450 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



Mod.: ndnuk a gitA vui'shink wu iimpotat, ml tch. p(i-uta {or })c'\vat a) 

 though there are all kinds of snakes in this water, I will bathe in it. Cf. tcliuk. 



tsii'mtsak, tchumsa%, d. tsiitsamtsak, tall species of brushwood, used for 

 arrows and growing around the Klamath agency buildings. 



tchunfka, the eatable, bulbous part of some plant, 149, 17. 18. 



tch li n u a , d. tchutchAnua to throw up, to vomit. Quot. under tchdkgli. 



tchiinukish d. tchutchAnukish producing vomit, emetic: ku-idshi tchunu- 

 ]d^ poisonous ; said of fruits, plants; lit. "a bad emetic". 



t s u p i n k s h , d. tsii'tspinksh bow made from the tsupinksham-tree or bush. 



tsiipinksham, d. tsu'tspinksham, a tree or bush with red or reddisli 

 wood and cedar-shaped leaves; bows were made from this tree, which 

 has become scarce. It is sometimes called yew in the West, but seems 

 to be Junipertis libocedrus. 



tsu'pkish, tchu'pksh (1) sturgeon-like fish found in the Klamath water- 

 basins; incantation 177; 33. (2) soft entrails of this fish, used in fasten- 

 ing arrow-heads. 



tchiishak, tsfi'ssak always, ever, all the time, continually, perpetually, GO, 21. 

 QQ, 11. 77, 3. 78, 3. 12. 86, 10. 99, 8.: tch. sliila to suffer with a chronic dis- 

 ease; tch. p4ka to be an habitual smoker ; tch. tatAmni;ish vagrant, tramp; 

 tsussak sdllual they fought all the time, 19, 1.; nA-asht tsu'ssak (for ts. gi) 

 they always speak so, 65,-10.; at tu' tsu'ssak ever since, 99, 8. 



1 h u's h n i , adj. used adverbially, forever, for a perpetuity: tch. wa'mpele 

 he always was well again, 73, 9.; kiJi'm k'lekA tch. fish die and remain 

 dead forever, 130, 1.; tsushni' m'sh ni skuyu'shkuapk forever I shall 

 separate her from you, 60, 19. 61, 2. Cf tchixshnini 



tchu'shniak, adj., also used adverbially , /orever ; unceasingly, 139, H. 



t c h u s h n 1 n i , d. tchutchashnfni perpetual, lasting for ages, everlasting: tch. 

 slAnkosh, 33, 3., mentioned under shldnkosh, Tilhuantko, q. v.; ka-i nil'd 

 ' tchussni'ni mdklaks tve men are not immortal, 64, 1 6. 



tchiita, d. tchutchiita to administer help in sickness ; to treat, nurse, doctor ; 

 said of conjurers only, 72, 2. 73, 2. 8. This includes the singing of songs 

 by the conjurer, his assistant and the chorusing public, which mainly con- 

 sists of women, 64, 1. 2.: tsutish gi'ntalc in spile of being treated by a con- 

 jurer, 68, 7. Dor tchi'a, by synizesis of tchiuta. Cf tchut;itka. 



