346 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



sptllptchi {i) looking like spdl-paint, ocJier. (2) light yellow, light brown, 

 like dry leaves in the fall. Der. spal, -ptchi. 



spj'imi, d. spaspdmi needle of the pine-tree, green or dried up. Der. p.'da. 



S p 4 n i o 1 k 11 i Spaniard; Mexican; tvhite man from the South. 



s p a t fi d s h a , d spaslip'tMslia, v trans., to stretch, to stretch out by hand; to 

 extend. Der. pat/idsha. Cf. spitddsha. 



s p d t c h a , spa'tcha, spotsa, d. spdptcha (1) to split in the ivhole length, as a 

 piece of wood. (2) to tear, as cloth, paper. Der. padsha. Cf. petdga. 



spate hlga, d. spasliptchfga (1) to twist, turn over, as one's lips, ears. Kl. 

 (2) to ring, as a door-bell: wawd-nsh s. to ring the door-hell. Cf atchiga. 



spa-utish, shpautisli, d. spashpd-utish poison oi every description, 13, 

 14-17.: s. itd tchiile'kshtat to poison meat. Der. ptin. Cf ke-ish, st^tmash. 



S p a w a u k s h i , noiii. pr. of a locality on the Sprague River, near Yaneks. 



spekan6tkish, d. speshpakan6tkish sewing needle: lit. "tool to draw- 

 out". Kl. for splkanash Mod , q. v. Der. spika. 



spekp(51a, d. speshpakpela to squint: partic spekpelitko («) sg2«'«ii«9, 

 squinter, cross-eyed, (h) Spekpelitko, nom. ])r. masc. Kl. Der. spika, -peli. 



spekp'lftkptchi, d. speshpakp'litkptchi cross-eyed. 



speletakliitch, d. speshpk'takliitch rake. Kl. for wakatchotkish Mod. 



s p ^ 1 s h a , d. spespAlsha to advance, to put forward ; usually said of fingers, 

 79, 6. Der. spdluish. 



sp^lshna, d. speshpdlshna (1) to put forward the index-finger (spc'Iuish), 

 or other fingers. (2) to play the spelshna- or Indian guessing game by 

 putting forward fingers to indicate the supposed location of the four 

 game-sticks lying under a cover. See p. 80, first Note. Speldshna is a 

 corruption of spdlshna. Contr. from spciluishna. Der. speluish. 



sp(iluish, d. speshpdluish (I) second finger, index-finger; cf yiishka, 

 yush%ish, the first Note on p. 80, and Note to 79, 3. (2) name of several 

 moons of the Mdklaks year: usually mentioned in the instrumental case 

 spt^luishtka, and then used in a temporal sense. The speluish- or index- 

 moons correspond, though not exactly, to our month of February, 75, 

 19.; to onr July, 75, 1.; and to our September, 75, 11. Der. pc'lui (2). 



Spespakp'Htko, nom. pr. masc. Kl. : '^Squinter^\ " Cross-JEye'\: d. 

 form. of partic. of spekpdla, q v. 



