428 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



t c h ci 1 a s li , d. tcliAtchlash fishing-net of any description. Cf. tewasli. 



tchalekfya, tclialekia, d tchatchalekfya fo sit, be seated on (s near the 

 water, 173; 5.: nil W(ilwas]i (for welwaslitat) tcli. T sit at the ivaier-sprivn, 

 163; 9. Der. tchalfga. 



tohaliga, d. tchatchaliga to sit close to the ivater, on a river beach, lake 

 shore, 173; 5. Speaking of two or more, wawaliga. Der. tclu'a. 



t c h a 1 u s li k a n k a , d. tcliatchlushkanka to feel around, as in tlie dark or 

 like a blind person, 154; 10. Cf. liidshna. 



t s a m g i k u a k , species of small duck; white-headed, body brown. 



t c h a ui p t a k i a , d. tchatchdniptakia, Mod. for tchamptki Kl., q. v. 



t c \\ a m p t k i , Mod. tchaniptakia; d. tchatcli;imptki to be scared, frightened: 

 tchdmptakian huhkichnu frightened, theg ran away, 54, 7. Cf tuka. 



t c h a n i s h , negative particle equivalent to if not, tvhen not, but used also 

 like our "not^', when introducing a sentence: hilk hihashuaks ak nen 

 ktuktshant wciukat, tch. tchutcheluish giug these men rvouhl have been 

 drowned, had they been unable to sivim. Mod Der. tcliJl'. Cf s^ena. 



tchanshan, d. tchatchanshan (I) adj. and adv., .//rw, motionless; said of 

 trees, rocks, e. g.: tch. til'pka ko'sh the pine-tree stands firm. (2) Tchan- 

 shan ^^Itnmovahle", nom. pr. masc. Kl. 



tsantsan, tcluinshan, d. tchatchanshan swift ov belted lingfishcr ; a little, 

 ashy-blue species of j)icarian birds, feeding on salmon in the upland 

 lakes: Ceryle alcyon. Incantations, 1G9; 54. 177; 1!). Onomatop. ; the 

 note of the bird is: tchatchatcha . . 



t s a n t s a n A - a g a young tsantsan or kingfisher; incantation, 177; 19. 



tchd-olaksh, tsa-ulaks, d. tsatsu'laks, a species of prett\', small, red- 

 eyed duck, almost black; lays its eggs in trees. Possibly the crested 

 \\oodi-A\iQ\<., Aix sponsa, 180; II. Der. tchawal. 



tchaptlta, d. tchatchpata 6«c^ of chair. Cf kshap/ita, shuimpatampka. 



t s ;'i p s X i s h , (1. tsatsaps/;ish soot. Cf sk(ilk6ta. 



T c h li, p s % o , nom. pr. of Clear Lake, east of Modoc Lake, in California. 



T c ii a s a m = P e w ash, nom. pr. of a camping site on Klamath I\rarsh ; lit. 

 "Skurdcs' Swimming-Place." Der. tchashash, pc'wash. 



tchashasli, Kl. tsasis, d. tchatchashash skunk, usuallv l)lack with white 

 spots; Mephitis mep)hitica. A scurrilous sknnk-m}lh is given in l."i4. 



