w i s h i n k a g a — w i t c h t k a . 489 



wi'tua, d. wiwatna to blow, to blow off, 153; 2.; to hloiv down upon, 15G; 27. 

 Der. wita. Cf. shlewita. 



witwita, d. wiwAtwita to shake, tremble; to writhe, struggle, wriggle. 



witcha, witsa, d. wiwitcha, wiwitsa to blow cont'mualhj ; said of birds, 

 winds etc., 176; 2. and Note: shlewish nu widsapka / the ivlnd am bloiv- 

 ing in the distance, 169; 49.: wlshtkak, verbal desiderative for wftelitka 

 gi (nu) I am on tlie point ofbloiving, 16G; 19. Der. wita. 



wftcliash, pi. tumi w., little chipmunk, a species of ground-sqiiirrel, 

 striped and very small: Taniias quadrivittatus. Mod. for waslda-aga Kl. 



w i t c li i a k , d. wiwiitchiak, wuwatchiak rainbow : lapi w. double rainbotv. 

 Kl. for shtchalapshtisli Mod. Cf. tchakiaga, wel^kaga, witch^a. 



w i t c h k a t k o , d. wiwatchkdtko hill range, mountain ridge. Der. wftch^a. 



w i t c h k i n s li , d. wiwAtchkinsli detv. Mod. for tcliltoksli Kl. 



w i t e li X a , d. wiwatch^a, v. trans., to wind around, as a thread. 



witchna, d. wiwatchna (1) to wish, desire, to be fond of; cf sliana-uli. 

 (2) to love a person of the opposite sex : i liilula witcluiok a (nii'sh) you 

 rattle around because you love (me), 183; 16. Cf. witchta 



witcholash, wits61as, witsuls, vuitchu'lsh wide-meshed scoop-net, used 

 also by fishing Indians as a drag-net on their canoes; the hoop has a 

 diameter from 2 to 3 feet, the handle is about 5 feet long: w. ena they 

 abstract his scoop-net, 133, 9.; nil luela kiil'm witsolashtka I catch fish 

 tvith the drag-net Cf hiksn'lsha, la-iks, liit(;ash, tt'wash, upan6tkish. 



w i t c li o 1 a s li 1 a , witso'lsla, d. wiwatchiilashla (1) to manufacture a witcho- 

 lash .^coop-net. (2) to fish tvith this net, 149, 22. 150, 3. Cf. utchin. 



w 1 1 c li p a i , d. wiwatchpai, species of lacustrine grass or tule-bulrush, the 

 edible bulb of wliich is the kixlsh, 147, G. 



witchta, d. wiwatchta (1) to like, to be fond of Cf. shana-uli. (2) to 

 love a person of the opposite sex, 186; 54. Cf. shuldakua, witchna. (3) 

 to alloiv, permit. Cf. le witchta. 



w i t c h t a k s , d . wiwcUchtaks tempest, storm, stormy and rainy weather. 

 The swan can make tempest at will, IGG; 20.; also the snow-goose: 

 ge-u a-i lul't w. this is the storm which I have produced by my song 

 170; 69. Der. witchtka. Cf. kul^ash. 



witchtka, d. wiw.-itchtka it is stormy wcaflirr; it is snowing or raining 

 and blowiuji- at the same time. Der. witcha. 



