m u m 1 e 11 a s 11 — in ii - ii e . 



li — m u - 11 e . 223 



Munisli = Nka,skiaga=Gi'tko, nom. pr. masc. The father of this 

 man, having signed the treaty of 1864, is mentioned in it as Dick 

 Mosenkasket: lit. "Big-Belly-Having". 



mu'nk, (1) generic term comprehending mice and other smallest qnadru- 

 peds, Mod. (2) mole, Kl. 103, 6. 7. 11. 104, 3. See under iiiuiia, mu-i'ie. 



mii'ntana drawers, imdenvear. Der. muna, -tana. 



Mu'sh, Musharakshi; see muash. 



mu'shka, d. muindshka to mow, to cut with the scijthe: ksliu'n m. to mow 

 grass. Mod. for miilina, Kl. 



mushmush. Mod. vushmush, d. mumashmush (1) homed cattle, hecf; ox, 

 steer, cow, calf, 21, 2. 182; 10. (2) white-tail deer; the smallest deer- 

 species in the Klamath Highlands, of brown color: Cervus macrotis. 

 From Ch. J. Oiiomatop. Cf. Note to 13, 13. 



m u t , adv., as reported, as alleged; the oral particle mat with the infixed u, 

 hu, which points to elevation or distance, 190; 19. 



' m u t c h 4 g a , d. 'mumtchaga little old person; old man bent by age. Abbr. 

 from k'mutchaga. Dim. k'miitchish. Cf. k'mutcha. 



m ri't c h e n e s h , d. mu'matchenesh large fish-net; the netting being fastened 

 to a hoop. Formerly in use on the Williamson River. 



'mutch^watko, 183; 13. a common abbreviation for kmutch^watko, 

 kmutchewitko, q. v. 



m il' t c h k a to hate, detest, abhor: m. nu hun hishudtchkash / hate that man. 



m u t c li u t c h u y ;i p k a , d. mumatchutchuyapka to smile. Cf. tchutcliua. 



mil- lie, mo-6we, d. mu-umu'e mole, species of the order of Insectivoroi, 

 throwing up mole-hills, 127, 1-8. Mod. for mii'nk Kl. Der. mu- (in 

 muna), wA Cf miii, mundna tatamnish (under miina). 



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The sound n alternates with I only, and ratlier unfrequently ; cf. ntcha- 

 ma'shka. Guttural and dental sounds, though in a limited number of 

 terms only, become nasalized into ng, nk, nk, vy; nd, nt ; palatal sounds 

 into ndsh, ntch. Initial n-, followed by a vowel or diphthong, is in a num- 

 ber of terms a prefix descriptive of something thin, flat, pliant, sheet-like, 

 string- or rope-like, or pointing to a motion along the ground, or on the 



