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(yidu^sni, ndu^sni; Mdu^stunV, yidu'siu- 

 nV, ndu^stunV). na'"'pana^x kldumi', 

 he can not hold it at all. nita'>^xti 

 ka'"' kMiisni^, or nita'nixti MdusnV, it is 

 too large for him to hold, nita'i^xti ka'"-^ 

 (or nita^nixti) ndu^sni, it is too large for 

 me to hold. — JAdu^si (or kldu'si de^di), 

 to take something from another (ya^kl- 

 dusV or ya^kldu^si ide^di, a^xkidusi^ or 

 a^xkidu^si ndefdi). {'"^kldusi^, I took it 

 from you. yafn^xkidusV, he took it from 

 me. hiyan^xkMusV, you took it from 

 me. {Also8: 14, 15; 9: 9, 10; 10: 25; 

 11: 5, 9; 13: 3; 14: 27; 16: 10; 17: 

 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16; 20: 25, 37; 21: 

 32, 36; 23: 15, 21; 26: 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 

 44, 45, 47, 56-59, 62, 65, 76, 81, 90; 

 27: 20, 22, 25; 28: 10, 44, 45, 51, 56, 

 62, 77, 97, 106, 118, 121, 133, 163, 166, 

 195, 218, 219, 223, 227, 235, 248; 31: 

 10, 16, 18: p. 155: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 

 19, 20, 21.) 

 si, yellow {si and Msi may be two inde- 

 pendent roots, but if so they have been 

 confused by Dorsey as well as myself — 

 J.R.S.). — sidV{i>\.sVtu) yellow(21: 33). 

 toho^xk sidV, a yellow horse, toho'xlc. 

 sVtu, yellow horses, xy/hi sVdi, yellow 

 blossom (of the nindayi). sldaki^, a sort 

 of yellow, tcut sidi, "red yellow," 

 light red. sVditkV, yellowish, brown 

 (G. ) . — sihiye', to make an object yellow, 

 to smoke an object {sihVhaye, sihV- 

 MmW). taha^k sihiya^, smoke the 

 hide! — a^ksiJiiye^: inksiyc/ a^ksihiye^, to 

 smoke meat {inksiyc/ a^ksihi^hay^, inksi- 

 yo^ a^ksihVMnke^). — si^a''/i,i, buckskin. — 

 sikin^poxo^nV { = sikahi + ■i'* + po.ro") , 

 an instrument used by the Biloxi 

 women in dressing a hide. It was 

 pushed from the woman for the pur- 

 pose of scraping off the hair. — MisidV, 

 smoke; to smoke, p'^ti kfisidi^, the fire 

 smokes, uksi^di, smoke (G.). xiksi- 

 nedi, (to) smoke (G.). peteti' uksVdi, 

 smoke-hole, chimney (G.). kHisid^- 

 toive, to be full of smoke, ati^ kfid- 

 d^e^towe, the house is full of smoke. 

 'tinkatcfdcCi''^ Hisid^e^toive, my eyes are 

 full of smoke. yaniksiyo'^, tobacco 

 pipe, ksi tea'"'' kULnntda/, a chimney. 

 u'ksi, smoky (20: 48). — a'ksaho'"' nV, 

 shade; a shadow (?); an umbrella; 

 parasol. 



si.— m^ asi\ the feet (20: 15; 26: 23); 

 ayisi\ aya'si, yisV, thy feet; iflksi, or 

 nka'si, my feet; Vsitu', their feet; yVsitu', 

 your (pi.) feet; i'nksUu', our feet; also 

 to step, isi^ d-Ciksa'di, to cut the foot with 

 a knife, isi' duktca'di, to cut the foot 

 with an ax. asV natpe', to break a 

 hole through ice, etc., with the foot. 

 aya'si Vnatpe^, you broke a hole, etc. ; 

 nka'si Hi'^matpe' , I broke a hole, etc.; 

 plural formed from singular by adding 

 -tu. isi' ahi' or isi' ahiya''^', the toe nails. 

 isi' wixsV, the toes (of one person) 

 (yisi'ttrAsi' , inksi'xuiXsV ) . isi' na'nte nedV, 

 the third or middle toes (of a person). 

 isV axohV, the "old toes," the big toes. 

 isVayifika', the Uttle toes (of a person). 

 isV ayinka' inktca'^'hi' , the fourth toes 

 (of a person), isi' de' kenedi' {isi' 

 de' knedVf), "he made his footprint, 

 and has gone," a footprint, footprints. 

 id' mayi'Hii'f the soles of the feet, si 

 rna'siya, "palm of foot," sole of foot 

 (G. ). adstu', a stairway, d a'hiya'"', 

 "foot skin," a hoof, hoofs. sihudV, 

 barefooted, to be barefooted (i'sihu'di, 

 nsihu'di; sihutu', i'sihutu', nd'hutu'}. 

 su, barefooted (p. 141: 17, 20). si' 

 so'^^ni', hose, stockings, si'ya ski'xtiki', 

 or si' yaski'xtiki', the top of the foot. 

 kud^sk dya'"'', birds' tracks, sponi 

 {asi-\-poni), the ankles; his or her 

 ankles {i'sponi', inksponi'; sponitu', 

 i'sponitu', i'nksponitu'). sponi' ahudi', 

 the ankle bones. The corresponding 

 term is tcakponi, the wrists (28: 

 199,247). spMaxi' {=asi-\-i)Maxi f), 

 the instep. May be identical with 

 staiviya!"'. sta'iviya'"' { =asi-\-tamya'"') , 

 "top of the foot": probably the instep 

 (if so, =spi'idaxi) {i'stawiya'"', iflksta'- 

 uiya'"'). stuti', a heel, stu'di ko' 

 ktdu'nahi', to turn around on his heels. 

 Stuti may be contracted from asi tudiya"^ 

 or m tudiya'"', "root of the foot" (so 

 recorded by Gatschet). sMohi', the 

 spurs of a rooster. — usi', (he) steps in 

 it (25: 6). asi, stepping on (26: 40, 42; 

 28: 120). astu'tS, step ye on (female to 

 female) (26: 39). ku'dni', (it) had not 

 stepped in it (25: 2). — si (of measure), 

 a foot; twelve inches, d' so''>'Sa', one 

 foot; si' no'^'-pa', two feet; si' tsi'pa, one 

 hundred feet, toho'xk si kM&'kdtckl^, 



