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p-Ok hayi'). PilkpHikayina, Ancient of 

 Large Black Woodpeckers (28: 101). 



piike. — pUkeyS^, to make the sound heard 

 in drawing a cork from a bottle; to 

 make a deadened sound or thud, as in 

 hitting the earth, human flesh, or gar- 

 ments {puke^haye^, ptike^hanW). 



piikijrii'^ (Eng., picaj/wne), five cents, a 

 nickel. — ptlkiyA'"^ xkuku' o^daha' 

 dande^, I will give a nickel to each. 



piikxyi^ loop (28: 88, 90, 221). 



puxi. — apuxV, apu^x (30: 1), to touch, 

 feel {aya'puxV, nka' puxif). {'"^yapu^xi, 

 I touch you. hiya'nkapu^xi, you touch 

 me. yanka'puxV, he touches me. afik- 

 sapV eman^ aya'puxV na, beware lest you 

 touch the gun! (or, do not touch the 

 gun!). {Also 20: 4, 5, 6; 26: 21.) 



ptini'', to hang, dangle, be suspended (11: 

 2) {see apeni'').—dodaye piini, "gullet 

 hanga (on)," a necktie. niipilnV, to 

 swing or dangle, as beads {atohi). 



piipe^ cut through often (28: 22, 24, 

 38). — psoM' pdpMi^, having the cor- 

 ners rounded off. 



pupu^xi. — anV pupu^xi, foam (of water). 



piiski''. — nyukp^ pilskV, my leg was cut 

 off (p. 154: 6). 



pilt, the end of any oh]ect.—psdehi pM 

 kUnuxka, "knife with a curved end," 

 a table knife. pMiya''^^, the tip or end 

 of a tree, stick, nose, etc. piidiyan^ 

 M,nukV, to bend the point of a knife, 

 etc. — kipude^, a joint, joints; to join 

 (p. 140: 15). pa^ aho^ kipitde^, a suture, 

 sutures. kipqtS^, the knuckles (evi- 

 dently identical with the preceding). 



pii''tsa, ptltsa, pxitsii, putsi'', sharp, 

 sharp-edged . — pittsa^ya wa^yan, ' ' sharp 

 side," the edge of a knife blade, ptcu'"^ 

 pMsif, the ridge of the nose, yukp'if 

 pHtsV, the OS tibia (the ridge of this bone 

 is prominent), pvftsa leaf ye, to wear 

 off the edge of an ax, a knife, etc. 

 {p^Ltfisa tca^hayi,pu/tsa tca^hixnke^) . nkin- 

 sv/ pMsa^ d&^xtca, the sharpness of my 

 teeth is all gone, putsit/ tcadV, the 

 sharp edge is all gone, is worn down or 

 off. pit/tsani, not sharp, dull. — ptitsaye.\ 

 to sharpen a tool {pCi^tsahay^, ptiftsa- 

 hanW or pd'tsahdnW) . ta'"'S-i'^tcay^ ko 

 pHtsaye^, to sharpen a scythe, a^se^td 

 pidsay^, to sharpen an ax. — pUtsV, a 



round-topped hill; an extended hill or 

 mountain, a ridge, ptits nitafni, a 

 large round- topped hill. pii^tstahVxye 

 {=putsi-\-hixye) , many round-topped 

 hills or ridges, puts ta'^wiyan, the top 

 of a round-topped hill or ridge. 



piitwi'', crumbled off. — inkowa' pHtioV 

 hide^, it crumbled off and fell of its own 

 accord, as plaster or a decayed stump. — 

 dlp-dtwi^, to make an object crumble by 

 rubbing or pressing between the hands 

 (VdHpHtivi^, ndn/pxdwi^). — dw'pixtwi^, to 

 make an object crumble to pieces by 

 punching at it ( Vdup-6.ttvi^,ndu^p idimf). — 

 nap{dwi\ to make an object crumble by 

 kicking it or by treading on it {Vna- 

 ptdwV, {mna'pidwV) . — du/kupMxvV, to 

 make an object crumble to pieces by 

 hitting it {V dukupttwV , ndv/MipHdimf). 

 maxiti^ ahV dukuptuxV, to break an egg 

 to pieces by handling, hitting, etc. 



Ilapi''dyaii, the present Biloxi name for 

 the town of Rapides, Rapides Parish, 

 La. Formerly called Atix tcldonna. 



sa, to tear. — sa^di, sadS^, to tear straight; 

 torn, to be torn. do^xpS nask^ sad^, 

 the coat is torn (attitude not specified). 

 do^xpS naske^ na^nki ko sadef, the coat 

 (hanging up) is torn. — dusa'di, to tear 

 anything, kida^giya' dusa^di, to tear a 

 piece from the edge of an object {kida^- 

 giya' Vdusa'di, klda^giya^ ndusa^di; Id- 

 da'gxya' dusatu', kida^giya' Vdusatu^, 

 kida^giya^ ndu^satu^ ) . A kutxyV dusa'di, 

 to tear paper. — dusasa^di, to scratch 

 and tear the flesh, to tear often or in 

 many places {Vdusasa^di, ndw'sasa^di). 

 dusasa^ doi^hi, tear here and there and 

 look at it! ktu^ yandi/sasa^di, the cat 

 scratched me and tore my flesh (in 

 many places). — dusa^ hutpe^, to tear a 

 hole through (Vdusa yutpe^, ndusqf 

 ndutpe^ sic: rather, ndusq/ Unkutp^). — 

 kidusa^di,to tear it for him {ya^kldusafdi, 

 a^xktdusa^di; ktdusaiu^, ya'kldusatu^, 

 a'xkidusatu'). kldusa\ tear it for him! 

 {Also 17: 4; 28: 10, 13; p. 120: 14, 15. ) 



sade. — sddedV, sdd^dV, to whistle (once) 

 as a boy or man does {sd^dhayedi (or 

 sd^diy/di), sa^dhafikedi (or sddink/di); 

 sddetu^ {or sddetu), sd^dhayetu' {or sd^di- 

 yetu'), sd^dhanketu' (or sd^difik&'tu)). 

 (28: 41). (cf. sltside, sake'.) — sdtsd^dedV, 



