GATSCHET KAS. LEG. — CREEK GLOSSARY. [149] 117 



pafni, pi. pafpani szcift. q/iick. said of animals, arrows etc.; 



forms no adverb, 

 pafnita swiftness ; impafnita its szvift Jiig/it 12, 14. 

 pahi grass, herb; pahitas evctz tlie grass 12, 32 ; pahi tali dry 



grass. 

 paidshidshiis, pa-etchitchas I folhnv up a creek, path, road; 



paitchitchi oie who follows tip (as above), ^ce^ along some- 

 thing laid out; cf. adshakayas. 

 paikas, paigas, du. and pi. atikis, ati/is, pret. ati/gis / am 



iiisidc, zcithiii ; tchatu hai'ikin paikid staving in a cavern 



14, 3; paikan zvhen lying inside 14,9; cf. apaigas. 

 paka'dsha, or I'sti paka'dsha leader; leader in tear, com- 

 mander i. 165. 1S6. 

 pakpagi i) lather, froth, scum of water or other liquid; 



2) bloom, dlossom. fozcer, p. 45. 

 Pala;^tsukla, coll. Pala/tchuklalgi, nom. pr., Apalatchukla 



Indian, of Lower Creeks 16, 30. 38. 39; cf. 8, 10. 

 pala;hamgad, palhamgat, palhamgit o)ic side of. one half 



of 18, 9. 10 ; palhamgad tcliati red on one side of it., 



etc. 14, 15. 

 palaihamgan, palhamgan o}i the other side of. referring to 



the spot occupied by the one speaking: 'lani, tche'/u pal; 



hamgan on the other, rear side of the ?nountain. house. 



The above form is preferable to palhamgin : u-i='lako pala; 



hamgin on one side of the river 18, 3 ; cf. apalui, tapala. 

 palatka the shedding, spilling; tchati palatka the shedding 



of blood 16, 32 ; cf. latkas. 

 pali, abbr. pal, pal teti; in counting objects abbr. to pa, cf. 



i. 202 ; pali=hok6Hn tzventy ; pali=tut'tchinin thirty 8, 4. 16. 

 papas I eat. feed on, the food being of one kind only; 'la'lun 



papit eating fsh 8,31; \s\.\n ^pk^it devouring perso/is. men 



12, 15; cf. hompas, 16/as. 

 pasatas, cf. ilidshas. 

 pa'ssa button-snake root 10, 28. 

 po-, pu-, prefixed pron. poss. of ist pers.pl. our. ours; pon- 



ho-li our enemy in zvar 12, 3; pofigi our hearts 16, 34; 



pummikut our chief 18, i. The prefixes pon- , pun-, pum- 



are combinations of pu- and in-, im-. 

 podsu'shua ax. 



