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shilaiyakachi, v. a. i. sing., to toss up 



the hands and feet, 

 shilaklak, n., a goose; a tame goose; 



haPkha, a wild goose. 

 shilaklak nakni, n., a gander, 

 shilaklak tek, n., the female goose. 

 shilaklak ushi, n., a gosling; a goose 



egg. 



shilachi, v. t., to dry. 



shileli, v. t., to dry; to bake; to cure; to 

 season; to save, as meat; to shrink; to 

 dry up, Josh. 2: 10; 4: 23; 5: 1. 



shileli, n., a drier; one who dries, etc. 



shilla, pp., combed; curried; pa n shi at 

 shilla, isuba hat inshillat taha; ikshUlo, 

 a., uncombed. 



shillayah, see shilaia. 



shilli, v. t., to comb; to curry an animal; 

 to rub; to tease; inshilli, to curry him; 

 isuba i n shilli, to curry a horse. 



shilli, n., a comber; one who curries. 



shiloa, v. a. i., to ring; to rattle. 



shilohachi, v. a. L, to whiz, as a minie 

 ball, or one that is long. 



shilombish, n., the shadow of a creature, 

 an animal, or a man; the soul, Matt. 16: 

 26; the spirit; a ghost; a shade; a spec- 

 tre; a sprite; imishilombish, his soul, 

 Matt. 16: 26. 



shilombish ahalaia, a., spiritual; qmi- 

 shilombish o n , my spirit. 



Shilombish chitokaka aba, n., Deity. 



Shilombish holitopa, n., the Holy 

 Spirit; the Holy Ghost; Deity; the 

 Paraclete. 



shilombish iksho, a., soulless. 



shilombish isht aiatta, a., renewed by 

 the sj^irit. 



shilombish kania, v. a. i., to entrance. 



shilombish okpulo, n., an unclean spirit; 

 an evil spirit; the devil; satan; an un- 

 clean devil, Luke 4: 33; a demon; a 

 fiend; hell, i. e., the infernal powers; 

 an imp. 



shilombish okpulo aiilbasha a n sha,a., 

 infernal; an infernal spirit. 



shilombish okpulo holba, a., fiendlike. 



shilu n ka, pp., a., weevil-eaten; eaten by 

 weevils; tanchi at shilunka, onush at sJui- 

 lu n ka. 



shilukafama, n., name of a weed. 



shilu n kachi, a., weevil-eaten; full of 

 holes; tanchi shilu n kachi. 



shilukpa, shilupa, n., the lights; the 

 lungs; the vitals; a lung; the pluck. 



shilukpa lachowa, shilukpa shua, 

 consumption; diseased vitals. 



shilukwa, n., a toad; a wart. 



shilukwa okpulo, n., a cancer. 



shilukwushi, n., ayoungtoad; thespawn 

 of a toad. 



shilup, n., a ghost; a spirit, Matt. 14: 26; 

 a sprite; an apparition; a fantasm; the 

 painting or picture of a man; manes; a 

 phantom; a shade; a spectre. 



shilup aiasha, v. a. i., v. t., to haunt. 



shilup aiasha, pp., haunted. 



shilupa, see shilukpa. 



shima, v. a. i., to split; to rive; to scantle; 

 to shatter. 



shima, pp., split; riven; shattered. 



shima, n., that which is split. 



shimafa, v. a. i. sing., to split; to splinter; 

 to cleave; to rift; to rive. 



shimafa, pp., split; cleft; riven. 



shimafa, n., a splinter. 



shimali, v. a. i. pi., to split; to rive. 



shimali, pp., split; riven. 



shimalichi, v. t., to split into fine pieces; 

 to rive; to splinter. 



shimalichi, n. , a splitter. 



shimaffi, shimmaffi, v. t., to cleave; to 

 split off one small piece; to rift. 



shimimpa, shimipa, see shinimpa. 



shimmi, shibbi, v. t., to split; to rive; 

 to split into shingles; toshatter; tosliver. 

 Capt. Miashambe used the second form 

 See shimnuffi. 



shimmi, n., a river; a boardmaker. 



shimmoli, see shimoli. 



shimnuffi, shinuffi, v. t., to split off one 

 small piece; to splinter; shibbi, pi., in 

 oski « w shibbi, to peel off the thin out- 

 side bark of cane to make baskets. 



shimoha, v. a. i., to have the nightmare; 

 to sleep, as the limbs, arms, or legs; to 

 have the jerks (sh irnohat itula) ; to swoon ; 

 to be insensible, as from drinking freely 

 of ardent spirits. 



shimoha, n., numbness of the limbs, as 

 when asleep; the " jerks" or the exer- 

 cise, such as some people exhibit at re- 

 ligious meetings; the nightmare; incu- 

 bus; a swoon. 



shimoha, a., numb; asleep, as the limbs. 



shimoha, pp., benumbed; rendered tor- 

 pid; paralyzed; intoxicated. 



