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for you. ya^nkilia^sne, he or you 

 steal it for me. — kumV, to steal from 

 another {yakisine, axkistne; kisirietu, 

 yakisinetu, axkislnetu) . s'Mo^ tohc/xlckta 

 kisme^, he stole "Boy's" (Bankston's) 

 horse from him. toho^xkayita^ Vkisine^, 

 he stole your horse from you. toh(/xk 

 inkta^ ya'n^xk%sine\ he stole my horse 

 from me. toh(/xk ayVtada^on Vkisme- 

 tu^, they stole your (thy) horses from 

 you (thee). — kya^sne, to steal from him 

 or her {yakya^sne, xkya^sne; kyc/snetu, 

 yakya^snetu, xkya^snetu). ifikya^sne, I 

 stole it from you. — ktsinedaha^ , to steal 

 from them {yaMsinedaha^ , axklsineda- 

 ha; MsY netudaha^ , yakishietudaha, axkl- 

 sinetudaha ) . toho^xk yan^ xkM'^nedaha^, 

 he (or you) stole horses from us. 

 toho^xk inkititu' yan^xkisVuetudaJia^, all 

 of you stole horses from us. — kya'sne- 

 daha^, to steal from them {yakya^siieda- 

 ha^, xkya^snedaha^; kya^snetudgha^, yak- 

 ya^'snetudahc/, xkya^snetvdaha^). ink- 

 ya^snedaluV , I steal from you (all), ink- 

 ya^snetudaha^, we steal from you (all). — 

 kAha^sncyen'/, not to cause one to steal 

 ( kixha^sneha^yenV , k{iha^ sneMinkmV ) . 

 {Also^. 158:33, 34.) 



sine^, melted, thawed. — icahu^ sine^, the 

 snow melts. — sine^ye, to cause it to melt 

 or thaw; to melt something {sine^hayef , 

 stnefhMike^). 



si^nihon' (26: 46, 49), si^hu'^nV, stcn-^ni- 

 ho'^^nV (11: 9); sinhii/ni, mush (G. ). 



sinto'^ni^, gum or rosin of any kind. — 

 mjuxu' sinto'"'nV, the gum from the 

 sweet gum tree, a'f'^su sinto'n'nV , pine 

 rosin. 



siopi^, pith. — nixuxwi siopi, "ear pith," 

 ear wax. 



sipi', a pit or pustule, as in smallpox (cf. 

 sidipV, ps'iiHi). — sipsipV, covered with 

 pustules or pits, as in smallpox. 



si^psiwe^di, onomatope, from "sp!sp!" 

 the noise made by the "Bessie-bug" 

 [ahidi sipsiwedi) of Louisiana, when 

 caught. 



sisi'' {=k'ikuM, see kuM), to be wrinkled 

 {i^sisi, iX^nksisV) . 



sitside. — sltsVdedV, to whistle as a wom- 

 an does {dtst^dhayedV, ntsi^dhankedV) 

 (cf. sdde). 



sinkuki'', a robin. 



si>ito^, si»it (29: 31), a hoy.— sino^ ixa', 

 there are (or were) none there but 

 boys, all there are boys (not one is a 

 girl), si'^'to' sankVyaP' he^, a boy and a 

 girl. sanW siH&ya'"' he\ a girl and a 

 boy. s'Mo' yihV sankl^yan yihi^ he', 

 boys and girls. siMc/ te'di, the corpse 

 of a boy. siMo' tadafo'"', his or her 

 boys. si'"'io' Viada'o''^, thy or your 

 boys. siP'tc/ i'nktada'o'"', my boys. si«- 

 Wiiid'if dande', the boy will be tall. 

 s'Mo' kiyo'wo, another boy. — SiMo\ 

 Boy, one of the household names of 

 Bankston Johnson (now [1894] more 

 than 30 years of age). 8'Mo' ko tceh/- 

 dan, how tall is Boy? Si^o' toho'xk kta 

 kismt/, he stole Boy's (Bankston's) 

 horse from him. {Also 18: 1; 19: 

 19, 22; 26: 90, 91; 31: 21.) 



skane'', that (p. 121: 20). — kdxka' skane', 

 that hog. kcixka' nedV ko tca'naska 

 ukVkinge ko' skane' efnaska na', this hog 

 is half as large as that one. 



ski^xtiki'', or yaskixtiki.— s/?/a skixtiki, 

 the top of the foot. 



Sko^ki ha^iya^, the Muskogee people. 



skiiti^, how deep? — ani' ko skUti', how 

 deep is the water? skixti' tcehe'dan 

 nkye'ho'"'nV , I do not know how deep it 

 is. skutV yahedV, it is this deep. skdtV 

 nedV ko ukVkinge, it is half as deep. 

 skuitxtV, very deep, wahu' skfitlxti', the 

 snow is very deep. skutVxti tikV, some- 

 what deep. skCiiVxtcUike'; skixti'xtcitike' 

 ko e'tike', it is as deep as that (water). 



sna^, slim, slender. (Its opposite is 

 nitanxti or nta'n'Xti; see tan. ) 



snihi, cold. — snihixti', to be cold (as 

 weather) . tohcina'k snihixtl', it was cold 

 yesterday, witefdi ko snihixtV dande', it 

 will be cold to-morrow, ivite'di ko' 

 snihi'xti ko' nde'ni dande', if it be cold 

 to-morrow I shall not go (12: 1, 4). 

 snihixye', or sni'M xyt', it is cold 

 now. — snixte'di, to be or feel cold (said 

 of persons and animals) {sni'hiyite'di, 

 sni'Mya^xte'di; snixtt'tu, sni'hiyite'xtu, 

 sni'hiyaHe'xtu; we should expect, judg- 

 ing from analogy, that the second 

 and first plurals were snihiyitetu or sni- 

 My'ixtMu, and snihiyanxtetu, respectively; 

 but the changes are probably owing 

 to metathesis). — sni' dusi', to catch a 

 cold {sni' i'dusi, sni' ndusi'). sni' ya'n- 



