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of a body would be called pi, not 

 piyan{M.) (31: 15, 17). 



pihi''. — at/ara' pihV, a chip of wood, aya^^ 

 pipihi^, chips. 



pixyi^, to float {Vpixyi, 'OfnkapixyV). — odi 

 yihVxti pixyi' yuW, many fish "still 

 float," i. e., are swimming around. 



■pita. ^plHspltsedi^, to wink (often), tix- 

 tcii^ pVtspitsedV, his (or her) eye 

 winks, he winks his eye (or eyes). 

 (See wide.) 



pi^i. — pi'f^hudV, a hickory tree, the Carya 

 alha. pi™^/iua!/a«^, hickory wood. pi'>^hu 

 pqxka', a tree bearing a nut that is sour 

 and smaller (sic) than the hickory nut; 

 hardly the Carya sulcata {Hicoria sul- 

 cata), which has a larger nut than the 

 shell-bark hickory (C alba). piHxo'- 

 go'>hiV, pecan nuts. piHxc/gon u'di, 

 the pecan tree or Carya olivseformis. 



pxa, to swim (Vpxd, {cnpxd'; pxdtu', 

 i'pxdtu\ Hinpxd'tu). The a in this word 

 has a shorter sound than aw in law, 

 though approximating it. 



pxaki^, sand {=ha'ma pxaki). (H., 

 pw'xuld). 



pxi.—pxVdi, to cheat, deceive, or fool 

 him {ipxi^di, ilnpxVdi; pxitu^, ipxitu, 

 ■Anpxitu). pxi^ha'"' apudi^yS, he deceived 

 him and (thus) repaid him (for the in- 

 jury), ipxi'ha'"' apiidVhay^, you de- 

 ceived him and (thus) repaid him, etc. 

 UnpxVhan apixdiXnW, I deceived him 

 and (thus) repaid him, etc. — upxVdi, to 

 deceive or fool one; to cheat {yupxi^- 

 di, nkupxVdi or '6/nhupxid'/ ; upxitu^, 

 yu^pxilu^, nku^pxitu'). nyu'pxidi, I de- 

 ceived you. nyu'pxini'', I did not 

 deceive you. ya^nkupxi^di, you de- 

 ceived (or, cheated) me. nyupxV te nVki, 

 I do not wish to cheat or deceive you. 

 upxi^ VspixtV, he knows full well how 

 to cheat or deceive.— A;ifpxmi'', not to 

 deceive or cheat one {ku^yupxVni, 

 ■Cinkupxi^ni) . nyuhXpxVni, I did not 

 cheat you. 



pxu, pxw§, pxo, paxa. — pxwefd'i, to 

 punch, stab, thrust at, to gore (28: 

 186), stick into (23: 7) {pxuyefdi, 

 pxdflke^di; pxwetu^, pxuyetu^, pocO,%W- 

 tu). i''pa;ii;edi, he stabs thee. Vpxwitu', 

 they .... thee, pxu^yanke^di, he 



, .... me. pxu^yaflketu^, they .... 

 me. pxu'ya da'nde, will you stab him ? 



a'pxuyefdi and ha^pxuyefni point to a 

 pxuyefdi (3d sing. ) instead of to pxwedi. 

 (Also p. 141: 24, 26.) paxa\ stuck in 

 (23: 7). Unkpaxa^, I stick it in (23: 3). 

 ate/ i'f^paxa o'"^ni, he set out the pota- 

 toes (p. 154: 1). ato^ in^paxa on heda'"; 

 he finished setting out the potatoes 

 (p. 154: 2). ato^ in^pax ayo'"^ heda^, did 

 you finish setting out the potatoes? 

 (p. 154: 3). ato^ ii^paxa nko'"^ heda'^, I 

 finished setting out the potatoes (p. 1 64: 

 4). pxwe^ koko^hedV, supposed to mean, 

 to make a door, plank, or stiff hide 

 sound by punching it. ka^pxuye^ni, not 

 to horn or gore. aduhV e^usa'^hi'"' waka'' 

 ne^ya'"' ka'pxuye^ni, that standing cow on 

 that side of the fence does not gore. — 

 pxwef ktalio' , to make fall by punch- 

 ing, koh/xti pxwef ktaho^, to make an 

 object fall from a height by punch- 

 ing. xv}tihVxti pxwef ktaho', to make an 

 object topple and fall by punching 

 {pxnyef ktahu^, pxixfike' ktaho').— pxwe 

 tpe^, to punch a hole through {ipxwef 

 itpe^, iifnkupxwe' Hiflkutpi'). pxu'kinxhl' 

 twfnteke, I came near sticking myself 

 with it (p. 141 : 23). — pxive^ ma'nte deye^, 

 to move an object by punching it 

 {pxuye' ma'nte defhayV, px^ilW ma'nte 

 de'hifLke'). — a'pxuyefdi, to be in the 

 habit of goring, thrusting, etc. [a'pxu- 

 yeftu, 3d pi.), aduhi' ndosa'^^hi'"' waka' 

 rie a'pxuye'di, this cow on this side of 

 the fence is apt to gore. — kl'xkipxwV, 

 to stab himself (iyi'xkipxwt' , nki'xki- 

 pxunke'). — dupxonni' or do''i-pxo''hii, to 

 thrust a tined instrument into an ob- 

 ject {Vdupxo'fhiV, ndu'pxo'"ni'). aduti 

 do'"'pxo''hi:i, or adudipxonni, " sticks in 

 the food," a table fork. — yo''''po'"^i\ or 

 a'yo''<po''^ni, an auger. yo''^po'"'ni' yVflki, 

 a " little auger " or gimlet, ayo'^^po'"^ 

 yinkV, " small auger," a gimlet. 



pxti. — pxfidi', to rub (Vpxiidi, ixnkpxHdV; 

 pxutu', Vpxutu', ixnkpxiXtu'). — pocHdV ix- 

 yaxyt', to stop rubbing. atcWni pxudV, 

 to rub grease on an object, to grease it. 

 ama' pxMV, to root up the ground. 

 ama' pxii/di oxpa\ a'dikni, they rooted 

 up the ground, devoured (the roots), 

 and have gone. 



po, to swell (cf. tupo', to burst).— f»</poa:- 

 tyV {popood+tyi ) , " swelling medicine' ' : 

 a plant growing in Louisiana, the root 



