ndiiyua — ndshishlza. 235 



n d s h 6' d s h , nds^dsh, ndslii'tch, tsddsh, tchdtch, d. ndsh^ndshadsh, tsen- 

 tsatcli, tchdtchatch: (1) generic term for shell, hardcover: ndpalam n. egg- 

 shell; hard fruit-shell, as of walnut, filbert etc.; seed-receptacle, pod. (2) 

 outside lark of tree or shrub, synonymous with kn^-udshe: ndshictchatka 

 knu'ks a sha shiishata /rom (willow) hark they make strings, 82, 11. 12. 



(3) snake skin, when on body and before being shed. Cf skinshgdkuish. 



(4) mythic cetacean, fabulous "whalejish" said to exist in Western rivers. 

 K'miikamtch made it as large "as a house", put it into Lost River, and 

 if anybody has the misfortune of seeing it, he will die. Fossil bones of 

 it are said to exist on Lost River, and the name is evidently derived from 

 some kind of petrifactions. 



ndshekani, tch(ikani, tsekeni, loc. ntchekdyant, d. ndshdndshkani, 

 tchdtchkani: (1) adj., small-sized, small, little, petty; fine, tiny, exiguous, 148, 

 12. 13.: tchdkan'e a kgld-ush this sand is fine; tchiikeni kia'm small fish; 

 ntch^kayant kshii'nat on small grasses, 148, 5.; ndnuktua nshendshkiine 

 everything that is small-sized, 71, 7.; c£ 149, 12.; ndshdkansh (shiilshesh) 

 shlfn at the slender (game-sticks) they guess, 79, 3.; cf 2. (2) subst. and 

 adj., child, offspring; the young of certain animals, as quadrupeds, birds; 

 young and small: ndshenshktini the young (cranes), 122, 11. 13. Cf kitch- 

 kdni, ntchdlka, -tkani, tchdki. 



ndshdl%a to understand, comprehend: kd-i a nu n. / do not understand. 



n d s h i (i t c li , 82, 11.; other form of ndshe'dsh, q. v. 



ndshilo, d. ndshindshalo (I) female of certain animals: n. watchAga 

 bitch. (2) n. or n. watch mare. Cf giilu, ndshekani, t'shin. 



ndshfluaga, d. ndshindshaluaga (1) yourig or small female of certain 

 animals; ndsiluag w4tsag young bitch. (2) n. or n. wdtch young mare, 

 mare colt. Dim. ndshilo. Cf guluaga. 



ndsliindshishkanka, d. ndshindshandshishkanka to drizzle down in 

 atoms: kt6dshash n. a drizzling rain comes down. Kl. for tchiptchima Mod. 

 Dei-, tchi- in ndshishl/a, tchidga, tchishkidsha. Cf limlima. 



ndshiptchpa, d. ndshindshdptchpa (1) to be irritated, to ivax wroth. (2) 

 to be petulant, to show oneself reckless. 



ndshishl%a, d. ndshindshashlza (1) v. intr., to drip dotvn, to -ome down 

 in small drops. (2) subst., drop: w.. drnputi a drop of water. 



