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wind something around, to wrap up, envelop; weplakiamna to bend or coil up, 

 to form rings; wc^piaks middle part of how, because strengthened by leather 

 tied around it: wi'pka overshoe or cover of shoe consisting of twisted material. 

 From wi'tch^a, v. tr., to wind around as a rope, are derived witchkatko 

 mountain ridgr ;.nd witcliiak, the Modoc term for rainhoiv, both named after 

 their winding shape. 



WixA to blow at contains a radix wi- meaning to blow, but greatly vary- 

 ing in its significations according to the suffixes that may become connected 

 with it. Wita and witna form witka to blow out of wit;(n61a to cease blowing 

 out of; the basis wika to blow out, to emit air, gave rise to the derivatives 

 wikansha to blow across, to sweep over, and to wiklawi to blow in a side direc- 

 tion, to drift along the ground, and to wiknish telltale, tattler, one "who 

 blows at somebody.'' Wili is to blow or waft through, wilala to bloiv into the 

 fire. Witcha refers to continual bloiving, and forms witchola to cease to blow, 

 witchulina to blow underneath, witchuyektamna to blow something iqy contin- 

 ually (implying an inchoative verb witchuye'ga), and wi'tchtka to continue 

 blowing in return, forms witchtaks tempest, storm. Finally we have wi'na, 

 which, with the suffix -na indicating gradual process and short distance, 

 means to sing, lit. "to blow at intervals;" win6ta to sing in a chorus, espe- 

 cially when the song is started by the conjurer. The medial form shuina 

 to sing referred originally to a solo chant, but now applies to choruses as 

 well ; its noun shuT'sh is not song only, but also magic song effecting cures 

 of disease and obtained by inspiration through dreams. For the other 

 derivatives of wina and shuina see Dictionary. 



