w ;i d s li u g a — w a k . 467 



w. after so and so many days, 73, 7.; cf. G6, 2. 88, 4., nibiishant. (2) day: 

 gcu w. to-day; uiiipui w. during four days, 75, 14.; luiyant waitashtat on 

 another day, some day, 66, 10. Der. waita. 



Waitii'ukni, Wctankni, or W. niaklaks, nom. pr.. Warm Spriny Indian 

 of Des Chutes Valley, Oregon, belonging to the Sahapthi fainily; also 

 called Yduiakni and L6kuashtkni, q. v., 78, 10.; Waitangi'shani temcska 

 Wilts they stole horses from the Warm Spring Indians, 1 8, 2. 



w a i 1 6 1 a , d. wawitola (1) to have passed a lohole day, or a day and the night 

 folloiving it: wait61an at one day^s end; lapeni waito'lan two days after, 

 Mod., 54, 18.; ndaui vvaitolank three days after, 66, 8., cf. 66, 2.; nda'ni 

 tchek vvaitolank finally after the lapse of three days, 66, 6 , cf 8.; tu'nepni 

 Avaitolat during five days, 70, 1. and Note; tutenepni waitolan after five 

 days have elapsed in every instance, 85, 1.; Mod.; cf 88, 4.; tAnkni waito'- 

 lan (I few days after this, 43, 4. (2) adv., w. (,)r waitcdank, waitolan yes- 

 terday; sometimes used instead of the more frequent una. Dev. waita. 



w a 1 w a s h , weiwash, poss. wayo'sham, d. wawiwash, waweiwash snow- 

 goose, a long-necked white goose: Anser hyperboreus, 180; 13. 185; 40. 

 181); 3. Often observed flying before the advent of storms (witchtaks), 

 and hence believed to have the power of producing them; incantation 

 170; 6').: wayo'sham stvi't^antk having the voice of the snow-goose, 183; lU.; 

 equivalent to: "having a lovely, harmonious voice." Onomatop. 



waydlapsh, wiyalaps, vuydlaps, d. wawialapsh (1) icicle, 112, 19. (2) 

 floating cake of ice, ice-chunk, 179; 4. Der. wayalpa. 



way alp a, d. wawii'dpa, v. intr., to form icicles, 111, 20.; to form pieces or 

 chunks of ice, to turn into ice. Cf wdsh. 



w a y 6' s h a m , 183; 19.; see waiwash. 



wak, Wtik how, in which manner; particle used either interrogatively, rela- 

 tively or demonstratively: (1) interrogatively, howf wtik ak psd-utiwash 

 tchi-uapk lu'ldam? how would the people he able to live through the ivinterf 

 105, 8.; tu'sh ak nen hu'k wak ka'lal inhere are they and what are they 

 doingf 110, 19.; wakai"? (for wak ka-i?) why not? 105, 10. Connected 

 with ihe verbs gi to exist, to he, and gi to act, to do, wak often, but not 

 always, assumes the meaning of xvhyl for what reason f thus correspond- 

 ing to tua, q. v.; wtik gi? wiikgi! wak gisht? howf in which manner f lit. 



