238 KT.AMATU- ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



148, 3.: n. slinukca to shake Jiands, to clasp hands, with double obj. case, 

 87, 10.; cf. hushn%a, shatasbi; ma'lrim ndptat on your hands, 40, 17.; 

 nepatka tkuya to straighten hy hand, 91, 5. Sometimes n. means forearm 

 tvithhand; cf. gi'nkaksli, Ixawawasli, nawi'ilash, shulapshkish. (8) clmv, 

 paiv: tchfksam n, shnawdkitko wearing a necklace of bird-claws. 



nep;'iga, d. nenpaga (1) little hand, 91, 9. (2) little claw, paiv. Dim. ndp. 



ndpaksh, ndpoks, lui'poks disease, sickness, epidemy; lit. "what comes 

 through the air". The occurrence of diseases, their being wafted tlirough 

 the air, their discovery by animals sent out after them, their removal by 

 suction or other manipulations are among the most constant subjects of 

 the shamanic songs: 153; 3. 4. 155; 17. 21. 15G; 28. 35. 157; 45. 162; 1. 

 167; 28. 168; 43. Der. ne'pka, q. v. 



ndpgli, d. neniipgli (1) v. trans., to turn over, to invert. (2) subst., a spe- 

 cies of rodents with a large inverted foot; gopher. Cf nciya. 



n d p e s h , d. ndnpesh glove; mitten. Der. ndp. 



ne'pka, ndpka, nii'pka, verb used of flat, thin, phant, even of invisible, 

 aeriform, or imaginary objects, of appearances. (1) v. trans., to bring, 

 fetch, haul: ne'pkt un ydshkutch ! bring this sheet (or rag) ! (2) v. trans, and 

 intr., to bring on; to occur, to come on, to happen; said of facts or changes 

 occurring without the (direct) co-operation of man, like accidere, rvy- 

 xdvEiv. k6-i nii'pka there were hard times, 192; 1. It is most frequently 

 used of diseases, epidemics: gutkaks gd-u n. my small-pox has come, 166; 

 24, cf. 166; 27. 168; 39. 47. 169; 48.; shilalsh nii'pka ndlsh disease has 

 invaded us; sllalsh nii'bakuapk disease tvill come on, 70, 5.; na'pka to bring 

 sickness, 168; 39. or to have brought it, 170; 64. 67. N aj^plies particu- 

 larly to the infectious diseases the germs of which are wafted through the 

 air; but it is also used of other diseases, even of hunger. N. is also often 

 used of the changes of weather: tfdsh, ki'i-i n. the weather is fine, bad; 

 tldsh a ndpakuapka the weather is clearing up; k6-i ak ya ne'pakiuipka I 

 expect bad tveather, a storm; p/iha nd[)kiink the weather is dry. (3) v. intr., 

 to look like, to appear as; said of landscapes etc : wAkaptch hi'tksh lll-ukshi 

 n. how Klamath Marsh appears when seen from here, 1 92 ; 4. Cf. fpka. 



n e p n i , d. nepnini, adv., on or ahout the hand or hands: nepnl'ni nguldsh6- 

 tan I struck him upon the hand in several places, 23, 18. Cf ndp, -ni. 



