VOCABULARY. 



Abide. See i^tay. 



Above. 



Place the right liaiid, by au ascendiug motion, upou the left hand, 

 both extended, fingers joined and palms down. (Arapaho I.) 



Point with fore finger of right hand raised from the side to the heav- 

 ens above with extended arm qniekly. {OJihica IV.) 



Thumb and forefingers of both hands extended, pointing upright 

 (other fingers closed) in front of body, level of breast, back of hand 

 outward, and then held in this i)osition, left hand outside of and higher 

 than the right. The sign can also be made with one hand, by moving 

 it after being held at the lower height to the higher one, and holding it 

 there a short time. {Dal-ofa I.) "Superior height — one person or thing 

 above another." 



With the back of the hand toward the right, the fingers bent at right 

 angles with the palm and pointing toward the left, push the right hand 

 from in front of the chin upward until it is a little higher than the head. 

 {Dakota IV.) 



Raise the hand very quickly above the head, palm to the front, and 

 a little back of the head. {Omaha I.) 



The right hand, with the index only extended, is elevated before the 

 head. {Comanche I.) 



The left flat hand is held in front of the body at the height of the 

 elbow, palm down, the right similarly placed, over, and a little higher 

 than the left. To express greater elevation the right; hand is raised. 

 {Utel.) 



A little. 



Hold the left hand horizontal and in front of the body, fingers open 

 but joined together, palm upward. The right hand is then placed hori- 

 zontal, fingers open but joined, palm downward, an inch or more above 

 the left, and raised or lowered a few inches several times, the left hand 

 being perfectly still. {Dodge.) 

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