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to whistle often, whistle a tune, as a 

 man does {sdts6fdhayedV, sdisd''dhan- 

 kedi^; sdtsd^detu\ sdtsd^dhmjetii/, sdtse^d- 

 hanketu/). — sdsdtVstsoti (13: 1), a ka- 

 tydid [onomatope] . sisoti^, a green, 

 long-legged cricket (sic) (Bj.,M.)- 



sahe^, a rattle (?). — ndes sint sahe^, the 

 rattle of a rattlesnake. — saheye^, to rat- 

 tle a gourd rattle, etc. {sahe^haye^, sahe^- 

 MinW). — sahedV, it rattles; to make the 

 rattling sound heard when corn ears 

 are moved {sa^yahedi', sw'hankedi^). 

 yo sahe^di, "body makes a rattling 

 sound," a locust. 



sa^hi, raw, uncooked; wild, uncivilized. — 

 tkd^ndxox self hi, a raw apple, ta^sahi, 

 "raw melon," muskmelon. nka'^'ya- 

 saxtu, we were Indians (5: 8). a'^ya 

 sahi, an Indian (9: 1). Takapa sahi, 

 an Atakapa Indian. {Also 5: 8; 9: 1, 

 9, 12; 19: 1, 17; 23: 7; 37: 27.) 



sahi, a long time. — sahVxti, a very long 

 time (18: 14). sahVye, a while (p. 

 151: 10). 



satu^ti, cocoa grass, a grass found in cen- 

 tral Louisiana. It grows about 3 inches 

 high, and has black roots, which have 

 a pleasant smell and are eaten by hogs. 



Sa^wa°, Shawnee (?). — Sa^wa^ hanya^, 

 the Shawnee people. 



sa°, white. — ti ne^ ko sO"^ x^ (w. sp. ), the 

 house is white, or ti mf ko sa""- nV (w. 

 ep. ) ; a man says, ii ne' ko san na^, etc. 

 atV sa'"' n^yan^, the house is white (used 

 when not seen by the one addressed). 

 toho'xk toho^ via^nki ko sa''^ xt' (w. sp. ), 

 the reclining horse is white, tdho'xk 

 no^pa^tcVdia^mankVkosan^ xe (w. sp.), 

 the two reclining horses are white. 

 toho^xk xa'xaxa afmankV ko sa« xt (w. 

 sp.), the standing horses are (all) 

 white. yek sa'"^, dry white corn. 

 sa'f'Xti', very white, white near by. 

 saysasa'"/sa'"', white here and there; 

 gray, as the hvunan hair; iron gray. 

 a'yinahin^ sa^^ sasa'^-sa'"^ , your hair is 

 (iron) gray, asa^', white, as the hair 

 of the head, a'nahi'^ asa'"-' xyi (m. sp.) , 

 his or her hair is white. ka'"'X te asa'"', 

 "white faced bee, ' ' bumblebee, asa'"^- 

 tki, somewhat white, whitish, distant 

 white. asaP'na pahin^ ahi'"^, a pillow. 

 {Also 9: 13, 14; 10: 21; 26: 92; 28: 

 28, 34, 37, 49, 54; p. 117: 17, 18; p. 

 118: 1-3.) 



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sa'^ha'i'','' strong; to be strong or hard 



{Vsa^han, ■d^nksanha''^; sanJiaHu^, Vsan- 

 liaHii/, UnksanhaHu^). — aya^' sa^ha'"^ 

 udV, "strong wood tree," a sycamore. 

 ti sa'^'hai^ya'"', "strong house," jail. — 

 sa'^'ha'^^nV or sdhd^ni, stout, strong (^i^sa'"-- 

 ha'"nfii' (or Vsdhdni), i}/flksa'"'ha'"'nV (or 

 ijfnksdhd'ni)). xHixiv^'' sa'^/iaWni'', a strong 

 wind, the wind blows strong. a''>'ya^di 

 sa'"'hanni', a strong man. si'^'hi'"'' sa'"" 

 ha^nV, to stand firm, to stand his 

 ground adi^ sa'^'ha^nV , to raise his 

 voice {aya^dS sa'"'ha'n"nV , nka^dS sa'"'- 

 ha'n-nV ) . a^ya^di nef sa^ha^mf, this man 

 is strong. o^Hja'di e'voanef sa^yiaMiV, 

 that man is strong. a'"'ya'd% hand^ 

 sa'"'hannV xy^, that man is very strong. 

 sanha^xtV , very strong, stiff, inflexible. 

 klntcs sa'"'ha'"'XtV kidedV, to throw very 

 iaT.—kdsdhd^ninV, nottobe strong, to be 

 weak {ku^isdhd^ninV, •C/nksdhd^nini''). — 

 sa'^-hanye' , to make an effort, exert 

 force {sa^ha^'hayi' , sd'^haiik^). uxtix'k 

 sanha'n'y'^ , to push hard against. — saP" 

 ImP^xtiye', to make a great effort, exert 

 much force, press very hard on, etc. 

 {sanhanxtVliayi^sanha'n'Xti'MnW) . ink- 

 siyo' stcukV ka'"' sa'"'ha''''Xtiy^^, as the meat 

 was tough, he bore down very hard on 

 it (in cutting), dukutcki^ sa'"'ha'"'^xtiy^, 

 to tie an object tightly {Vdukutcke' 

 sa''iha'"'Xtihay^, ndiikutck&^ sa'^'ha'"-' xti- 

 MifiW). — asa'^'hi'"'-^ , his or her arms 

 (aya^sa'"'hi''^, nka'sa''>'hi''^; asO'^xtu^, aya'- 

 saP'Xtuf, nka'sa'f'Xtu^). asa'"'M'>^ sa'"'- 

 Jii^^xa, his arm (on one side) . asa'n^hin 

 kaskanV, his left arm. asa'"'hii^ spe- 

 waya'"' (in full, asanhin^ i'^'SpefuuyaP^), 

 his right arm. asa'^^hi^^ tudiya^' kas- 

 kanV, his left arm above the elbow. 

 asa'n-M'"'^ tudiyd"^ spexvaya^\ his right 

 arm above the elbow, nka^sa^hin^ kas- 

 kanV, my left arm. asa'"'kin' n&'di 

 onnV, pain in the arms. A^sa^pska^ a'- 

 kWstV tV onyan^, "the Place of the 

 Store of the One-armed (man, i. e., 

 James Calhoun), " Babbs Bridge, Rap- 

 ides Parish, La. (^feol7: 12, 18: 17; 

 36: 38, 40. ) 

 sa^^hi^^, on the other side (D., akasa^pa, 

 akasam;^., masani). — sanjii'"^ kiya^ nko'"' 

 iliktef xo, I will do it again and hit you 

 on the other side (1: \\).—sanhin^xa, 

 on one side; used in speaking of one of 

 a pair, itddcu'^hi'"' sa'^hin^xa, one of 



