252 EXAMATH - ENGLISH DICTIOIirARY. 



o. 



alternates tlirongliont with the primitive vowel tt, and in many 

 instances is the prodnct of synizesis, especially when pronounced long. 

 Words not found here to be looked for under U. 

 o, o', interj. marking surprise, «/*/ ohc! sometimes followed by a quick 



inspiration of breath. 

 o , o', abbr. for hu, pron. deni. and for hu, adv., q. v. 

 6 - i-, oya. ; see I'na. 

 6 - i t c h n a , d. u'-itchna, o-ui'dshna, n-uidshna to give away a gift or present 



l)reviously received hy oneself. Der. x'lya. 

 oy6ka, d. uy6ka; see uyiika. 

 okd-ilag-en! d. o-oka-ilagen ! certainly ! of course ! "you let!" term of 



assevei-ation used in confirming statements or for answering questions in 



an affirmative sense. Mod. for wak hai la gen Kl. 

 o' k s h t , pron. dem. ; same as hu'ksht, q. v. 

 (J k s li 11 a , d. odkshiia (1) to cough. (2) to throio up phlegm. 

 o - o 1 a 1 6 n a , 75, 7. ; see ayulal6na. 

 o'lash, Kl. o'lsh, iVlsh, (d. o-61ash), pi. tiimi o'. (1) white hair; whitish 



down, {z) mourning dove, a species of dove or wild pigeon of a whitish 



or ashy color, called so onomatopoetically after its melancholy, pitiful 



cry: 6-5; Zenaidura carolinensis. The Maklaks say the bird cries after 



its grandmother. B6shtinam o'. domestic pigeon. 

 o'l s h a 1 1 k o , u'lshaltko, d. o-i'dshaltko white- or gray-haired. 

 onion ow/oh; 6nions=shitko Zi/oe o«io>?s, 148, 13. From the English, 

 onl'sh, obj. case of bun, pron. dem., 13G, 7. and Note, 

 o - 6 a k g i , d. u-6akgi to do so, to act thus, to act in such a manner: o. mitok 



shtefnash do what you please. From liu, wak, gi 

 o - 6 1 k a , o'laga, pi. tumi o., little or young dove. Dim. 5'lash, q. v. 

 O r e g I n k n i , nom. })r., Oregonian; white settler of Lake County who eame 



there from some other portion of the Oregon territory: Oreginkni B6sh- 



tinash ma 1 ka-i shudnktgi in order that the Oregonian settlers (who had 



formed a corps of volunteers) may not kill any more of ye, 40, 17. 

 o'skiink, 05, 1., cf: 7.; see husldcaidva. 



