t c h u ;'i — t c li li y e s li . 447 



(with tcliuyunk) it is the usual particle met with in historic narratives; 

 tsui lalaki waltka hcrcujion the headmen deliberated., 65, 14. Exceptionally 

 it is found abbr. into tchi, tsi. Cf. k'lewiank (under k'k'wi). 



tsuina, tchuina, vulgar form of shuina, 70, '^. and Note; 90, 12. 



tell ui ti , tsiigti, d. tsitsiiati (I) red berry of ivild rose^ dog-rose. (2) abbr. 

 of tchuitiam, q v. 



Tsuitiakshi, nom. pr. of a locality on the Sprague River overgrown 

 with tchuitiam or dog-rose bushes. Contr. from tsiiitiam-kshi. 



tchuitiam, d. tchitchuatiam (1) dog-ro.se bush, a thorny plant, the stalk 

 of which is used for the manufacture of arrows: Bosa ealifornica. (2) 

 arrow made of this wood. Cf nte'ktish, tchuiti. 



t chili titi, tchiwititi, pi. tumi tch., kUIdeer, a small aquatic bird of the 

 plover family, grayish white with black ring around neck: Aigialitis 

 vociferus. English and Indian name onomatopoetic. Cf. tchiwititikaga. 



tchuitchiga, d. tchutchitchiga to be ineandescent ; to be at tvhite or red 

 heat. Cf tchuitchuili. 



t c h u i t c h i k s , d. tchutchitchiks strawberry. 



t ch ui tch iksh am, d tchutchitchi'ksam (1) strawberry-plant. (2) a 

 species of plant resembling the strawberry-plant. 



tchuitchuili, tchii'itchuili, d. tchutchuitchuili, adj , sorrel, reddish yel- 

 low, a darker shade than ka-vdia-uli. 



t c h Li y a , d. tchutchiiya to smash, break, as glass. 



tchi'iya, tch6ya, d. tchutch6ya Mod., tchutchaya, tclnitcheya, tsutsii'ya 

 Kl., V. intr., to melt, dissolve; said of snow, ice. Kl. prefers the d. form; 

 cf stil%a No. 1 , tchokpa, tchutche-itampka, tchutchdya, tchutcheyega. 



t c h u y a m n a , d. tchutchiamna to swim about below the water'' s surface, as a 

 fish. Cf ki'dsha, tuyamna. 



t c h u y e s h , tsuyo'sh, d. tchutchiesh, any covering for the head: headwear, 

 hat, cap, sombrero, 112, 18. 138, 2.; mi at tch. tu' your hat lies there. The 

 various kinds of hats, partly obsolete at the present time, are described 

 under kiuks, ki'unal, mukash (1), pil'kalsh, s^i'l (under skel), vi'dal, 

 watchkina. The koltam tch. is made of otter skin and shaped like our 

 caps; the Idsli tch. a headdress, around which feathers are stuck up for 

 adornment; the tchc'-usam tch a headcover adorned with the tails of the 

 tche-ush woodpecker, q. v. Cf naggaya, pAtash, stflash. 



