434 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



t c li o 1 6 1 a , t c h 1 6 1 u i s h etc., Mod. forms for ktcliel61a etc., q. v 



t cli c 1 telle 1 a, cl. tclietcluiltchela (I) to glitter, to coruscate; said of stars, 

 shining' rocks etc. (2) to he resplendent. (3) tcli. and tse'hltsc'lda to look 

 about quickly ; to he lively, wide-awake: partic. tcheltclielatko lively, quick, 

 mercurial. Cf. ktcluilhua. 



tcliel tchcjli, tse'hltse'hli, d. tchetchaltchdli, tsetsa'hltsd'Mi ; Mod. for 

 tchi^ltchela (3). 



tchdl tchli sh, pi. tiimi tcli. (1) lavarock, eruptive formation. (2) Tcheltcli- 

 lisli, nom. pr. of the extensive lava beds situated on the boundary dividing 

 the States of Oregon and California. They were the scene of a series 

 of bloody fights during the Modoc war of 1873: Tchdltslis kumme cave 

 of the lava beds. Der. tcheltchela (1). Cf. ktayalish, lalaushaltko. 



t c h e 1 u i , d. tchetch^lui to sit by the fire, to warm oneself at the fire. Cf. 

 kshdluya, tchat^wa, tchel(jya. 



tchdma, d. tchdtchma to fracture, to break; said of limbs of the animal 

 body: k6to, kii'mat tch. to break one^s hip, back. 



T s c m a t k o , nom. pr. masc. Kl., ^^Back-in-two", 140, 1. Partic. of tchdma. 



tchgo'ksh, d. tcheo'tchgoksh. Mod.; same as sho'ksh Kl., q. v. 



t c h d t c h a p k a t k o, pi. tumi tch., blear-eyed; having dripping, running eyes. 

 Cf papatkawatko (I). 



t c h d - u , poss. tchdwam, d. tchdtch'ii antelope. The prong-horned antelope, 

 Antilocapra americana, is found from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific 

 Coast; 126, G. 8. 9.; g;inkanka tchil'-u they hunt antelopes, 74, 13.; cf 

 144, 7.; tchdwash idu'pka he kicked the antelope, 12G, 7.; tclu'-u for tchd- 

 utat over the antelope, 126, 7.; tchdwam, or tchd-uti toke the antelope^s 

 prong. Cf. Tchdwamtch. 



t c h d - u 1 % a to rise from seat; to start to leave, 68, 8. 



t c h d - u s h , d. tchdtchusli, tchiutchiiish red-shafted flicker; the most fre- 

 quent of all woodpeckers, with a black ring around neck, body about 

 the quail's size; j)opularly called yellow-hammer, }-ellow colors in east- 

 ern birds turning into red in the west of North America; Coluptcs aurutus, 

 var. mexicanus. The flesh is eaten and the fe;ithers serve the natives as 

 ornaments for their dress; tsd-usani la'sli the large feathers of the yellow- 

 hammer, 181; 2.; tsd-usam skii'talk, tsi'-usam tsu}iitk u-carii/g the feathers 



