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midnight. psadutV {=f>si -\- aduti) , 

 "night meal," sapper, pshan^ yihV, 

 to be waiting for night to come (3: 12) 

 {pskaf^ a^yihi, psha'"^ nkihV). pstaT'^ni^, 

 dark. Jcdefpd, until night. nJca^pstuJci 

 na Me^})si, I sewed till night. nV hine^ 

 kde^psx, he walked till night, uka^de 

 Icdefpsi, he talked to him till night. 

 2)uspusi^, pij/sp^s (28: 91),p?sptst', dusk, 

 twilight. {Also 10: 12; 14: 6, 13, 15, 

 16, 21; 28: 101, 110, 124; 30: 1; p. 

 158: 14, 15, 16.) 



psi^dikya^, the milt or spleen of a cow, 

 etc. 



psohe^, having corners or angles. — psoh^ 

 pi'ipedV, having the corners rounded off 

 (14:18). (/ psah.edV, the " corner fish, " 

 or gaspigou. 



pstii^, or pastii^ki (26: 22), to sew.— 

 ha^masa pstdkl^, "sewing metal," a 

 sewing machine. — apsWhi or apstiikV 

 {=a-\-psiuki) to sew habitually {aya^- 

 pstiiki\ nha^pst'CikV) . a^xtV yiik'S^de 

 apstHi/ki yinspYxtitu, (all) these women 

 sew well (are accustomed to do so). 

 vka^psWd na kde^psi, I sewed till 

 night, I sewed all day. — ktpstllkye^, 

 to sew together {klpstiYkhaye^, ktp- 

 stfinke^C?)). kipsWcV, sewed together; 

 a seam. — kia^pstHkV , to sew for 

 another; perhaps, to sew regularly for 

 another (?) {yakia^pst'CikV,xkia^j3st{ikV). 

 nkapstHkikde^psi, I sewed till night. — 

 ayi^psKigo'^'ni^ a stick used as a spit for 

 roasting meat. a''^pstCigo'^nV pxwe^ 

 k{/dAk{txpeye^, to thrust a stick through 

 meat in order to barbecue or roast it. — 

 pst'('igo'"'nV , a stopper of any sort. 

 konicka psttigonni, bottle stopper. 

 ivaxi''^pst{cgo''>'ni, a metal awl, "that 

 with which shoes are sewed." pstiigo''^- 

 ye^, to put a cork or stopper in a bot- 

 tle, etc. {pst{igoi^haye\ pstixgo'"^- 

 hUnke^). Imperatives: konicka^ 

 'psttigo'"'ya^ (m. sp. ), or konicka^ pRttigo'"- 

 ka'"^ (w. sp. )> put the cork in the 

 bottle! {Also 26: 12, 24; p. 142: 3-6.) 



psudahi'', a comb. 



psuk, to head off ''cf. psfikV). yaftka'- 

 psukV, he headed me off (Bk., M.). 

 hafpsHiktu^ , they surrounded (16: 7; p. 

 150, 29, 30). ilk ilh/psuJctu^, we sur- 

 rounded the house (p. 150: 30). akV- 

 p-dpsuMf, to head him off, intercept him 



{aya^k%p'(ipsttfki, nka'klp'Apslifki) . yan- 

 ka^kXpllpsMV, he headed me off. aya'"^ 

 xotka^ akYp{tpsukV, he (the Bear) 

 headed off (the Rabbit, thus pre- 

 venting his escape from) the hollow 

 tree (2: 26). 



psii^ki, it broke (cf. psukV).—nkaxche^ 

 jisti^ki, I sat on it (and) it broke, ko 

 psukV, (a) gourd cut in two (16: 3, 

 10, 11; 17: 10). 



psuM^, or psuki, to belch, hiccough 

 {yapsi/ki or Vj^sUki^, {/flkapsuki, or 

 i^nkupsi'iki). (Hidatsa, psriki {pcuki).) 



pstLHi, or pso^ti, sharp-pointed. — insn^ 

 ps(iHi^, " sharp-pointed teeth, " canine 

 teeth {=insu-{-iudc) . isa'^Hiin pstintV, 

 "sharp-pointed at one end or side," 

 wider at one end than at the other. 

 kud^ska si^ psoHi, " sharp-tailed bird, " 

 the swallow. mas psoHi, "sharp- 

 pointed iron," a bayonet, psiti^lpadi- 

 ya'"'', the point of an arrowhead. — 

 apsij.'"'^, the smallpox; described as 

 "kdc^xyisipsijn^, spotted and pitted." — 

 apso'nd ayudV, the holly tree, so called 

 because it has thorns. 



ptee, pxtce^ (17: 16; 28: 248), pitce (26: 

 41, 42), to leap, jum-p.—ptcedi^ , jntc/di 

 (27: 11), to jump, leap, as a grass- 

 hopper, sturgeon, etc. o ptcefdi, "the 

 jumping fish," the sturgeon, pitce^ni, 

 leaping not (27: 11). pttce^haye^ , you 

 jump over it (28: 173, 176, 201). pV- 

 tcinWdi, I jump (28: 247). 



ptcii^ piitcui, ptcoi» (6: 16; 9: 16; 10: 

 23),putcoii (17: 17; 23: 7),anose;hi3 

 or her nose; for this, ptcix''^ya'"' can be 

 ' used {hiptcu'"'^ (or Id'ptciJP'ya'n), {inka^- 

 ptcA'"' (or ixiika'ptdi'^'yan); ptciiHu^, hVp- 

 tcCiHu', un'ka^ptci!iHu'').^ptc(i''>' haidV na, 

 his nose bleeds, {alkpatcon^, my nose 

 (23:3). picAn^ ahudV tpanJiin^, the ' 'soft 

 bone of the nose," the septum of the 

 nose, ptcij.'"'^ ahudV tpanhin^ okpef , the 

 perforation of the septum of the nose. 

 ptcAn^ pAtsV , the ridge ("hill ") of the 

 nose, ptdx'^tpt:', "natural holes in the 

 nose," ih.Q nosirils {V picdHpc' , ■Ci^nka- 

 ptcAHp'^'; ptcdMpUu', VptcAMpUu', {i^n- 

 kaptcA'^^lpthi'). ptcOfltpt' sanhWxa, 

 "nostril on one side," one nostril (of a 

 pair), ptcun^ haunV, "it dangles from 

 the nose," a nose ring. 



