p u e' 1 h i — p li m t c h i )> . 277 



p u'k p u k a to crack with the teeth, to bite audibly, 119, 9. Onomatop. 

 p u' k u , p u' k u a g a ; see p6ko, pokudga. 



p u'k u a 1 1 i s h , d. pupdkualtish knot in a board. Cf. lii'Ip, poko. 

 pukuish, piikguish old or former roasting place, roast-pit. For pu'k- 



guishamtat, 147, 10., see Note. Der. piika. 

 p u k s h , po'ks, d. tumi p. camass, the edible, saccharine bulb of the blue- 

 flowered plant Caniassia (or Scilla) esculenta, growing extensively through- 

 out Oregon, Idaho and Washington Territory, and forming in the roasted 

 state one of the principal food supplies of the natives, 148, 11-15. and 

 Note: sakd a po'ks the// eat camass raw, 74, 5.; po'kshami, pu'kshami in 

 the camass-season, 148, 19. Der. piika. Cf Note to 164; 1. 

 PiVl, nom. pr. masc. This name is pronounced P5l, Pii'l, Paul, Ball, 



Boll, and is probably of English origin, 77, 1. 78, 9-15. 

 p li r h k a , d. pup41'hka to pluck out, to tear out hy hand: m'\ p. to pluck out 



down-feathers by hand, 144, 1. Der. pvtlp^a. Cf shupd'hlka. 

 pul/a, pu'lka, d. pup.%a, pupa'lka to tear out, to pluck out: Idsh p. to 



pluck out feathers from wings. Cf pu^l;^a. 

 p u' 1 % u a n t c h , p<jlokuantch, the chrysalid of a lepidopterous insect called 

 huntish, whose caterpillar is called szeshish. This chrysalid, one inch 

 long and ^ of an inch thick, is scraped up annually by the women of the 

 tribe, who find it imbedded in the ground around the larger pine-trees. 

 After roasting it is said to possess an egg-like flavor; 75, 3. 148, 16-18. 

 and Note. Der. pul;^a. Cf piash 

 pii'l^uantchla to collect or scrape up the puUxuantch-chYyuaWtS. annually 



or habitually, 148, 16. Cf pienutkish. 

 pu'm, d. pupam, pupom beaver; Castor fiber L.; pvimam ndkosh beaver- 

 dam.; pumani wash the beaver's den, 185; 42.; pii'mam tiitatka ^«;//// leaver's 

 teeth, 80, 1. Pumam ski'sh castorium; lit. "beaver's wind." The M;iklaks 

 Indians place this substance into a ball-shaped, sometimes beaded, sachel 

 and wear it on the neck or suspend it in their lodges; when worn as an 

 amulet, its agreeable smell is believed to act as a remedy against sore eyes, 

 pumtchip, d. pupamtchip (1) male cousin; said by or in reference to 

 brother's or sister's son or daughter. (2) sons of such cousins as descend 

 from brothers or sisters call each other thus. Cf shupumtchishiiltko. 



