Willamswash — w^mglhiiish. 473 



wal/^tchaga, wal^atchka, a quadruped described as a black, large- 

 sized marten with a long tail ; probably the fisher, Mustela Pennantii. In- 

 cantations, 154; 15. 177; 7. 180; 1. 



walx jitchkatko dressed in the skin of the ival%dtchaga-marten ; poorhj, 

 miserably dressed, 189; 7. 



W a 1 p i , nonn. pr. of (1) a mountain near Modoc Point, east side of Upper 

 Klaniiith Lake. (2) a locality at the sourc^e of Sprague Eiver. 



wills hash, d. wawdlshash what forms a cover; what envelopes, tvraps in: 

 nkiisham w. peritoneum. Der. wj'ildsha. Cf skutash. 



wAlta, huAlta, d. wawalta, huahudlta (1) to make noise, to rattle, IGii; 17.: 

 kiiila ni w. I the earth am trembling, 176; 3.; p;ipkash hudlta lumber is ratt- 

 ling, when men walk on it, 155; 18. 1 78; 7. Cf kxidshinksh. (2) to sound, 

 resound, as a bell. Cf shuiihualta. (3) to emit musical sounds or clangs. 



wait a k p e 1 i , hualtdkpgli, d. wawaltdkpeli to talk over and over, to delib- 

 erate upon a subject; to debate, converse upon. From wdltka, -peli. 



Wfiltka, hutiltka, d. wawaltka, huahualtka (1) to make noise by talking 

 loudly or promiscuously together; to speak promiscuously, to talk all at once. 

 (2) to converse, discourse, debate; to have a talk, to hold council, to deliberate, 

 34, 21.; 65, 14. 15.; to utter words, the words being mentioned, 65, 14.: 

 tu'm w. to talk a great deal, 23, 3. Der. walta. 



w a 1 1 k a s h , d. wawaltkash. Mod. for wAltoks, Kl , q. v. 



waltkish, d. wawaltkish (1) speaker. (2) talker, babbler, prattler: kd-i 

 w. shy, bashful person. Der. wAltka. 



waltk6tkish, d. wawaltk6tkish meeting place for councils, debates: w. 

 latchash, Kl., communal lodge. Der. waltka. 



waltoks, w41taks, hudltoksh, d. waw41toks (1) discourse, speech; con- 

 versation, talk, 23, 4. (2) language. Kl. for waltkash Mod. Der. w/iltka. 

 Cf h^mkanksh, ndsh6ka. 



w a 1 w i 1 u g a , meaningless word often repeated while at play; taken from 

 walwil^kash, q. v., 195; 3. and Note. 



walwil(ikash, d. wawalwilekash day -butterfly ; diurnal I epidopterous in- 

 sect: walwil^gsam t{\k.Q feeler of the butterfly. Cf. kepkap, wekwak. 



w4melhuish, wAmluish, d. wawam'luish mane of horse, lion. Der. 

 wanda. Cf kshdluish, shuanshakluish. 



