444 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



t c h 1 ii' p k a , d. tch(itclilpka to scratch the face. 



t c h H g i'l t c li k t c h a , d. tcliitchlag^tchktcha to pinch continna}!)/, to Icrrp on 



pinching, 113, 5. Der. tchlika. 

 to. Ill fk a, d. tchftclil%a Kl., tcliitchliika Mod. (1) to pinch tvilh llic Jii/(/rr- 



nails or claws. (2) to holdfast, to grasp. 

 tchlfkglak, d. iQ\\\i(i\\\(\\'i^\;\k sparrow-hawh : Falco sparvcrius; lit. "the 



l)inclier". Der. tchlika. 

 T s 1 i' t oiks h "Eyelids Upturned", nom. pr. fern. Kl. 

 tchlitoi'xi, d. tchitchl'tof^i to turn inside out; to turn up, as eyelids: 



tchlitof/ipksli luip gftko having the eyelids upturned; shiu'kalsh tch. to 



tuck up the sleeves. 

 tch 1 f u y ag6 tki sh , d. tchitchluyagotkish slit in the Jjocket-Jmife blade, 



to facilitate its opening. Cf. tchlfka, uyega. 

 tchlup^atko, tsl6%atko, d. tclintchl6;fatko (1) slick, smooth, polishrd; 



slippery. (2) level, even, plane. Cf. shniitchluktagia. 

 tch mekol^ash, d. tchmetchm'koldash, a bird popularly called "prairie 



hawk''\- perhaps the prairie falcon : Falco polyagrus. 

 tchmuya, tchm6ya, d. tchotclimuya, v. intr., to taste sour, to he of a sour, 



acrid taste. Cf. tchinii'lhak. 

 t c h m u y li % a t k o , d. tchutchmuyiikatko sour; of sour taste. 

 tchmo'k, tsmil'k smell of rotten fish: tsmo'k pi'luitk smelling lilce putrid 



fish, 146, 7. 148, 15. 

 t c h m 6 X ft 1 1 k , pi. tiiuii tch. ; same as shmokaltko, q. v. 

 t c h ' m li'k a , d. tchu'tcli'mka Kl , tchutchniuka Mod., v. inipers., it is dark, 



obscure: ka-A tch. pshm the night is pitch-dark. C£ pushpushli. 

 t ch nifi'ksli, tchemii'kasli, d tchu'tclunriksli f/ar/cwess, obscurity. 

 t c li in u' 1 h a k , Mod. tchmu-ilak, pi. tunii tcli., red wild-currant, a species of 



Bibes. Der. tchmuya. 

 tchmu'tch, d. tchntahmatch (I) lean, raw-boned. Cf. papatkawatko. (2) 



Tchmutch, noni. pr. of Frank Riddle, a white settler on the headwaters 



of the Klamath River and interpreter during the Modoc war. He is 



mentioned 33, 3. 34, 8. 36, 12. 15. 38, 5. 8. 13. 41, 20.-22 64, 16.; cf. 



40, 19. 42, 16. and Introd. to the Texts, p. 6. Cf Skak.iwash. Several 



other persons are called by the same name, 

 t c h n ( p a 1 , tsnfpal, tsli()al, d. tchi'tclmjial, tsitsn])a-l ( 1 ) shouldcr-hladr of man; 



