220 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



gatko Mod. (2) v. impers., it is wet, damp weather: gen ilh61ash m. this 

 year the weather is wet. Cf. muka, shmiikalta. 



m li k a m u k food, provisions, eatables. Term adopted from Chin. J. Cf. push. 



mukasli, ma'kush, mil'ksli, d. mvi'mukash, mam/ikash (1) down; downy, 

 soft, fine feather of birds, especially ducks: ma'kash tchuyesh head-dress 

 made of pretty duck-shins. (2) plume, soft feather of animal or vegetable 

 origin ; filaments composing veins of feather; plume of grass-stalk etc. : 

 kdtpasham miiksh tail-feather of bird; eagle feather xncaxit&tion, 163; 11. 

 (3) the finest, thinnest hair on the human head. (4) horned owl, a large 

 owl-species, clothed on the breast with the finest down, length of body 

 2 to 2^ feet; Bubo subarcticus: m. hii'ma the owl is hooting, 88, 6. 192; 2.; 

 miikasham shn^kash lichen, lit. "owl-snot"; muk'sham ndpal oui's egg; 

 mu'kisham for mu'kasham, 175; 14. (the owl's incantation). 



m u k m li k a t k o , d. mumakmiikatko provided, endowed with down, soft and 

 tiny feathers, plumes ; downy ; plum.ed ; said of animals and plants, 148, 9.: 

 tch^lash m. gi the plant-stalk forms a plume. Der. mukash 



mukmukli, d. mumakmukli (1) downy, soft to the touch, as cotton wad- 

 ding: m. shldpsh a downy Uossom, 150; 3. (2) light-haired, fair-haired ; 

 m. 14k blonde, auburn hair; lit. "hair of down color". (3) of light cinnamon 

 complexion, like that of the Oregonian Indians: na'd mdklaks mu'mak- 

 mukli we Indians are cinnamon-skinned, 103, 4. Cf. mukash. 



Mu'kmuksh ''■The Downy", nom. pr. of a Klamath Lake woman; having 

 once suffered of a sore head, cotton wads were applied to it, which look 

 like down (mukash). Cf. mukmukli (1). 



miiksh, mu'ggs, d. miimoksh, miimoggs babe, baby, infant; suckling child. 

 Der. miika. Kl. for shu^ntch Mod. 



m li k u a g a , miikug, d. miimkuaga a species of forest- or Held-motise, dark 

 colored. Cf. kmiimutch, kxi'dsa, miii. 



m li k u a s h , d. mu'mkuasli a grass-species of dark hue. Cf. kmil'. 



miikukaga, d. mumkukaga, little forest mouse, 179; 10. Dim. miikuaga. 



mu'lalak a species of duck with large flat bill; perhaps the shoveler or 

 spoonbill duck, 180; 12. 



mu=lbuka, mulbu'ka, d. mu=lbu'lbka (1) large turnip- or bulb-shaped 

 fruit growing on surface of ground : m.=l. gftk having a large turnip or buV>, 

 149, 18 (2) round-shaped bunch of grass. From mu, Ibiika. 



