V I'l s li i s h — w a d s li A k u i s li a m . 465 



vu t ok no tki s li , d. vu-utokuutkisli lasso; used in capturing antelopes, 

 wild horses etc. Der. viit6ka. 



V u 1 6 1 X a- , wutul^a, d. vu-iitu'lza to throw down, to throw on the (ground, said 



of a long or anim. object, 65, 5.: mAklaks sbnukAn v. the Indians seized 

 and threiv him dowi/, 42, 11.; skupmank v. to conquer hi/ physical force. 

 vutualxa, wutuwal^a, d. vu-utu\vAl%a to throw, cast up in the air: g(^-u 

 tchuyesh uu v. I throiv up mi/ hat; wntu'walxa shueko'shtka tchimma-ash 

 they throw up the game-string ivith their poles, 80, 9. 



V u t u - i p 6 1 e , d. vu-utu-ipele to throiv hack, to return to somebody hy 



throwing, 80, 11. Der. vuta (1). 



V u t u k 6 1 k i s h , udokotkish, vutku'tksh, udokotch, d. vu-utok6tkish whip- 



stick; a heavy, conical rounded stick of hard wood, in the end of which 

 the nawAlash or whip-reed is inserted. Der. vut6ka (1). Cf. legAkish. 



V u t c h d w a , d. vutche-utch^wa to jump out of the tvater; to make a somer- 



saidt out of the water, as fish. Der. tch^wa. Cf utchfn. 

 vu-iia, d. vuwua; same as w6a, q. v. 



The sound w is used here only before vowels; it never has a labial 

 sound approaching the German iv or the English tv in wear, wine. Terms 

 in which initial w occurs before -u are written vu. Initial wa- in some 

 instances stands for the prefix u-, as in wapalash, wawikanka. Verbs with 

 initial wawa-, chiefly used in their d. foniis, have been inserted under their 

 absolute form in wa-. 



w a , u-;'i (d. wAwa), pi. ti'uni wA, v. intr., used of a plurality of subjects 

 only: (1) to dwell, stay, remain in or within. Cf. wa'sh. (2) to live, to 

 exist, to he in a certain place, spot, land or other locality: kat gek wa those 

 which live (there), 129, 7.; kinkani tut wa/tw of them exist there, 134, 16.; 

 tanni gushu mi ktchinkshtat wa ? ho iv many hogs arc in your pen f Cf 

 ktayalish. (3) to move about, to fly, flatter, swarm or swim around; said of 

 animals, the medium in which they exist being usually added: pAgashtat 

 hu mulk w;i, Mod., worms live in moist ground; nAnuktua kia'm Ambutat 

 wA all kinds of fish existing in the water, 94, 4. Cf nadsha'shak, tchia. 

 w a (1 s h A k u i s h a m , d. wa-udshAkuisham, species of coarse grass, grow- 

 ing to tlie length of about twelve inches. Cf wateskuam. 

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