476 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONAKT. 



w a s li 1 a 1 a , d. wawasliUila to hunt or shoot chipmunks, 107, I'd. 



w a s li 1 a 1 s li a , w.dshlaltcha, d. wawAshlalsha to start to hunt chipmunks or 

 fence-mice, 110, 8. Uer. wil'shla (2). 



w a R h 6 1 a 1 % a to prance about, 184; 33. ; stands for huhash6Ialxa, huhir.sliu- 

 lal^a, d. of hush61al;(;a, q. v. 



w 4 s h p a 1 a k s h , wasli=p;ilaksh, species oi fox, large and slim built: Vulpes 

 vclox; lit. "the emaciated prairie-Avolf." Incantations, 154, 7. and Note; 

 155, 22. Cf p4halka, p/i'hlaksh, wa'sh. 



w Ass u ass, w.'ishwasli, a species of tall rt<7«a<ic^ra-ss, 180; 19. Cf wAtsaks. 



watdkia, d. wa-utakia, wa-u'htdkia to disperse, to scare off, to scatter: 

 g^pka tumi' mdklaks wa-u'htdking many men arrived in order to put them 

 to flight, 88, 9. Der. ti'ika. Cf tpudsha, ul%ue. 



W ;'i t a n k s , nom. pr of a mountain east of Link River. 



wata wa, d. wawatawa ; chiefly used in the d. form, 121, 7. 8.; same as 

 tchatiiwa, q. v. Cf shuatdwi. 



w a t e s k u a m , d. wa-ut(^skuam, species of stiff scirpus with cylindric stem. 



wdti, d. wawdti (1) thorn, spine Lit. "sticking, growing on it". (2) 

 knife, blade; straight knife (not pocket-knife), 174; 7. 184; 29.: wdtitka 

 vukuta to scrape with knives, 150, 8. Der. wd. Cf k^shapasli, kti'tchitcha, 

 mbu'shaksh, tg'kish, tulish (1). 



watfla, d. wawatila; chiefly used in the d. form; same as tchutila, q. v. 



wdtiti, (1. wawdtiti (1) iron, steel in a crude or manufactured shape, as 

 in the foi'm of bars, springs, wire etc.: w. ktchinksh cage of metal; w. shii- 

 shatish blacksmith; w. hii hashashuaki6tkish gi this loirc is a telegraph. 

 (2) metal, Mod. Lit. "knife- substance". Der. wdti (z). Cf tchikgmen. 



wdtksam, an alimentary plant growing in rocky ground, 149, 19. 



wdtch, wdts (d. wdwatch), pi. tiimi w. horse, 30, 1.-6. 39, 11.-15. 183; 

 23. The horses owned by the Mdklaks Indians descend from the endur- 

 ing race of Cayuse ponies, and are almost equal in size to the common 

 horse. Laki w. male horse; ndsilo w. mare; w. lald-a marrs foal, 75, 6.; 

 k6-idshi w. a vicious steed, 184; 36.; ml a wdtchash pdsh shcwana / give 

 the horse to cat; nfi a wdtchash tchi'ya (or t'shfa) I give the horse to drink; 

 wdtcham weash colt, filly; wdtchani lalas;jish horseshoes; wdtchat tchikla, 

 184; 33.; wdtchat or wdtchalka huslid'tchna to ride on horseback ; sa sc'- 



