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nia, a., fat; adipose; corpulent; fleshy; 

 gross; fatty; full; pudgy; squab; unctu- 

 ous; lukfi nia, unctuous clay. 



nia, pp., fattened; fleshed; larded; tal- 

 lowed. 



nia, v. n., to be fat; niat taiyaha, waxed 

 fat, Matt. 13: 15. 



nia, v. a. i., to fat. 



nia, n., fatness; the fat; the hard fat of 

 animals; grossness. 



nia chapka, n., a cockroach; see bila 

 chapka. 



niachi, v. t., to fat; to fatten; to batten; 

 to feed; to lard; to tallow; hashileniachi, 

 1 Sam. 2:29. 



niachi, n., a fattener. 



niashmo, a., adhesive; v. n., to be adhe- 

 sive. 



niat isht ia, v. a. i., to fat; to fatten; to 

 batten; to grow fat. 



nibli, v. t. pi., to take off the limbs of a 

 tree or of a body; to dismember; to 

 dissect; to joint; to limb. 



nibli, n., one who severs limbs from the 

 main trunk. 



nietak, see nitak. 



niha, nihi (q. v.), pp., thrashed; ginned 

 (seed taken from the stalk, etc.). 



niheli, nihelichi, nihechi, v. t., to thrash 

 out seed; to pick out seed; to gin; to 

 thrash; onush a n nihelichi, to thresh 

 wheat; ponola ya,n nihelichi, to gin cot- 

 ton. 



nihelichi, n., a thrasher. 



nihi, n., seed, Matt. 17: 20; a kernel; a 

 grain; a nit, as isap nihi; a bore, cali- 

 ber; the core; a corn; the head of 

 onush; na nihi, seeds, Matt. 13: 4. 



nihi, pp., thrashed; shelled; ginned; 

 niheli, v. t. 



nihi aholokchi aiona, n., seedtime. 



nihi chitofa, v. a. i, to seed; to shed the 

 seed. 



nihi nmmi, v. t. , to seed. 



nihi laua, a., seedy. 



nihi toba, v. a. L, to seed; to grow to ma- 

 turity so as to produce seed. 



ninak, n., night. 



ninak aiatta, n., a birth night. 



ninak ash, n., yesternight. 



ninak aba pit anumpuli, n., a vigil. 



ninak foka, a., nocturnal; in the night. 



ninak foka, v. n., to be nocturnal. 



ninak ialipa, n., a nightcap. 



ninak iklanna, n., midnight; half of 



the night. 

 ninak impa, n., supper, 

 ninak impa impa, v. a. i., to sup. 

 ninak luak, n., night fire, 

 ninak oklili, n., night darkness; ninak 



oklili kamakat kan ia, Egyptian darkness. 

 ninak palali, n., night fire. 

 ninak tasembo, n., a night walker; 



night craziness. 

 nip illit shua, v. a. i., to mortify, 

 nip illit shua, pp., mortified, 

 nip illit shua, n., mortification. 

 nip illit shuachi, v. t., to mortify; to 



cause mortification, 

 nipa, pp. pi., stripped of limbs; dismem- 

 bered; dissected; ninipaha, to rend in 



pieces, Gen. 37: 33. — this should be 



nipa, pass, of nibli; nibli, v. t. 

 nipa, n., limbs stripped off or cut off; 



jointed, 

 nipafa, pp. sing., stripped of limbs; cut 



off; jointed; nipaffi, v. t. 

 nipafa, n., a limb cut off. 

 nipaialhpusha, n., a gridiron; the place 



where meat is roasted or broiled, 

 nipali, pp. pi., stripped off; taken off; 



jointed; nipafkachi, pp. pi. 

 nipalichi, v. t. pi., to take off; to strip 



off; to cut off limbs from a tree or a 



body, 

 nipauashli, v. t., to fricassee; to fry meat, 

 nipaffi, v. t. sing., to take off a limb; 



to joint. 

 nipalwasha, see nipi alwasha. 

 nipasha, n., a roasting ear; as tanch ni- 

 pasha. 

 nipashi, v. a. i., to become a roasting 



ear; to grow to the state of roasting 



ears. 

 nipi, n., meat; flesh; a kernel; lean; 



leanness; pulp, Matt. 16: 17. 

 nipi abashli, n., a meat bench. 

 nipi achukma, n., hardy; healthy; 



hearty; hale. 

 nipi ahoni, n., a vessel used for cooking 



meat, 

 nipi aialhto, n., a meat barrel; a meat 



trough or bin, or any place of deposit 



for meat, 

 nipi aiittatoba, n., the shambles; a 



flesh market, 

 nipi alhpusha, n., broiled meat; roasted 



meat. 





