214 KLAMATU- ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



galdsui lie met ilieni digg'mg roots, 107, 5.; lu'piak tu;i kii'sh m<i-isht before 



she had dwj any M'sh-hulbs, 118, 5.; mci-ishi while she had dug, 119, 2. 



Sj)eaking- of more than one subject, Kl. uses meya and slitu-ila, Mod. 



slitA-ila only, q. v. 

 mey6tkisli, nieyutkish, abl)r. me'yutch; Mod. me-iitkish, d. memi- 



utkish, Mod. nieniiitkish loot, spade or stick for digging edible roots and 



bulbs; camass-stick, camass-spade. Usually called ;imda, q. v. 

 mc'kia, d. menic'kia to he or I)ecome childish, doting; to be in one's dotage: 



m. hu't keniutclu'iga he is doting on account of his old age. 

 m e k i s li , d. mem(^kish childish, doting person. 

 M e 1 a 1 k s h i , met. Lgmaikshi, nom. pr. of Shasta Butte or Mount Shasta, a 



volcanic cone in the northeastern parts of Sacramento Valley, California; 



elevation 14,442 feet (Whitney). Tu'-una Lemaikshma around Shasta 



Butte, 40, 3. Dor. m'lai. Cf. M'laiksini Yai'na. 

 mgnik, mnik, d. nnn'nniak, adv. temp., oerg little; a very short lapse of 



time: m. nu pii'dshit ktana I slept very little to-night. 

 m e p k a , d. mt'mapka to be encamped together, to inhabit the same locality, to 



form a community. Cf m(^wa 

 m (^ p o k s , d. mdmpoks body of people living at the same spot or belonging 



together ; association, community, company: la'p m. shuldshash two military 



companies, 29, 4. Der. mt'pka Cf. kimbaks. 

 m c t ' h 1 i , d. memat'hli hole, aperture, crack, cleft; said e. g. of a key-hole, 

 mdtkalsh, d. memdtkalsh (1) what is carried on back or shoulders ; burden, 



load, of hay, grass, e. g. (2) bundle, pack, package, parcel. Der. mdtk'la. 

 m^tk'la, mdtgla, d. mematk'la, m^matgla to carry on on£s back or 



shoulders, this being usually done with the strap on forehead: mdtklank 



a dna yutdmpksh lie carries a heavy load on his back; partic. niii'tkaltko 



load carried on back. Cf shkatkela. 

 m e t- tiims;^ a, d. meTnat-tams;;^a to dig o id, excavate in the vicinity of ; to 



excavate between two places, as between fences, lodges, houses etc.; to dig 



among, in the midst of. Der. meya. 

 metchish, d nu'niatchish hole, orifice, as of ear, nose. Der. mt^ya. Cf. 



gint^ish, gintch/ish, inet'hli. 

 m e t s ui 6 1 s 4 w a 1 s obsidian arrow-head ; a compound term formed by 



tlie agglutination of miitchniji'tehli to shawalsh, q. v. 



