli. 



mJi'm mother; a child's term, adopted from English mum. Mod. 



mii'makli, pi. tumi m., generic term for all wild ducks and geese, 145, 

 6. 177; 21.: shlii'ituk mil'makla (obj.) to hunt and kill ivaterfowl, 136, 1. 



matchma'tchli, metsnu'tsli, d. mamatchmii'tchli, mematsmetsli (1) blue, 

 sky-blue, 146, 8. 148, 12.: metsmotsAwals (form, shawalsh) obsidian arrow- 

 head; the obsidian rock found in the Klamath Highlands being of a black 

 color with a very slight tinge of blue. (2) purple- colored, violet-colored. 



m ii w i ;^ (') t k i s li , mii'wi^dtksh little box or casket which can be locked. 



m b II k a , d. mb;'imbka to break: same word as })i'ika No. 3, q. v. 



