tiitash — tchakAga. 425 



is, tch alternate with s, sh, this being sometimes a dialectic change. When 



this alternation is observed at the beginning of a word, the ts-, tch- is the 



medial prefix s-, sh-. The terms where ts, tch can stand for nts, ntch, nds, 



ndsh and Ms, Jdch are of rare occurrence. A few words often pronounced 



with initial ts, tch have to be orthographed fs-, Vsh- and will be found 



under T. A prefix ts-, tch- refers to water and other liquids, to flowing, 



dripping etc.; c£ tchi-. 



tch, ts, -tch, -ts, -ds, abbreviation appended as suffix to accented words: 

 (1) abbr. of tch4 ''now'\ 112, 2. 5. 8. 13. and Note. (2) abbr. of tcha 

 for sha ''they''; cf 23, 13. and tcha. (8) abbr. of tchi 'Hhus'\ 110, 18. 

 and Note. (4) abbr. of tchi'sh, tchish, "ioo", "aZ.S'o", "awf.- gitsgjinits 

 and a young, 23, 13.; nuds, nuts, I also, 58, 1. 59, 4. fil, 17. 65, 14.; p4sh 

 dmbutch eatables and water, 95, 15.; lu'luagslats they also enslaved, 19, 2.; 

 ha'ts and if, 60, 10. 21 ; tchii'tch then, 129, 6.; ndn^a ts and some, 65, 15. 



tcha. tsa, -tsa, -ts often stands for sha they, when appended to a verb, 

 23, 13.; in 95, 17. it stands either for sha, sha a, or for tchish a. 



t c h ^ , tsA, adv , now, just now, presently; same as tchd-u, q. v. : tchA at tchi' 

 m'sh nu sh^ka now I bid you farewell in this way, 87, 14. Cf. Ill, 16. 



tchaggdya, tchakaya, d. tchatchgaya (1) ^o sit, to be seated upon, as on 

 a rock, limb of tree etc.: yd-ukal tch. dnkutat the bald eagle sits on a tree, 

 144, 5.; tch. nu I roost; said of the shk^-hawk, 177; 23. (2) to sit, stay, 

 remain in the woods, cliffs or recesses; to be posted in the bushes or timber, 

 23, 21. 24, 1. — Speaking of a few subjects: wawaggaya, d. of waggdya; 

 said of three lynxes, 125, 7. of five lynxes, 125, 2. Speaking of many 

 subjects, liukaya, q. v. Cf tgakdya 



t c h a g s h , 1 03, 2. ; see tchAshash. 



t c h a ' h 1 A n s h n a to sit down close to, 71, 4. Der. tchdl%a. 



tchai;{ish net made of strings to hold the hair; hair-net. 



t c h a 1 1 c h a y a , pi. tumi tch., grezil-stones fall. Cf shtchaydshla. 



tchdk, d. tchdtchak (1) abbr. from tchakdga, q. v. (2) the fruit of the 

 service-tree; cf tchdkptchi. (."i) species of reed or bulrush. (4) arrow 

 made from this reed. 



tchakdga, tchaggaga, abbr. tchdk; d. tchatchkdga service-tree, or, as 

 called in the WevSt, serviceberry bush; a species of wild-apple tree: Ame- 



