452 KliAlMATlI-ElidlJSIl DICTIONARY. 



havo written n before consonants, r before u (vu-) and w Ijetbre the other 

 vowels, wa-, wii-, we-, wi-, wo-. A prefix u- refers to one hjny-shaped 

 article, includin<>- animate beings; cf Introdnctory words to A and I; 

 another prefix n-, which is the advei'1) Ini, q. v., refers to height, to local 

 or to temporal distance. Terms with initial n-, vu- w- show a distribu- 

 tive reduplication, which is either monosyllabic or dissyllabic 

 u , li, vi', o' ; same as hu, hu adv., q. v. Usually suffixed to other terms, u 

 does not occur often as a separate word: kanitala n'sh u shlewitaknu'la? 

 wlio then is hlowing out of my niouthf 153; 3.; nu ai shui'na u watsag / the 

 dog am singing in the distance, 177; 4. Occurs as an affix in genu, gc-u, 

 i-u, tdmgnu, tamii, tchilamnu. 

 iiAtchna, u-atclma ; for huhatclma, d. of hi'idshna, (j. v. 

 ubti-ush, ubii'-ush; same as mba-usli, q. v. 



u d e k a s li , d. ude-udekash golden plover. Onomatop. from its note, " udc'k". 

 udelgatko, d. ude-udalgatko speckled, spotted, dotted over ; studded with 



various colors, striped, 175; 14.: u. ski'ntch ijcllow-jacket wasp. 

 Udiltalsh, nom. pr. of a Klamath Lake man 



udi'ntena, d. udi-udantena fo 6f'«<, as a drum. l)er. tintan. C!f b;'unl)am. 

 u d i n t (5 n 6 t k i s li , d udi-udantenotkish dntiii-sticJi. 

 udi ta, udi'tta, d. udi-udAta; same as vud'hita, q. v. 



udokotkish, udaxcStkish, d. udo-ud%6tkish ; same as vutukotkisli, q. v. 

 udi'iyua, d. udu'duyua {I) to heat, bruise with a stick or club; lo irhip: 

 wiitchtiga u. to whip a dog. (2) to conqner in battle, 18, 1. 2. Of. .ski'ipma. 

 (3) to tvin at a game, to he the ivinner ; when used in the passive, to lose, to 

 be the loser: uduiwisham i'^aguk nanuk having won everything staked by 

 the losers, 79, 6. The original signification of u. is reciprocal, 

 udumkanka, d. udiuhunkanka to swim hahiliial/y, to live in the tvater; 



said of aquatic animals, 145, 9. 

 udi'imkua, d. udodamkua, vudi'ichunkua to swim over, to cross l)y swim- 

 ming: k<jketat u to swim across a river. 

 udumlalona, d. ududamlalona to .-iwim away on the water's surface; 



with or witlu)ut ambutat. 

 u d u m t c li n a , vudu'mtchna, d. ndfi'damtclma to swim about on the water^s 

 surface. Of. kidsha, tiiyannia, tcluivanma. 



