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Pokst i, nom. pr. fem.: "Mud-Lark" ; lit. "mud on lier". Der. po ks. 

 p o k u ;i g a , d. pu'pakuaga small bucket, cup or drinking-vase ; Uttlc vessel, jar, 



or muff; gohlet: pupakuak ndnuktua il%6ta small cups of various kinds they 



inter with (the dead), 87, 4. Dim. p6ko. 

 Popamksli, nora. pr. masc, interpreted: "Hairy all over". Cf. nl'laltko. 

 p6po-i, pi. tiimi p., to drink; said of babes etc.: mu'ksli 4mbu p. the child 



drinks water. Cf. k6ko-i. 

 p 6 p = t s i k a s , a forest-bird living in the higher mountain ranges. Incan- 

 tation 167; 35. Cf 180; 10. From p6po-i, tchikass. 

 p 6 p 11 s h a , d. p6p'pusha, a species of prairie-chicken or sage-cock, Mod., 



either Pedioecetes phasianellus, the sharp-tailed grouse, or Centrocercus 



urophasianus, the sage-cock. See pu'pisha, Kl. 

 p6p = waks, a species of duck; 180; 12. Der. p6po-i, wti'-aks. 

 p o w e t e g a , d. popuet^ga to cut into parts or 2)ieces, to sever, to shatter. 

 pox (1) 2}ox, or small-pox. Mod. for gutaksh Kl. (2) syphilitic tumor: pox= 



ma'shetko afflicted -with syphilis. From the English, 

 p ' s h a kip, p'sha^ip, d pshakishap mother''s elder or younger sister ; said by 



nephew or niece, 

 p'shaship, d. p'shdshishap (1) stepmother. (2) stepson or stepdaughter; 



said by stepmother Cf kushl;{atko. 

 pshd, d. psh(jpsha, adv., in the day-time, during the day, 122, 2. and Note. 

 p'shd-ip, p'sheyip, d. pshe-ishap (1) father's elder and younger brother; 



said by nephew. (2) father'' s younger brother; said by niece, 

 p s (i k s h , psiksht, d. ps^psaksh, psipsaksht noon, noon-time, midday: ps(?ksht= 



giiila afternoon. From pshe, gi'sh (or gi'sht) 

 pshe-u ti wash , abbr. pshc-utuash human beings, people, folks ; a plural 



word occurring only in mythic stories, where maklaks, people, is found 



less frequently. Some animals are discussing the most appropriate 



limit to be given to the life of the p., cf 103, 12. 13.: hu'nshak i pshe- 



utuashash shnulu'kuapkak you -will simply friglden the human beings, and to 



no effect, 114, 11. Cf 104, 1. 126, 11. 



p s h i = k e k e n i s h the planet Venus, when evening star. Der. pshin, gekna. 



psi'kst, d. psi'psaksht; a word given as equivalent to pseksh, q. v. 



pshin, psin, d. pshipshan (1) subst., night: p. tat^elam midnight. (2) adv., 

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