n u s h a 1 1 k 4 g a — n u w a 1 % a . 251 



n u t a k , a palatable, veiy small seed growing on a prairie-grass, this being 

 a species of the Glyceria family, 148, 5. 6. and Note. 



nutak, nutAk, nu'taks, niitok, nu'toksh, obj. nu'shtak (1) hut I, just I, I 

 however; standing in clauses which express contrast or emphasis: nu'toks 

 as for me, as far as I am concerned, 105, 8. 186; 56.; nu'.slitoks maklaks 

 shl(ia people have seen me; niitoks hfm spAga shll I am ■wetting this piece of 

 cloth. (2) Y>voT\. refl., m.yself: ka-i i genuapk, n. ge'sh yhan;i-uli you shall 

 not go, I ivant to go myself 111, 6.; nutdk nep hushnata / himit my oivn 

 hand, or I received a hum on my hand. 



Nu'tiis, nom. pr. masc: ^'' Burnt-Back''^ ; for Niitd-ish. Der. ni'ita. 



niite'ks, d. nunte'ks rounded spot where the effect or impress of a blow 

 is visible: contusion by a hammer-stroke, aperture made by a thunder- 

 bolt, round-shaped impression. Of ktute'ks. 



ni'itkolua. Mod. natkoliia, d. nu'ntkolua, Mod nanAtkolua to shine from 

 a distance, as from a lake, prairie, mountain. Cf. nujaia. 



n u 1 6 d s h n a , d. nunto'dshna, nuntudshna to hurl, to throw away, as spears, 

 rocks etc.: tdnk haftch i kta-i nntudshna? how many stones did you throivf 



nut6kakua, d. nunt6kakua to swing to and fro, as a pendulum. 



n u 1 6 1 a k t c h a , d. nuntolaktcha to tliroiv or hurl aivay to a distance, as a 

 rock, stone etc.; to throw there while going, marching, passing : ktii-i hadakt 

 nutola'ktcha (Mod.) they thretv a stone there while p)assing, 85, 15. 



nutoliila, d. nuntolala to throw hy swinging, to siving away: lu'lukshtat 

 n. to jerJc, throw into the fire, 96, 16. Cf nut6dshna. 



n u t o 1 a 1 6 1 a , d. nuntolal61a to throtv away from hy swinging: shtiili pa'ks 

 nutolalolatkiuk (for nutolalohitki giug) he ordered him to swing off and 

 throw away (into the fire) the tobacco-pipe, 96, 11. 



n u t u y a k f a , d. nuntuy akf a to throw or swing over for somebody, in some- 

 body's interest, 132, 4. 



n u t u y a m n a to hum, huzz around; said of insects which fly with a swing- 

 ing, Avhirling motion, 165; 16. Cf mu'muma, nuyamna. 



n u w ;i Ixix,, nu-udl^a, d. nunu'al^a to take an upward flight, to fly skyward; 

 said of rounded or bulky subjects: steinash huk n. this heart flew up to the 

 sky, 114, 8. Cf hushanualksh, nu'dshna, shuwtil^a. 



