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Miey, 'to go.' Thus: nqmsey^ 'it sends out growth' (w], \t\mxii)^ 

 to go). 



"Arn^y, 'to grow sending out growth' ('«, to grow; 7)iseij, to go). 



Thus: mVamspy, 'it grows sending out growth' (nq, it; '(7, to 



grow; 'i/i^y, to go). 

 eA''% 'to go about.' Thus: nqjP\ 'it grows all about' {ml, it; /r% 



to go about). 



'4;^'% 'to grow spreading about' ('^r, to grow; jfi'% to go about). 



F'iil, 'interlaced.' Thus: ndp'Utmn', 'it is interlaced' {nq, it; 

 pill, interlaced; ony,, to be). This is said of vines which grow 

 through other plants. 



Dense Growth, Forest, Grove 



Ka, 'thick', 'dense', 'dense growth', 'forest'. This word is used 

 as an adjective and as a noun. Thus: tokaiy, 'a sagebrush 

 plant of dense growth' {to, sagebrush plant; lici, thick, dense); 

 toka 'sagebrush thicket,' 'place where the sagebrush is thick' 

 (to, sagebrush ; lea, dense growth, forest). Ka is used alone meaning 

 forest, just as the Mexicans use monte and hosqiie. With names of 

 geographical features postjoined, lia may be translated 'wooded' 

 or 'where there is much vegetal growth.' Thus: tokd^ahoTvu, 

 'a plain or valley where the sagebrush growls thick' (?(>, sage- 

 brush; )za, thick, thick growth; \ikonu, plain, valley); habuge, 

 ' a low place where there is much vegetal growth' {Jca, thick, thick 

 growth; huge, low roundish place). 



Bo-^i, biu/i, ' thing roundish like a ball, 'pile,' 'clung.' Bo^ is said 

 of large, hUl of small size. Thus: teboA, 'grove of cotton- 

 wood trees' {te, Populus wislizeni; hoA,, grove). Often lea, 

 'thick' is prejoined to hoA. Thus: hihoA, 'a clump or 

 grove of thick vegetal growth' (Jca, thick, thick growth; hoJ?b, 

 clump, grove). 



